Merritt Island Airport
COI · KCOI · Merritt Island, Florida · Brevard County · map
Merritt Island Airport is a public-use airport owned by Titusville-Cocoa Airport District in Merritt Island, Florida, 6 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 11/29, is 3,601 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KCOI · observed 4:15 pm EDT (20:15 UTC), 23 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north (350°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 10,000 feet
- Temperature 82°F (28°C), dew point 81°F (27°C)
- Altimeter 29.85 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KCOI 062015Z AUTO 35008KT 10SM SCT100 28/27 A2985 RMK AO2
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA COI · ICAO KCOI
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Titusville-Cocoa Airport District
- Elevation
- 6 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1952
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 3,601 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 11: PAPI, two lights on the left, building 20 ft high 122 ft from the end
- Runway 29: PAPI, two lights on the left, boat 25 ft high 700 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.975 | |
| Approach and departure | 134.95 | |
| Coi and aWOS-3PT | 119.025 | |
| Bitho and star | 128.375 | |
| Minee and star | 134.05 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 321-986-8864.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Merritt Island from the FAA register
211 aircraft are registered to owners in Merritt Island, Florida: 157 piston singles, 22 piston twins, 12 helicopters, 11 business jets, 4 gliders. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Florida.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 47 since 1982, 6 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- VFR operations only.
- Activate rotating beacon - the common traffic frequency.
- Banner towing.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 11/29 - the common traffic frequency.
- Unlgt obs in approach; 20 feet building 122 feet from runway 250 feet L.
- Runway 11 markings faded with no black outline.
- Runway 29 markings faded with no black outline.
- Approach slope 20:1 to the displaced thld.
- 24 hour helicopter operations southwest ramp.
- Patrick afb (kcof) class D airspace in close proximity; kcof crossing runway 11/29 has same orientation as Merritt Island airport.
- Noise sensitive airport. Voluntary noise abatement procedure in effect. Climb out at best angle (VX), turn crosswind at 700 feet (MID-RIVER, if poss) and merge with downwind traffic at 1000 feet pattern altitude. No TOUCH-AND-GO operations between 8 PM and 8 AM. no repetitive flight operations at the airport between 8 PM and 7 AM. no repetitive flight T operations on Sunday and ntl holidays. In lieu of TOUCH-AND-GO operations perform full stop, TAXI-BACK operations. Avoid flying at low altitudes ovr noise sensitive areas (newfound harbor DR).
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.