Key West International
EYW · KEYW · Key West, Florida · Monroe County · map
Key West International is a public-use airport owned by Monroe County, 2 miles east of Key West, Florida, 3 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 5,076 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KEYW · observed 4:53 pm EDT (20:53 UTC), 27 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (190°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 2,400 feet
- Temperature 86°F (30°C), dew point 76°F (24°C)
- Altimeter 29.83 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:20 pm EDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the southeast at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 2,500 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KEYW 062053Z 19006KT 10SM FEW024 30/24 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP107 T03000244 56019 $
TAF KEYW 061720Z 0618/0718 14007KT P6SM SCT025
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 EYW · ICAO KEYW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Monroe County
- Elevation
- 3 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 11:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- customs available · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Miami sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 5,076 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 275 ft, 4,801 ft available for landing, tree 22 ft high 745 ft from the end
- Runway 27: PAPI, four lights on the right, 4,801 ft available for landing, brush 10 ft high 555 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.2 | Key West |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 119.675 | Key West |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.9 | Key West |
| Approach and departure | 124.025 | Key West |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) | 126.575 | Key West |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Key West |
| Key West Rco | 122.2 | Key West |
| Key West Center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.5 | Key West |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 863-244-0212.
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 Key West from the FAA register
65 aircraft are registered to owners in Key West, Florida: 36 piston singles, 10 turboprops, 9 helicopters, 8 piston twins, 2 business jets. 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 · 36 since 1982, 5 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
- Customs and bdr patrol 8:00 am to 8:00 pm MON-SAT; closed Sunday.
- Prior permission required for unscheduled air carrier operations more than 30 passenger seats 11:30 pm to 5:45 am - amgr.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 09 and 27; PAPI runway 09 and 27; medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - the common traffic frequency.
- Engrd mtrls arstg sys (emas) 340 feet in length by 120 feet in width located at the der 09.
- Engrd mtrls arstg sys (emas) 274 feet in length by 122 feet in width located 307 feet from threshold of the der 27.
- Runway 09 approach slp 46:1 to marked displaced threshold.
- R-2916 located 14 NM northeast of airport has strobe light, marked bln and cable to 14000 feet.
- Military jet traffic south and east of airport; aircraft entering traffic area from southeast through west.
- Enter traffic area below 2000 feet; refer to miami VFR tac for sug VFR flyway rtes.
- Noise sensitive area; use nbaa noise abatement procedure otr times; eng runups in dsgnd area on taxiway a between taxiway B10 and taxiway B11; no operations 11:00 pm to 7:00 am.
- Prior permission required for wingspan more than 118 feet or exceeding runway WT brg cpty - amgr.
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.