Shell Creek Airpark
F13 · Punta Gorda, Florida · Charlotte County · map
Shell Creek Airpark is a public-use airport, 7 miles east of Punta Gorda, Florida, 20 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,600 feet of grass.
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What is the airport code for Shell Creek Airpark?
Its FAA code is F13.
Where is Shell Creek Airpark?
It is 7 miles east of Punta Gorda, Florida, 20 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Shell Creek Airpark?
Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,600 feet long, grass.
Does Shell Creek Airpark have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Are there flight schools at Shell Creek Airpark?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Florida and Caribbean Flight Training LLC and Fubar Flyers INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Shell Creek Airpark?
14 pilot examiners and 14 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA F13
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 20 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Miami sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1984
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,600 × 110 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 18: threshold displaced 600 ft, brush 15 ft high 15 ft from the end
- Runway 36: threshold displaced 100 ft, tree 28 ft high 465 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying, parachute jumping
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Punta Gorda Airport (5 nm southwest), Page Field (23 nm south), Southwest Florida International (27 nm south), Venice Municipal (29 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Punta Gorda Airport (5 nm southwest), Arcadia Municipal (14 nm north), Page Field (23 nm south), Southwest Florida International (27 nm south).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Florida · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- VFR use only.
- Glider act on and in the vicinity of airport.
- 4 feet fence 110 feet L of centerline at the aer 36.
- Runway 18/36 TH and disp TH marked west white cones.
- Runway 18/36 edge marked with west cones.
- Runway 18 approach ratio 20:1 to the displaced thld.
- Runway 36 approach slope 20:1 to the displaced thld.
- Fence 110 feet west of centerline for the first 675 feet of runway 36.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Punta Gorda from the FAA register
146 aircraft are registered to owners in Punta Gorda, Florida: 108 piston singles, 16 piston twins, 8 helicopters, 4 gliders, 4 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Florida.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Punta Gorda, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
- Harborside Aviation Services INC Harborside Aviation is a flight school located at Punta Gorda Airport in Florida.
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Florida and Caribbean Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · Punta Gorda, 6 miles away Universal Flight Training is a flight school based in Sarasota, Florida that offers pilot training from Private Pilot through Certified Flight Instructor certificates, as well as aircraft maintenance services.
- Fubar Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Port Charlotte, 12 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Punta Gorda:
- Air Trek, Inc. 8 aircraft on the certificate Air Trek is a private jet charter operator headquartered in Punta Gorda, Florida, offering charter flights throughout North, Central, and South America since 1978.
Repair stations in Punta Gorda:
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
14 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 14 for private pilot, 14 for commercial and instrument, 10 for airline transport pilot, 13 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 13 for airplanes, 12 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for gliders. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 14 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 2 engineering representatives, 1 aircrew program designee, 3 training center examiners, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Jeffrey Wolf private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · PGD Air Center · Punta Gorda, FL (5 nm) · (239) 872-7615 · [email protected]
- Letcher Collins private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes · Punta Gorda, FL (5 nm) · (502) 417-0572 · [email protected]
- Steven Markhoff private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Punta Gorda, FL (5 nm) · (214) 243-3411 · [email protected]
- David William Nicholls private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Punta Gorda Airport · PuntaGorda, FL (9 nm) · (901) 335-4916 · [email protected]
- Timothy Allen Pence private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · PAGE FIELD/ FMY · Fort Myers, FL (23 nm) · (513) 535-0054 · [email protected]
- Mark Alan Ducorsky private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, gliders · Venice-Skyport Aviation · Venice, FL (29 nm) · (630) 215-8057 · [email protected]
- Toby Randall Blanton private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Venice, FL (29 nm) · (404) 386-2643 · [email protected]
- Anthony Manuel Gallegos private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, gliders · The Pilot Place · Sarasota, FL (42 nm) · (863) 303-2839 · [email protected]
All 40 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Punta Gorda 146 aircraft · 108 piston singles, 16 piston twins, 8 helicopters
- Blue Sky Flyers INC 3 aircraft in town
- N633At LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Lpc Aviation INC 2 aircraft in town
- Charlotte County Sheriffs Office 2 aircraft in town
- Harborside Aviation Services INC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Air Trek, Inc. 8 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Florida and Caribbean Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Fubar Flyers INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Apg-Rotables, LLC · repair station
- Sarasota Avionics INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Florida 6,103 since 1982 · 983 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Florida 128 landing places
- Florida 21,706 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/F13.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.