Tavares
FA1 · Tavares, Florida · Lake County · map
Tavares is a public-use airfield owned by the City of Tavares, 1 mile southeast of Tavares, Florida, 63 feet above sea level. It has 1 water landing area. It has fuel (100LL avgas, car gas (mogas)).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA FA1
- Kind
- Airfield · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Tavares
- Elevation
- 63 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, car gas (mogas)
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- April 2010
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09W/27W | 3,000 × 200 ft | Water |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.975 |
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Tavares from the FAA register
32 aircraft are registered to owners in Tavares, Florida: 25 piston singles, 4 helicopters, 2 piston twins, 1 turboprop. Not every one of them is based at this airfield; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airfield 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 airfield 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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided VFR operations, public use, seaplane operators be aware of leesburg airport to the northwest.
- Airport address: 210 east. Main state, Tavares, FL 32778.
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.