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O'Brien Airpark East/West

FD71 · Branford, Florida · Suwannee County · map

O'Brien Airpark East/West is a private airport owned by O'Brien Airpark Association, 6 miles northwest of Branford, Florida, 55 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,400 feet of grass.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes: FAA FD71
Kind: Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Owner: O'Brien Airpark Association
Elevation: 55 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: unattended
On the chart: Jacksonville sectional
Magnetic variation: 2W
In the FAA's files since: July 1986

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lights
18/36	2,400 × 100 ft	Grass, good

Aircraft registered in Branford from the FAA register

4 aircraft are registered to owners in Branford, Florida: 3 drones, 1 piston single. 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:

Gulf Midland Contractors LLC 2

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Florida.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 1 fatal

2026-04-16ERA26FA177 · Rajchl Vladimir Airplane Swing 06 N613SA · accident · 1 killed

2024-11-09ERA25LA056 · Finn Lassen Rv-4 N214FL · accident · no injuries

2021-01-29ERA21LA120 · Rivers Lindsey Lee Vans Rv6A N9136R · accident · serious injuries

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

Suwannee County 24J · 15 nm north Lake City Gateway Airport LCQ · 23 nm east Cross City Airport CTY · 26 nm south Oak Tree Landing Airport 6J8 · 26 nm southeast Suwannee Farms Airport FL18 · 4 nm northwest · private White Field FD95 · 5 nm southeast · private Buddy'S AG Service Airport 9FD9 · 5 nm north · private Lazyboy Airport 2FD0 · 6 nm southeast · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

VFR, private use only.
Ctn:low flying military aircraft in vicinity of airport.

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.