Fernandina Beach Municipal
FHB · KFHB · Fernandina Beach, Florida · Nassau County · map
Fernandina Beach Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Fernandina Beach, 3 miles south of Fernandina Beach, Florida, 16 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 5,301 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KFHB · observed 4:55 pm EDT (20:55 UTC), 24 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind from the northeast (040°) at 10 knots, gusting to 18
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a broken layer at 1,400 feet, a broken layer at 2,000 feet, overcast at 4,800 feet
- Temperature 79°F (26°C), dew point 73°F (23°C)
- Altimeter 29.90 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 KFHB 062055Z AUTO 04010G18KT 10SM BKN014 BKN020 OVC048 26/23 A2990 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 FHB · ICAO KFHB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Fernandina Beach
- Elevation
- 16 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 7:00 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
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1944
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 5,301 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 5,152 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 09/27 | 5,000 × 100 ft | Concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 35 ft high 1,445 ft from the end
- Runway 22: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 440 ft, trees 45 ft high 1,100 ft from the end
- Runway 13: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 44 ft high 2,045 ft from the end
- Runway 31: threshold displaced 793 ft, trees 45 ft high 675 ft from the end
- Runway 09: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 49 ft high 1,210 ft from the end
- Runway 27: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 699 ft, road 15 ft high 370 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 127.0 | |
| Fhb and aWOS-3 | 118.075 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 904-277-7323.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Fernandina Beach from the FAA register
78 aircraft are registered to owners in Fernandina Beach, Florida: 62 piston singles, 6 piston twins, 5 business jets, 1 turboprop, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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 · 7 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
- VFR operations only.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 04 and 13; PAPI runway 04, 09, 13, 22, 27; medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22, 09/27 and 13/31 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 22 approach ratio 34:1 to displaced thld.
- Runway 27 approach ratio 25:1 at displaced thld.
- Runway 31 approach ratio 28:1 at displaced thld.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Caution: aircraft on runway 31 not vsbl to aircraft on runway 22 or runway 27.
- Prcht operations daily northwest corner of field. Avoid overflying airport durg prcht operations.
- Drg calm winds use runway 22.
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.