Florida Sheriffs Boys Ranch Airport
FL08 · Live Oak, Florida · Suwannee County · map
Florida Sheriffs Boys Ranch Airport is a private airport owned by Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches INC, 8 miles north of Live Oak, Florida, 93 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 1,800 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA FL08
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches INC
- Elevation
- 93 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1970
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 1,800 × 100 ft | Grass |
- Runway 18: trees 34 ft high 100 ft from the end
- Runway 36: tree 36 ft high 200 ft from the end
Aircraft registered in Live Oak from the FAA register
105 aircraft are registered to owners in Live Oak, Florida: 100 piston singles, 3 gliders, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 helicopter. 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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Private USE-VFR
- 130' watersphere 400' east of runway.
- 23' building 100' from end.
- 4' fence east of runway.
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.