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 facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Suwannee County (7 nm south), Valdosta Regional (26 nm northwest), Lake City Gateway Airport (27 nm southeast), Perry-Foley Airport (36 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Suwannee County (7 nm south), Valdosta Regional (26 nm northwest), Lake City Gateway Airport (27 nm southeast), Perry-Foley Airport (36 nm southwest).
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
- Private USE-VFR
- 130' watersphere 400' east of runway.
- 23' building 100' from end.
- 4' fence east of runway.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Live Oak from the FAA register
106 aircraft are registered to owners in Live Oak, Florida: 101 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Florida.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Live Oak 106 aircraft · 101 piston singles, 3 gliders, 1 weight-shift and powered parachutes
- Andy Aviation INC 2 aircraft in town
- Accidents and incidents in Florida 6,103 since 1982 · 984 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 21,705 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/FL08.json.
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 26, 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.