Ruckel Airport
FL17 · Niceville, Florida · Okaloosa County · map
Ruckel Airport is a private airport owned by Ruckel Properties, INC., 3 miles east of Niceville, Florida, 67 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,300 feet of grass. It has fuel (100 octane avgas).
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 FL17
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Ruckel Properties, INC.
- Elevation
- 67 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100 octane avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1963
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,300 × 75 ft | Grass | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 36: right-hand traffic pattern
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100 octane avgas
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Eglin Afb/Destin-Ft Walton Beach Airport (5 nm southwest), Destin Executive (7 nm south), Bob Sikes Airport (16 nm north), Defuniak Springs Airport (19 nm northeast).
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
- VFR only; pvt use.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Niceville from the FAA register
78 aircraft are registered to owners in Niceville, Florida: 67 piston singles, 3 business jets, 2 turboprops, 2 piston twins, 2 drones. 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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Bayou Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · Niceville, 2 miles away
- Eglin Aero Club 3 aircraft · Eglin Afb, 8 miles away
- Emerald Coast Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Fort Walton Beach, 13 miles away
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 9 since 1982, 3 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Niceville 78 aircraft · 67 piston singles, 3 business jets, 2 turboprops
- Quality Leasing INC 3 aircraft in town
- V12 Enterprises LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Treetop Flying Circus LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Bayou Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Eglin Aero Club 3 aircraft · flying club
- Emerald Coast Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 9 since 1982 · 3 fatal
- 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 21,711 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/FL17.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 27, 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.