Flying Tiger Field
FL54 · Worthington, Florida · Union County · map
Flying Tiger Field is a private airport owned by Worthington Springs Comm Apt Assoc, 1 mile east of Worthington, Florida, 115 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 5,000 feet of concrete. It has fuel (100LL 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 FL54
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Worthington Springs Comm Apt Assoc
- Elevation
- 115 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 2001
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 5,000 × 60 ft | Concrete | Medium-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 4,000 × 175 ft | Grass | Non-standard lights |
- Runway 18: threshold displaced 700 ft, trees 35 ft high 150 ft from the end
- Runway 36: threshold displaced 300 ft, trees 20 ft high 225 ft from the end
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Gainesville Regional (16 nm southeast), Lake City Gateway Airport (17 nm northwest), Keystone Heights Airport (20 nm east), Cecil Airport (33 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
- Provided VFR operations and pvt use.
- PAPI'S 3.5 degree glide slope both ends.
- Runway 18/36 edges and thlds marked and lighted with white plastic half barrels with lights mounted on top.
- Runway 18/36 displaced thlds marked and lighted with 3 white plastic half barrels with lights mounted on top on each side of runway.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Worthington from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Worthington, FL as the owner's town.
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
- Accidents and incidents in Florida 6,111 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 21,704 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/FL54.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of November 12, 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.