Herlong Recreational Airport
HEG · KHEG · Jacksonville, Florida · Duval County · map
Herlong Recreational Airport is a public-use airport owned by Jacksonville Aviation Authority, 8 miles southwest of Jacksonville, Florida, 86 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 07/25, is 4,001 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KHEG · observed 4:15 pm EDT (20:15 UTC), 22 minutes ago
IFR instrument conditions
- Wind from the northeast (050°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 1.5 miles
- Sky: scattered clouds at 1,600 feet, scattered clouds at 2,400 feet, a broken layer at 3,900 feet
- Weather: rain
- Temperature 73°F (23°C), dew point 73°F (23°C)
- Altimeter 29.93 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 KHEG 062015Z AUTO 05008KT 1 1/2SM RA SCT016 SCT024 BKN039 23/23 A2993 RMK AO2 TSNO
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 HEG · ICAO KHEG
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Jacksonville Aviation Authority
- Elevation
- 86 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 6:30 am to 7:30 pm; weekends, 7:00 am to 5:00 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
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 4,001 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 11/29 | 3,500 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 07: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 50 ft high 1,395 ft from the end
- Runway 25: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 60 ft high 2,215 ft from the end
- Runway 11: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 76 ft high 2,235 ft from the end
- Runway 29: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 50 ft high 1,035 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Approach · Approach and departure | 127.775 | |
| Heg and aWOS-3 | 119.275 | |
| Apt Remark 2 With Gco Freq | 121.725 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 904-741-2224.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Jacksonville from the FAA register
509 aircraft are registered to owners in Jacksonville, Florida: 367 piston singles, 42 piston twins, 36 business jets, 22 turboprops, 12 helicopters. 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 · 13 since 1982, 3 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.
- Ultralight and glider activity on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 07/25 and 11/29 - the common traffic frequency.
- Gco available on frequency 121.725 through Jacksonville the air route traffic control center clearance delivery and gainesville Flight Service.
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.