Naples Municipal
APF · KAPF · Naples, Florida · Collier County · map
Naples Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Naples Apt Auth, 2 miles northeast of Naples, Florida, 8 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 6,600 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive, UL94 unleaded avgas) and about 351 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 120,565 takeoffs and landings a year. About 852 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KAPF · observed 1:53 pm EDT (17:53 UTC), 50 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (260°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 88°F (31°C), dew point 78°F (26°C)
- Altimeter 30.07 inHg
The forecast issued Sun 1:25 pm EDT (17:25 UTC), good until Mon 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Sun 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the west at 11 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, thunderstorms nearby, scattered clouds at 2,500 feet (thunderheads), a broken layer at 5,000 feet VFR
- From Sun 5:00 pm EDT (21:00 UTC): wind from the west at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 3,000 feet VFR
- From Sun 8:00 pm EDT (00:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 2,500 feet VFR
- From Mon 9:00 am EDT (13:00 UTC): wind from the north-northeast at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 2,500 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KAPF 111753Z 26006KT 10SM CLR 31/26 A3007 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE AND E SLP182 60001 T03110256 10317 20267 58009
TAF KAPF 111725Z 1118/1218 28011KT P6SM VCTS SCT025CB BKN050 FM112100 26006KT P6SM SCT030 FM120000 VRB04KT P6SM FEW025 FM121300 02010KT P6SM FEW025
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.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
1 warning in force over this field:
- SIGMET E90E: thunderstorms (a convective SIGMET) up to 45,000 ft, moving from the southwest at 5 knots, until 3:55 pm EDT (19:55 UTC).
12 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours, the nearest three:
- A321 at 21,000 ft, 3 nm north, 2:19 pm EDT (18:19 UTC): no turbulence.
- C56X at 17,800 ft, 4 nm southwest, 1:29 pm EDT (17:29 UTC): no turbulence.
- A319 at 2,000 ft, 23 nm north, 12:56 pm EDT (16:56 UTC): a routine report.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (MIA, 83 nm east), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 160° at 10 kt; 6,000 ft: 180° at 7 kt, 17 °C; 9,000 ft: 180° at 10 kt, 13 °C; 12,000 ft: 190° at 8 kt, 9 °C; 18,000 ft: 160° at 14 kt, -4 °C.
No temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles.
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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The airport
- Codes
- FAA APF · ICAO KAPF
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Naples Apt Auth
- Elevation
- 8 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive, UL94 unleaded avgas; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Miami sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1944
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 6,600 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 5,001 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| NE/SW | 1,850 × 100 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 05: PAPI, four lights on the right, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 800 ft, 5,000 ft available for landing, road 15 ft high 385 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 799 ft, 5,000 ft available for landing, fence 8 ft high 215 ft from the end
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 128 ft, 4,422 ft available for landing, trees 47 ft high 1,155 ft from the end
- Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 451 ft, 4,422 ft available for landing, trees 44 ft high 1,275 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 128.5 | Naples |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Apf and automated weather (ASOS) | 134.225 | Naples |
| Clearance delivery | 118.0 | Naples |
| Approach and departure · Clearance delivery · Departure procedure (CSHEL) East; When tower closed | 124.125 | Naples |
| Ground | 121.6 | Naples |
| Approach and departure · Departure procedure (CSHEL) · Departure procedure (NAPLES) West; Runway 23, 32 | 119.75 | Naples |
| Shfty and star | 126.8 | Naples |
| Pikkr and star 5000 feet and below | 127.05 | Naples |
| Pikkr and star · Zeilr and star 6000 feet and above | 134.425 | Naples |
| Fort Myers Center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.75 | Naples |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 239-643-9886.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 213 |
| multi-engine | 40 |
| jets | 76 |
| helicopters | 20 |
| other | 2 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 120,565, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 305 |
| air taxi and commuter | 26,670 |
| general aviation, travelling | 72,868 |
| general aviation, local | 20,404 |
| military | 318 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
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 Naples from the FAA register
461 aircraft are registered to owners in Naples, Florida: 283 piston singles, 66 business jets, 36 piston twins, 29 turboprops, 17 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Florida.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive, UL94 unleaded avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- crop spraying, air ambulance, charter flights, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Marco Island Executive (11 nm southeast), Southwest Florida International (23 nm north), Immokalee Regional (26 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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Naples, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Naples, by their names on the register:
- Career Flight Training and Aircraft Rental LLC 2 aircraft Career Flight Training and Aircraft Rental LLC (CFTAR) provides flight training, aircraft rentals, and maintenance services at Marco Island Executive Airport (KMKY) in Naples, Florida.
- Naples Flying Club INC 2 aircraft Naples Flying Club is a member-owned, not-for-profit flying club at Naples Airport in Southwest Florida.
- Career Flight Training and Aircraft Rental Holding 1 aircraft CFTAR is a flight training school and aircraft rental operator based at Marco Island Executive Airport (KMKY) in Naples, Florida.
Charter operators and airlines based in Naples:
- Elite Jets Charter, LLC 8 aircraft on the certificate Elite Jets is a charter operator and aircraft management company based in Naples, Florida.
- Jet 1 Charter, Inc. 6 aircraft on the certificate Jet 1 Charter, Inc.
- Marco Aviation INC 3 aircraft on the certificate
- Panther Aviation, Inc. 2 aircraft on the certificate
- Collier County Helicopter Operations 1 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Naples:
- Air Technology Engines INC Air Technology Engines is a FAA Part 145 repair station specializing in overhaul and repair of T53 helicopter engines, fuel controls, governors, and related components.
- Classic Interior Completions INC Classic Interior Completions is a FAA Part 145 repair station specializing in custom luxury jet interior refurbishment, restoration, and design.
- Elite Aircraft Service Center, LLC.
- Foxtrot Aerospace, LLC
- Gt Aero Accessories INC
- Naples Air Center INC
- Naples Jet Center
- Parker Hannifin Corporation
Companies in the same town as this airport; not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
7 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 7 for private pilot, 7 for commercial and instrument, 5 for airline transport pilot, 7 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 7 for airplanes, 6 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 8 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 2 engineering representatives, 1 aircrew program designee, 3 training center examiners.
- Seryozha David Crosby private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Naples, FL (0 nm) · (239) 580-7411 · scrosby88@hotmail.com
- Thomas Taylor private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Naples, FL (0 nm) · (239) 571-7295 · thomastaylor.atp@gmail.com
- Jeffrey Wolf private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Paragon Flight Training Co · Fort Myers, FL (26 nm) · (239) 872-7615 · jwolf@paragonflight.com
- Timothy Allen Pence private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · PAGE FIELD/ FMY · Fort Myers, FL (26 nm) · (513) 535-0054 · dpepence@gmail.com
- David William Nicholls private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Punta Gorda Airport · PuntaGorda, FL (46 nm) · (901) 335-4916 · dnichol5@comcast.net
- Letcher Collins private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes · Punta Gorda, FL (47 nm) · (502) 417-0572 · collins.lee12@gmail.com
- Steven Markhoff private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Punta Gorda, FL (47 nm) · (214) 243-3411 · steven.markhoff@gmail.com
All 25 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 58 since 1982, 6 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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Extrmy noise sensitive area; use noise abatement procedures.
- When the control tower closed activate runway end identifier lights runway 05, 14, 23 and 32; PAPI runway 14 and 32; medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 and 14/32 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway northeast/southwest marked with pavers and pvc pipes.
- Runway northeast/southwest marked with pavers and pvc pipes.
- Runway 05 approach slope 50:1 to displaced threshold.
- Runway 23 approach slope 47:1 to displaced threshold.
- Closed to aircraft exceeding 75000 pounds maximum gross weight dual gear indcd on aircraft operating cert issued by manufacturer.
- Taxiway C from C-1 to ER runway 32 not visible from the control tower.
- Voluntary restrictions exist for all aircraft operations 10:00 pm to 7:00 am.
- Runups NA 2200 - 0700; taxiway a runup pads for runway 5/23 piston aircraft only; jet aircraft runup area taxiway C btw taxiway C3 and taxiway D prior permission required - the control tower.
- Runway 23 dsgnd calm wind runway for arrivals 10:00 pm to 6:00 am. Runway 5 dsgnd calm wind runway for departures 10:00 pm to 6:00 am.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Naples 461 aircraft · 283 piston singles, 66 business jets, 36 piston twins
- Naples Air Center INC 14 aircraft in town
- Collier Mosquito Control District 11 aircraft in town
- Rexair Aircraft LLC 9 aircraft in town
- Randolph Aviation LLC 5 aircraft in town
- Naples Air Center INC 14 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Elite Jets Charter, LLC 8 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Jet 1 Charter, Inc. 6 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Marco Aviation INC 3 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Panther Aviation, Inc. 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Career Flight Training and Aircraft Rental LLC 2 aircraft · flight school
- Naples Flying Club INC 2 aircraft · flying club
- Career Flight Training and Aircraft Rental Holding 1 aircraft · flight school
- Air Technology Engines INC · repair station
- Classic Interior Completions INC · repair station
- Elite Aircraft Service Center, LLC. · repair station
- Foxtrot Aerospace, LLC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 58 since 1982 · 6 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Florida 6,103 since 1982 · 990 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 21,724 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/APF.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 9, 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.