Ocala Intl-Jim Taylor Field
OCF · KOCF · Ocala, Florida · Marion County · map
Ocala Intl-Jim Taylor Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Ocala, 4 miles west of Ocala, Florida, 90 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 7,468 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 193 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 92,750 takeoffs and landings a year. About 150 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KOCF · observed 1:51 pm EDT (17:51 UTC), 42 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (260°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 4,800 feet
- Temperature 79°F (26°C), dew point 68°F (20°C)
- Altimeter 30.10 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 KOCF 111751Z 26005KT 10SM SCT048 26/20 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP193 60001 T02610200 10261 20239 58017
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
No SIGMET or AIRMET covers this field right now.
12 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours, the nearest three:
- C182 at 4,000 ft, 26 nm southwest, 12:01 pm EDT (16:01 UTC): a routine report.
- BCS3 at 21,000 ft, 30 nm south, 11:45 am EDT (15:45 UTC): light turbulence, imc.
- F2TH at 5,500 ft, 31 nm north, 11:50 am EDT (15:50 UTC): clear.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (PIE, 80 nm south), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 260° at 6 kt; 6,000 ft: 240° at 14 kt, 16 °C; 9,000 ft: 250° at 16 kt, 12 °C; 12,000 ft: 250° at 19 kt, 7 °C; 18,000 ft: 240° at 23 kt, -5 °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 OCF · ICAO KOCF
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Ocala
- Elevation
- 90 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1961
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 7,468 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 08/26 | 3,010 × 50 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 160 ft, 6,558 ft available for landing, trees 60 ft high 2,600 ft from the end
- Runway 36: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 560 ft, 6,351 ft available for landing, tree 46 ft high 2,530 ft from the end
- Runway 08: trees 50 ft high 1,205 ft from the end
- Runway 26: power line 25 ft high 1,045 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.25 | Ocala |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Ocf and aWOS-3PT | 128.125 | Ocala |
| Ground | 121.4 | Ocala |
| Approach and departure | 118.6 | Ocala |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 352-237-8525.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 141 |
| multi-engine | 21 |
| jets | 21 |
| helicopters | 9 |
| other | 1 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 92,750, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 2,741 |
| general aviation, travelling | 59,944 |
| general aviation, local | 29,410 |
| military | 655 |
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 Ocala from the FAA register
410 aircraft are registered to owners in Ocala, Florida: 338 piston singles, 21 piston twins, 15 helicopters, 11 turboprops, 11 business jets. 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-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure), bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Marion County (10 nm southwest), Williston Regional (17 nm northwest), Inverness Airport (23 nm south).
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 Ocala, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Ocala, by their names on the register:
- Cap Flyers Aero Club LLC 1 aircraft Sun Country Aero Club is a member-owned, non-profit flying club based at Ocala International Airport in Florida since 1987.
- Coconut Flyers LLC 1 aircraft
Charter operators and airlines based in Ocala:
- PRP Aviation LLC 7 aircraft on the certificate PRP Aviation is an aviation services company based in Ocala, Florida that provides aircraft charter, aircraft management and rentals, maintenance, avionics repair, and flight training through a Cirrus Training Center.
Repair stations in Ocala:
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
15 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 15 for private pilot, 15 for commercial and instrument, 11 for airline transport pilot, 13 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot; 15 for airplanes, 11 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for seaplanes, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 10 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 5 engineering representatives, 2 parachute rigger examiners, 3 training center examiners, 4 administrative pilot examiners.
- Alexis Nicole Waechter private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Ocala, FL (0 nm) · (352) 342-2093 · alexisnicolewaechter@gmail.com
- Colby Vine private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Epic Aviation · Ocala, FL (0 nm) · (352) 362-6091 · colby.vine80@gmail.com
- Jordan McGowan private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Ocala, FL (0 nm) · (352) 229-4043 · jmcgowan82@gmail.com
- Idalo Carlo Masi private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Citra, FL (16 nm) · (570) 885-0566 · masi2x2@aol.com
- Gudrun Davis private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · CRYSTAL AERO GROUP INC · Crystal River, FL (26 nm) · (352) 464-2122 · gudidavis@gmail.com
- Kyle I Pack private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, gliders · Sunair Aviation · Leesburg, FL (30 nm) · (941) 468-4985 · kyle.i.pack@gmail.com
- Robert King Galloway private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, seaplanes · Leesburg, FL (30 nm) · (803) 468-7390 · robgallowayjr@icloud.com
- Joshua Travis Donahue private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Gainesville, FL (31 nm) · (860) 514-6061 · usndonahue@gmail.com
All 42 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.
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- 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.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
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 · 31 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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Index B upon request; closed to air carrier operations with more than 30 passenger seats except prior permission required - amgr.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 36; PAPI runway 18 and 36; high-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- Fee for air carrier operations only.
- Runway 08/26 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- Calm wind runway.
- Aircraft departure runway 18 mntn runway hdg to 800 feet above ground level or until rchg end of runway whichever ocrs ltr bfr making left turns.
- Taxiway A1, A8, A9 and A12 east of taxiway a; taxiway a north of taxiway A2; closed to air carrier.
- Custom service unavailable.
- Surface conditions not rprtd 1700-0700L.
- Taxiway A1 rstrd to aircraft with wingspan 60 feet or less.
- Object 2.5 feet above ground level located 39 feet north of taxiway A1 centerline.
- Runway 36 rthl not standard.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Ocala 410 aircraft · 338 piston singles, 21 piston twins, 15 helicopters
- Ocala Aviation Services INC 15 aircraft in town
- Prp Aviation LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Fly Dynasty CORP 4 aircraft in town
- Sunrise Aero INC 3 aircraft in town
- Ocala Aviation Services INC 15 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- PRP Aviation LLC 7 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Cap Flyers Aero Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Coconut Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Porter'S Radials LLC · repair station
- Prp Aviation, LLC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 31 since 1982 · 3 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/OCF.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.