Zephyrhills Municipal
ZPH · KZPH · Zephyrhills, Florida · Pasco County · map
Zephyrhills Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Zephyrhills, 1 mile southeast of Zephyrhills, Florida, 90 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 01/19, is 6,201 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive) and about 109 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 49,425 takeoffs and landings a year. About 3 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KZPH · observed 2:15 pm EDT (18:15 UTC), 19 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind from the northwest (310°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 1,100 feet, scattered clouds at 1,400 feet, a broken layer at 1,900 feet
- Temperature 78°F (25°C), dew point 76°F (24°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 KZPH 111815Z AUTO 31005KT 10SM SCT011 SCT014 BKN019 25/24 A3010 RMK A02 T02540243
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:
- TMB9 at 6,000 ft, 17 nm west, 1:02 pm EDT (17:02 UTC): no turbulence.
- BE40 at 2,500 ft, 18 nm northwest, 11:59 am EDT (15:59 UTC): a broken layer.
- C560 at 20,000 ft, 22 nm north, 12:11 pm EDT (16:11 UTC): light rime icing, 5 °C.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (PIE, 34 nm southwest), 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.
1 temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles:
- 4/3634 DISNEY WORLD THEME PARK, ORLANDO, FL 30 nm east · security
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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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA ZPH · ICAO KZPH
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Zephyrhills
- Elevation
- 90 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1942
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 6,201 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | High-intensity lights |
| 05/23 | 5,001 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 49 ft high 2,385 ft from the end
- Runway 19: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, trees 75 ft high 3,365 ft from the end
- Runway 05: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 59 ft high 2,230 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, trees 42 ft high 1,470 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.075 | |
| Approach and departure | 119.9 | |
| Zph and aWOS-3PT | 118.975 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 813-780-0031.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 93 |
| multi-engine | 8 |
| helicopters | 7 |
| other | 1 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 49,425, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 150 |
| general aviation, travelling | 16,425 |
| general aviation, local | 32,850 |
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 Zephyrhills from the FAA register
104 aircraft are registered to owners in Zephyrhills, Florida: 52 piston singles, 23 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 15 gliders, 8 piston twins, 5 turboprops. 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
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- gliders, flight instruction, parachute jumping, aircraft rental, glider towing
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Plant City Airport (14 nm south), Lakeland Linder International (16 nm southeast), Tampa Executive (16 nm southwest).
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 Zephyrhills, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Zephyrhills, by their names on the register:
- Tampa Bay Soaring Society INC 15 aircraft Tampa Bay Soaring Society is a flying club based at Zephyrhills Municipal Airport in Florida that offers glider flying and soaring instruction.
- Aztec Flyers LLC 1 aircraft
- Tampa Bay Soaring Society 1 aircraft Tampa Bay Soaring Society is a flying club based at Zephyrhills Municipal Airport in Florida that offers glider flying and soaring instruction.
Repair stations in Zephyrhills:
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
28 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 28 for private pilot, 28 for commercial and instrument, 18 for airline transport pilot, 26 for flight instructor, 9 for sport pilot, 4 for type ratings; 26 for airplanes, 18 for multi-engine airplanes, 8 for seaplanes, 2 for helicopters, 2 for gliders. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 32 aviation medical examiners, 7 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 10 engineering representatives, 2 parachute rigger examiners, 166 training center evaluators, 42 aircrew program designees, 6 training center examiners, 6 administrative pilot examiners.
- William Henry Edwards private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · San Antonio, FL (12 nm) · (352) 760-7273 · dpe.wedwards@gmail.com
- Richard Musser private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Lutz, FL (14 nm) · (813) 485-4895 · richardjmusser@aol.com
- Charles Sheridan Brown private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes, multi-engine seaplanes · Lakeland, FL (16 nm) · (863) 660-9206 · c1bee@aol.com
- Darrin Murphy 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 · Lakeland, FL (16 nm) · (803) 526-1153 · darrinmurphy17@gmail.com
- Matthew Eichel private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · ATP Flight School · Lakeland, FL (16 nm) · (817) 230-4148 · mattheweichel@gmail.com
- Steven Markhoff private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · International Aero Academy · Lakeland, FL (16 nm) · (214) 243-3411 · steven.markhoff@gmail.com
- Thomas James Cordell private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Lakeland, FL (16 nm) · (813) 716-8828 · tomcordell@yahoo.com
- Jon Kenneth Brown private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes, multi-engine seaplanes · Auburndale, FL (20 nm) · (863) 651-1160 · seaplane@gate.net
All 304 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-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.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- 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.
- 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 · 25 since 1982, 4 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.
- 24 feet power line crosses approach 800-1300 feet from runway 23 end; marked with red flags.
- Activate PAPI runway 01, 05, 19 and 23; runway end identifier lights runway 1 and 19 - the common traffic frequency. High-intensity runway lights runway 1/19; medium-intensity runway lights runway 5/23 preset to low intst DUSK-2200; incr intst and activate aft 2200 - the common traffic frequency.
- Glider operations 6000 feet and below sunrise to sunset.
- SKY-DIVING aircraft descending from 13500 feet and entering opposite traffic pattern for runway 1/19 east of airport.
- Paew adjacent to runways and taxiways.
- Exercise caution; extensive aircraft operations all cats and types using runway 1/19; parl taxiway not available.
- Noise sensitive area northeast and west of airport; mntn pattern altitudes and avoid pwr chg ovr residental areas.
- Pattern altitude twin engine 1500 feet above ground level.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Zephyrhills 104 aircraft · 52 piston singles, 23 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 15 gliders
- Evolution Aircraft INC 22 aircraft in town
- Tampa Bay Soaring Society INC 15 aircraft in town
- Jst Management LLC 6 aircraft in town
- Bon Investment Holdings LLC 6 aircraft in town
- Mcgehee Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Tampa Bay Soaring Society INC 15 aircraft · flying club
- Aztec Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Tampa Bay Soaring Society 1 aircraft · flying club
- Zephyr Aircraft Engines INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 25 since 1982 · 4 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/ZPH.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.