Key West Naval Air Station (Boca Chica Field)
NQX · KNQX · Key West, Florida · Monroe County · map
Key West Naval Air Station (Boca Chica Field) is a private airport owned by the US Navy, 4 miles east of Key West, Florida, 6 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 08/26, is 10,001 feet of partially concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (JP-5).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA NQX · ICAO KNQX
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Navy
- Owner
- US Navy
- Elevation
- 6 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with radar approach control · 1200-0300z++, other times by notam.
- Attended
- every day, 12:00 pm to 0300z
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- JP-5; the services card below
- On the chart
- Miami sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1944
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 10,001 × 200 ft | Partially concrete, fair | High-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 7,001 × 150 ft | Partially concrete, fair | High-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 7,000 × 150 ft | Partially concrete, fair | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1)
- Runway 26: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 04: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 22: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the right
- Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Clearance delivery | 121.2 | Navy Key West |
| Ground | 121.7 | Navy Key West |
| Tower | 118.575 | Navy Key West |
| Approach and departure | 124.025 | Navy Key West |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) | 126.575 | Navy Key West |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Navy Key West |
| Key West Center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.5 | Navy Key West |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- JP-5
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Key West International (4 nm west), The Florida Keys Marathon International (36 nm east).
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Key West International (4 nm west), The Florida Keys Marathon International (36 nm east).
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
- Available durg operations hours.
- Hook E28(B) (1500 feet)
- Hook E28(B) (1500 feet)
- Hook E28(B) (1135 feet)
- Hook E28(B) (1202 feet)
- Hook E28(B) (1501 feet)
- Hook E28(B) (1501 feet)
- Available 1100-0400Z++MON-SAT, Sunday 1400-0000Z++.
- A-GEAR: all E-28(B) short field A-G in raised posn. Except short field A-G duty runway derigged.
- Jasu: (NC-10) (MSU-200)
- Fluid: SP
- Oil: -O-128-156
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Key West from the FAA register
64 aircraft are registered to owners in Key West, Florida: 36 piston singles, 10 turboprops, 8 piston twins, 8 helicopters, 2 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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Keys Cardinal Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Key West, 5 miles away
- Paradise Flyers LLC 2 aircraft · Cudjoe Key, 14 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Key West:
- Florida AeroCharter, Inc. 3 aircraft on the certificate
- Monroe County Sheriff'S Office 3 aircraft on the certificate
- Promech Air Key West Seaplane Adventures (PM Air, LLC) 3 aircraft on the certificate Key West Seaplane Adventures operates seaplane tours from Key West, Florida to Dry Tortugas National Park and Fort Jefferson, offering sightseeing flights, snorkeling, and wildlife viewing.
- Key West Sea and Air LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
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.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Key West 64 aircraft · 36 piston singles, 10 turboprops, 8 piston twins
- Monroe County Florida 3 aircraft in town
- Key West Helicopters LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Drg Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Florida AeroCharter, Inc. 3 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Monroe County Sheriff'S Office 3 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Promech Air Key West Seaplane Adventures (PM Air, LLC) 3 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Key West Sea and Air LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Keys Cardinal Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Paradise Flyers LLC 2 aircraft · flight school
- Accidents and incidents in Florida 6,103 since 1982 · 982 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 5 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Florida 128 landing places
- Florida 21,712 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/NQX.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 October 30, 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.