Cecil Airport
VQQ · KVQQ · Jacksonville, Florida · Duval County · map
Cecil Airport is a public-use airport owned by Jacksonville Aviation Authority in Jacksonville, Florida, 80 feet above sea level. It has 6 runways; the longest, 18L/36R, is 12,504 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now KVQQ · observed 3:50 pm EDT (19:50 UTC), 6 minutes ago
IFR instrument conditions
- Wind variable at 5 knots
- Visibility 2 miles
- Sky: a broken layer at 500 feet
- Weather: light rain, mist
- Temperature 75°F (24°C), dew point 75°F (24°C)
- Altimeter 29.90 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:59 pm EDT (17:59 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 6 knots, visibility 2 miles, rain, mist, overcast at 600 feet IFR
- From Tue 4:00 pm EDT (20:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 9 knots, visibility 5 miles, light rain, mist, a broken layer at 600 feet, overcast at 900 feet IFR
- From Tue 7:00 pm EDT (23:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 6 knots, visibility 2 miles, heavy rain, mist, scattered clouds at 300 feet, overcast at 600 feet IFR
- From Tue 11:00 pm EDT (03:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 6 knots, visibility 5 miles, light rain, mist, scattered clouds at 600 feet, overcast at 900 feet IFR
- From Wed 5:00 am EDT (09:00 UTC): wind from the north-northeast at 3 knots, visibility 2 miles, heavy rain, mist, scattered clouds at 200 feet, overcast at 500 feet IFR
- From Wed 10:00 am EDT (14:00 UTC): wind from the north-northeast at 10 knots, visibility 5 miles, rain, mist, scattered clouds at 500 feet, overcast at 1,000 feet MVFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KVQQ 061950Z VRB05KT 2SM -RABR BKN005 24/24 A2990
TAF KVQQ 061759Z 0618/0718 04006KT 2SM RA BR OVC006 FM062000 07009KT 5SM -RA BR BKN006 OVC009 FM062300 06006KT 2SM +RA BR SCT003 OVC006 FM070300 04006KT 5SM -RA BR SCT006 OVC009 FM070900 02003KT 2SM +RA BR SCT002 OVC005 FM071400 03010KT 5SM RA BR SCT005 OVC010
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 VQQ · ICAO KVQQ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Jacksonville Aviation Authority
- Elevation
- 80 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 11:00 pm mon-fri, 7:00 am to 9:00 pm sat-sun.
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 11:00 pm; weekends, 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
Runways 6
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18L/36R | 12,504 × 200 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 09R/27L | 8,003 × 200 ft | Asphalt and concrete, fair | High-intensity lights |
| 18R/36L | 8,001 × 200 ft | Asphalt and concrete, poor | |
| 09L/27R | 4,439 × 200 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | |
| H1 | 70 × 70 ft | Concrete, good | |
| H2 | 70 × 70 ft | Concrete, good |
- Runway 18L: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 74 ft high 3,125 ft from the end
- Runway 36R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 87 ft high 4,595 ft from the end
- Runway 09R: PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 76 ft high 2,860 ft from the end
- Runway 27L: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 50 ft high 1,920 ft from the end
- Runway 18R: trees 79 ft high 3,840 ft from the end
- Runway 09L: trees 74 ft high 2,720 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 126.1 | Cecil |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Vqq and aWOS-3 | 125.275 | Cecil |
| Clearance delivery | 123.975 | Cecil |
| Ground | 121.625 | Cecil |
| Approach and departure | 127.775 | Cecil |
| Alcrn and star | 127.0 | Cecil |
| Apt Remark 20 With Gco Freq | 135.075 | · Gco available on frequency 135.075 - Jacksonville approach. |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 904-778-6934.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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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 · 5 since 1982, 1 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
- Ctn: daylight glider operations 6000 feet and below; herlong recreational 5 NM northeast.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 9R and 36R; runway end identifier lights runway 18L and 27L; high-intensity runway lights runway 18L/36R, 09R/27L - the common traffic frequency.
- Restricted to fixed wing 12500 pounds and below.
- Longl and transverse cracking between ints.
- Taxiway C closed at military gate. Taxiway M closed except to military aircraft.
- Arng: ramp aces prior permission required - D860-7728 option 5; 1300-2130Z++ MON-FRI except holidays.
- Wildlife in the vicinity of airport.
- Hold shrt sign runway 9L/27R and 18R/36L unlighted.
- 180 degrees turn on asphalt ptns of runway by P-3 or lrgr NA.
- Military carrier break NA.
- Departure turns prior to der WO tower apvl NA.
- Gco available on frequency 135.075 - Jacksonville approach.
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.