Orlando Apopka Airport
X04 · Apopka, Florida · Orange County · map
Orlando Apopka Airport is a public-use airport owned by Orlando Apopka Arpt Condo Assoc., 4 miles northwest of Apopka, Florida, 150 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 3,284 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Orlando Apopka Airport?
Its FAA code is X04.
Where is Orlando Apopka Airport?
It is 4 miles northwest of Apopka, Florida, 150 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Orlando Apopka Airport?
Its one runway, 15/33, is 3,284 feet long, asphalt.
Does Orlando Apopka Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Orlando Apopka Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Orlando Apopka Airport?
4 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Island Flyers LLC and Orlando Flight Academy INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Orlando Apopka Airport?
46 pilot examiners and 32 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Orlando Apopka Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA X04
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Orlando Apopka Arpt Condo Assoc.
- Elevation
- 150 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 3,284 × 60 ft | Asphalt, fair | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 241 ft, berm 10 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 33: trees 57 ft high 2,170 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | · Automated UNICOM weather and light - the common traffic frequency. |
| Approach and departure | 135.3 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales, aerial surveying
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Leesburg International (14 nm northwest), Orlando Executive (16 nm southeast), Orlando Sanford International (19 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
- VFR only
- Steep dropoff 63 feet from southeast end and approximately 60 feet off west and east edge.
- Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 15 has 10 feet berm 200 feet from runway end 125 feet L.
- Runway 15 approach ratio 20:1 from displaced thld due to 33 feet railroad TR 420 from end of runway 125 feet L of centerline.
- Runway 15/33 railroad penetrates 7:1 transient surface east side.
- Runway 15/33 closed to touch and go landings by transient helicopters.
- Automated UNICOM weather and light - the common traffic frequency.
- Pwrd paragliders operating west of runway 15/33.
- Calm wind runway 33.
- Touch and go operations prohibited if three or more aircraft in the traffic pattern.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Apopka from the FAA register
76 aircraft are registered to owners in Apopka, Florida: 59 piston singles, 8 piston twins, 3 business jets, 2 turboprops, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes. 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:
- Island Flyers LLC 2 aircraft · Apopka Countrywide Flyers is a flying club based at Orlando-Apopka Airport (X04) in Apopka, Florida.
- Orlando Flight Academy INC 2 aircraft · Apopka Orlando Flight Academy is a Part 141 flight training provider based in Apopka, Florida, offering full-time structured FAA-approved Commercial Pilot courses with concurrent flight and ground training.
- Apopka Aero Club LLC 1 aircraft · Winter Garden, 11 miles away Countrywide Flyers is a flying club based at Orlando-Apopka Airport (X04) in Apopka, Florida.
- Flight Training Solutions LLC 1 aircraft · Longwood, 14 miles away Flight Training Solutions LLC is a flight school based at Orlando Apopka Airport in Central Florida that provides flight training and flight time building services for aspiring pilots.
Repair stations in Apopka:
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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
46 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 46 for private pilot, 46 for commercial and instrument, 35 for airline transport pilot, 44 for flight instructor, 15 for sport pilot, 5 for type ratings; 44 for airplanes, 37 for multi-engine airplanes, 12 for seaplanes, 3 for helicopters, 2 for gliders. Also nearby: 4 sport aviation examiners, 32 aviation medical examiners, 6 mechanic examiners, 3 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 6 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 7 engineering representatives, 3 parachute rigger examiners, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 138 training center evaluators, 49 aircrew program designees, 11 training center examiners, 27 administrative pilot examiners.
- David Alan Hensch private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, seaplanes · Apopka Airport X04 · Apopka, FL (0 nm) · (386) 248-2010 · [email protected]
- 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 · D&J Aviation · Apopka, FL (0 nm) · (941) 468-4985 · [email protected]
- Robert King Galloway private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, seaplanes · Apopka, FL (0 nm) · (803) 468-7390 · [email protected]
- Steven James Korotky private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · First Landings Aviation · Apopka, FL (0 nm) · (732) 569-2223 · [email protected]
- Mark Anthony Griffin private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Windermere, FL (13 nm) · (407) 256-2457 · [email protected]
- Donald Ray Laughlin private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · L3 Training Solutions · Sanford, FL (18 nm) · (407) 701-7753 · [email protected]
- Edward Moon private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · D&J Aviation · Sanford, FL (18 nm) · (321) 228-3116 · [email protected]
- Joseph N LAMIROULT private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · KW Exec Air Charter · Sanford, FL (18 nm) · (386) 690-8401 · [email protected]
All 333 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.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher 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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 33 since 1982, 1 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
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Apopka 76 aircraft · 59 piston singles, 8 piston twins, 3 business jets
- Van Anda Aviation LLC 17 aircraft in town
- D&J Aviation LLC 9 aircraft in town
- D & J Aviation LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Orlando Flight Academy INC 2 aircraft in town
- Island Flyers LLC 2 aircraft · flight school
- Orlando Flight Academy INC 2 aircraft · flight school
- Apopka Aero Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Heliservice, LLC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 33 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Florida 6,103 since 1982 · 984 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 21,705 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/X04.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 26, 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.