Carrabelle-Thompson Airport
X13 · Carrabelle, Florida · Franklin County · map
Carrabelle-Thompson Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Carrabelle, 3 miles west of Carrabelle, Florida, 20 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 4,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
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What is the airport code for Carrabelle-Thompson Airport?
Its FAA code is X13.
Where is Carrabelle-Thompson Airport?
It is 3 miles west of Carrabelle, Florida, 20 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Carrabelle-Thompson Airport?
Its one runway, 05/23, is 4,000 feet long, asphalt.
Does Carrabelle-Thompson Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Carrabelle-Thompson Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Carrabelle-Thompson Airport?
1 pilot examiner and 1 aviation medical examiner work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA X13
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Carrabelle
- Elevation
- 20 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1943
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 4,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, poor | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 69 ft high 2,145 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 60 ft high 1,530 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Apalachicola Rgnl-Cleve Randolph Field (18 nm west), Tallahassee International (38 nm northeast), Calhoun County (44 nm northwest).
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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Lights on several taxiways out of service indefinitely.
- Activate PAPI runways 05 and 23; medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 - the common traffic frequency.
- Airport phys ads: 317 airport road, Carrabelle, FL 32322.
- Self serve available 24 hours.
- 150 feet wide; cntr 75 feet overlayed; 37 feet paved shoulders.
- Longl and transverse cracking thrut runway 05/23.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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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 Carrabelle from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in Carrabelle, Florida: 5 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Florida.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
1 pilot examiner (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles: 1 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 1 for flight instructor; 1 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 1 aviation medical examiner.
- Robert Turner 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 · MILLION AIR TALLAHASSEE · Tallahassee, FL (38 nm) · (850) 933-9035 · [email protected]
All 2 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
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 · 2 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 Carrabelle 5 aircraft · 5 piston singles
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 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 6 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Florida 128 landing places
- Florida 21,711 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/X13.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 27, 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.