Buchan Airport
X36 · Englewood, Florida · Sarasota County · map
Buchan Airport is a public-use airport owned by Sarasota County, 2 miles northwest of Englewood, Florida, 15 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 2,040 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA X36
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Sarasota County
- Elevation
- 15 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Miami sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1949
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 2,040 × 120 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 12: trees 12 ft high 335 ft from the end
- Runway 30: fence on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Englewood from the FAA register
45 aircraft are registered to owners in Englewood, Florida: 39 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 2 helicopters, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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 · 6 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Drainage swales along side both runways.
- Runway 12/30 thlds marked with 3 white tires perpendicular to centerline.
- Runway 12/30 edge marked with white tires.
- Runway 30 20:1 to dthr.
- Runway 12/30 rough and bare in spots.
- Runway 12/30 30 feet trees 140 feet both sides of centerline.
- Ultralight activity on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.