Mid-Florida Airport
X55 · Eustis, Florida · Lake County · map
Mid-Florida Airport is a public-use airport owned by Mc Group Enterprises, INC., 3 miles east of Eustis, Florida, 167 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,200 feet of grass.
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What is the airport code for Mid-Florida Airport?
Its FAA code is X55.
Where is Mid-Florida Airport?
It is 3 miles east of Eustis, Florida, 167 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Mid-Florida Airport?
Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,200 feet long, grass.
Does Mid-Florida Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Are there flight schools at Mid-Florida Airport?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Island Flyers LLC and Orlando Flight Academy INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Mid-Florida Airport?
43 pilot examiners and 30 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 Mid-Florida Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA X55
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Mc Group Enterprises, INC.
- Elevation
- 167 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 9:00 am to sunset
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1967
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,200 × 80 ft | Grass, fair | Non-standard lights |
- Runway 18: threshold displaced 540 ft, fence on the approach
- Runway 36: threshold displaced 108 ft, brush 8 ft high 52 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 135.3 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Orlando Apopka Airport (9 nm south), Leesburg International (9 nm west), Orlando Sanford International (21 nm east), Deland Muni-Sidney H Taylor Field (23 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Umatilla Municipal (5 nm north), Tavares Seaplane Base (6 nm southwest), Orlando Apopka Airport (9 nm south), Leesburg International (9 nm west).
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.
- Rotating beacon opers DUSK-2300. After 2300, activate - the common traffic frequency.
- No tgl allowed on this facility.
- Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- T-HNGRS and box hngrs for rent per yearly lease term.
- 5 tiedown spaces for rent on daily, weekly, monthly basis.
- Runway 18 has 4 feet fence 0 feet from runway end left/right of cntln.
- Dthr marked with 3 tires and lights per side.
- Runway 18/36 marked by tires and ntsd lights. Runway 36 threshold lights misg. Runway 18 dthr lights misg.
- Runway 18 approach ratio 20:1 from 63 feet trees 710 feet from dthr.
- Runway 36 approach ratio 20:1 to dthr.
- Landing fee for all non tenants including flight schools.
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 Eustis from the FAA register
28 aircraft are registered to owners in Eustis, Florida: 24 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 gyroplane. 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.
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, 10 miles away Countrywide Flyers is a flying club based at Orlando-Apopka Airport (X04) in Apopka, Florida.
- Orlando Flight Academy INC 2 aircraft · Apopka, 10 miles away 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.
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
43 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 43 for private pilot, 43 for commercial and instrument, 34 for airline transport pilot, 41 for flight instructor, 13 for sport pilot, 5 for type ratings; 41 for airplanes, 36 for multi-engine airplanes, 12 for seaplanes, 3 for helicopters, 2 for gliders. Also nearby: 4 sport aviation examiners, 30 aviation medical examiners, 6 mechanic examiners, 3 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 5 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 7 engineering representatives, 3 parachute rigger examiners, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 125 training center evaluators, 49 aircrew program designees, 8 training center examiners, 24 administrative pilot examiners.
- Robert King Galloway private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, seaplanes · Umatilla Flight School · Umatilla, FL (5 nm) · (803) 468-7390 · [email protected]
- David Alan Hensch private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, seaplanes · Apopka Airport X04 · Apopka, FL (9 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 (9 nm) · (941) 468-4985 · [email protected]
- Steven James Korotky private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · First Landings Aviation · Apopka, FL (9 nm) · (732) 569-2223 · [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 (21 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 (21 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 (21 nm) · (386) 690-8401 · [email protected]
- Thomas Dowell 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 · Key West Air Charters · Sanford, FL (21 nm) · (864) 238-2871 · [email protected]
All 308 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 · 14 since 1982, 2 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 Eustis 28 aircraft · 24 piston singles, 1 turboprops, 1 piston twins
- Island Flyers LLC 2 aircraft · flight school
- Orlando Flight Academy INC 2 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 14 since 1982 · 2 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 21,711 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/X55.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.