Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Skid Strip
XMR · KXMR · Cocoa Beach, Florida · Brevard County · map
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Skid Strip is a private airport owned by Usaf, 7 miles northeast of Cocoa Beach, Florida, 10 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 9,999 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
Weather right now KXMR · observed 7:55 pm EDT (23:55 UTC), 54 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northeast (030°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 78°F (25°C), dew point 75°F (24°C)
- Altimeter 29.83 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KXMR 062355Z AUTO 03004KT 10SM CLR 25/24 A2983 RMK AO2 RAB07E13 SLP104 P0001 60005 T02530237 10290 20253 52007 $
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 XMR · ICAO KXMR
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Air Force
- Owner
- Usaf
- Elevation
- 10 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · no specific work hours mon-fri; closed saturday, sunday and holidays.
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, irreg
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 9,999 × 200 ft | Asphalt | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 31: PAPI, four lights on the left, SALS
Radio frequencies
| Tower | 118.625 | Cape |
| Tower | 143.15 | Cape |
| Tower (secondary) | 126.2 | Cape |
| Approach and departure | 134.95 | Cape |
| Xmr and automated weather (ASOS) | 119.325 | |
| Bitho and star | 128.375 | Cape |
| Pre-taxi clearance | 139.3 | Cape |
Aircraft registered in Cocoa Beach from the FAA register
28 aircraft are registered to owners in Cocoa Beach, Florida: 22 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 2 business jets, 1 balloon. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Florida.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 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
- Prior permission required from ros, ccafs, FL V467-5941.
- Service light: runway 31 approach light non-standard sals, 1000'.
- FSS-ST. petersburg (pie) - NOTAM - xmr.
- 1100 feet rectangular, 1600 feet ovhd, 600 feet helicopter.
- Closed Saturday, Sunday and holiday. See flip AP/1 supplementary information.
- Cape Canaveral afs operations officer MS.terry bron.
- State 175, sbtt 538, trt 522, tdt 890
- Jasu: 1(AM32A-60A) 1(A/M32A-86D).
- Fuel: J8 1200 - 2200Z++MON-FRI, otr times rqr 5 days advn notice. Due to ltd manning, aircrew assistance is required with rfl operations.
- Restricted: all aircraft will contact app before proceeding to Cape Canaveral. Landing and takeoff not authorized unless Cape tower is operates.
- Restricted: no arrival or departure within 1 hour of Cape Canaveral launch operates. Landing and takeoff not auzd unless Cape tower is operates. All aircraft will contact app before proceeding to Cape Canaveral. Flight is restricted to 1000' above and within a horizontal rad of 2000' FR any Space launch complex.
- Restricted: if operates necessity rqr flight closer than these restricted, coord with the custodian of the affected complex shall be accomplished no later than 24 hour prior to flight.
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.