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FL59 ·

Buckingham Field

26.64340°N
-81.71040°W
ARR / DAY
2
▲ 0.0%
DEP / DAY
0
▼ 100.0%

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

From KRSW, 8 mi away (FL59 does not publish METAR)

25m ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KRSW 071153Z 00000KT 10SM SCT026 SCT030 BKN036 27/26 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP130 T02720256 10278 20261 53012

Runways

2 installed

4,416 FT MAX
06/24
2,726 ft × 400
CONC○ unlit
14/32
4,416 ft × 75
CONC● LITMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

24
31% of ops
134 land · 0 TO
14
27% of ops
117 land · 59 TO
32
26% of ops
110 land · 12 TO
06
16% of ops
67 land · 6 TO
Runway 24 carries 31% of operations (134 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 14 at 27%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

24 134 landings
UA 4%
14 117 landings
UA 24%
32 110 landings
UA 4%
06 67 landings
UA 3%
Approaches to 24 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 134 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
11.8
flights/day · 354 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 1pm · 11am
Day vs night
79%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 11am–2pm local, averaging 11.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (11.6 vs 12.4 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

101 · 38%
25 · 9%
18 · 7%
17 · 6%
10 · 4%
9 · 3%
Activity is led by (38% of 268 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.900 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMA
Elevation:
20 ft
Mag var:
2° W

Pilot & community notes

2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

2
labubuairportenthusiastTWO
07/29/2026
re: Mostly used by mosquito control.
Reply to @Rob33904: there’s also an airpark situated around the actual airstrip
Rob33904
07/10/2026
Mostly used by mosquito control.
There is still GA activity, but it's mostly just helicopters and the occasional DC3 used for mosquito control. Runway 6 / 24 is often used for drag races.
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