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Buckingham Field

26.64340°N
-81.71040°W
ARR / DAY
3
▼ 82.8%
DEP / DAY
2
▼ 75.0%

Buckingham Field (FL59) is a small general aviation airport located in Fort Myers, FL, 16 mi east of Cape Coral. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,416 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 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)

50m ago
Temp
78°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KRSW 020153Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A3000 RMK AO2 RAE29 SLP157 P0000 T02560244

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

14
30% of ops
64 land · 38 TO
24
29% of ops
62 land · 0 TO
32
27% of ops
57 land · 8 TO
06
14% of ops
31 land · 4 TO
Runway 14 carries 30% of operations (64 landings, 38 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 24 at 29%.

Approach quality

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

14 64 landings
UA 27%
24 62 landings
UA 3%
32 57 landings
UA 9%
06 31 landings
UA 3%
Approaches to 14 show a 27% unstable-approach rate (17 UA events from 64 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
10.1
flights/day · 303 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 1pm · 3pm
Day vs night
83%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 10.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (11.0 vs 10.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

95 · 41%
19 · 8%
19 · 8%
10 · 4%
9 · 4%
9 · 4%
Activity is led by (41% of 230 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

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

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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