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Buckingham Field

26.64340°N
-81.71040°W
ARR / DAY
4
▼ 80.0%
DEP / DAY
3
▼ 66.7%

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 4 arrivals and 3 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)

57m ago
Temp
83°F
Wind
12 kts
160°
Visib
1207 m
Ceil
—
KRSW 022158Z 16012KT 3/4SM VCTS +RA BR SCT021 BKN038 OVC070 28/26 A2992 RMK AO2 TSE55 P0017 T02830261 $

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
124 land · 0 TO
32
28% of ops
114 land · 11 TO
14
27% of ops
107 land · 49 TO
06
14% of ops
55 land · 7 TO
Runway 24 carries 31% of operations (124 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 32 at 28%.

Approach quality

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

24 124 landings
UA 4%
32 114 landings
UA 4%
14 107 landings
UA 19%
06 55 landings
UA 2%
Approaches to 24 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (5 UA events from 124 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
12.1
flights/day · 364 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 1pm · 11am
Day vs night
80%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 11am–2pm local, averaging 12.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (11.8 vs 12.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

105 · 38%
22 · 8%
20 · 7%
15 · 5%
12 · 4%
10 · 4%
Activity is led by (38% of 276 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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