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Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport

30.61180°N
-81.46120°W
ARR / DAY
12
▼ 13.8%
DEP / DAY
2
▲ 0.0%

Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport (K55J) is a small general aviation airport located in Fernandina Beach, FL, 22 mi north east of Jacksonville. It features 4 runways with the longest being 5,301 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 12 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 1 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
1
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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Runways

4 installed

5,301 FT MAX
04/22
5,301 ft × 100
ASP● LIT
09/27
5,000 ft × 100
ASP○ unlit
13/31
5,152 ft × 100
ASP● LIT
18/36
3,580 ft × 150
ASP○ unlitCLOSED

Runway intelligence

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

18
35% of ops
73 land · 0 TO
36
25% of ops
51 land · 0 TO
13
20% of ops
42 land · 0 TO
04
9% of ops
18 land · 0 TO
22
6% of ops
13 land · 0 TO
08
3% of ops
7 land · 0 TO
Runway 18 carries 35% of operations (73 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 25%.

Approach quality

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

18 73 landings
UA 3%
36 51 landings
UA 0%
13 42 landings
UA 0%
04 18 landings
UA 0%
22 13 landings
UA 0%
08 7 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 18 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 73 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
7.8
flights/day · 235 total
Busy hour (local)
12pm
also 2pm · 3pm
Day vs night
79%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–3pm local, averaging 7.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (4.8 vs 9.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

92 · 53%
18 · 10%
7 · 4%
6 · 3%
5 · 3%
5 · 3%
Activity is led by (53% of 175 flights). Top three types: , , .

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

1 comment from OurAirports — click to expand

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HAD
05/27/2020
Beautiful new FBO
One of the most interesting FBO buildings, anywhere. Great airport on a beautiful island
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