Flagler County Airport is a county-owned public-use airport

Airport

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 located three miles (5 km) east of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Bunnell

Bunnell, Florida

Bunnell is the county seat of Flagler County Florida with a population of 2,122 at the 2000 census. According to the U.S Census estimates of 2008, the city's population had grown to 3,190. The city is part of the Palm Coast Metropolitan Statistical Area and is named after early resident, Alvah A...

, a city in Flagler County

Flagler County, Florida

Flagler County was created in 1917 from portions of Saint Johns and Volusia counties. It was named for Henry Morrison Flagler, a famous railroad builder who built the Florida East Coast Railway. Bunnell is the county seat of Flagler County....

, Florida

Florida

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, United States

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. The airport's former FAA location identifier was X47.

According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) data, the airport ranks as the fourth busiest in Florida, out of 105 General Aviation airports, with 190,000 takeoff and landings per year. Due to the increase in air traffic, the Flagler County Airport now has an Air Traffic Control Tower that operates from 7am - 9pm, 365 days per year.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier

Location identifier

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 for the FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

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 and IATA

International Air Transport Association

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, Flagler County Airport is assigned XFL by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.

Facilities and aircraft

Flagler County Airport covers an area of 1145 acres (463.4 ha) which contains two paved runway

Runway

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s, one seaplane

Seaplane

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 landing area and one helipad

Helipad

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• Runway 6/24: 5,000 x 100 ft (1,524 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt
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• Runway 11/29: 4,999 x 100 ft (1,524 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt
• Runway 18W/36W: 3,000 x 500 ft (914 x 152 m), Surface: Water
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• Helipad H1: 36 x 36 ft (11 x 11 m), Surface: Concrete
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  /Gravel
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For the 12-month period ending May 7, 2002, the airport had 190,010 aircraft operations, an average of 520 per day: 99.9% general aviation

General aviation

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and <0.1% military.