Everglades Airpark
{{Short description|Airport in Florida, U.S.}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Coord|25|50|55.9000|N|081|23|25.0|W|type:airport|display=title}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Everglades Airpark
| image =
| ICAO =
| FAA = X01
| type = Public use
| owner = Collier County Arpt Auth
| operator = Manager: Nick Rossdale
Director: Andrew Bennett
| city-served = Everglades City, Florida
| location = Collier County, Florida
| elevation-f = 5
| elevation-m = 2
| website =
| r1-number = 15/33
| r1-length-f = 2,400
| r1-length-m = 732
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| stat-year = 2019
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations (year ending 2/28/2019)
| stat1-data = 2,400
| stat2-header = Based aircraft
| stat2-data = 4
| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=X01|use=PU|own=PU|site=03182.*A}}, effective 2023-9-7
}}
Everglades Airpark {{Airport codes|||X01}} is a public-use airport located {{convert|1|mi|km}} southwest of the central business district of the city of Everglades City in Collier County, Florida, United States. The airport is publicly owned.
History
The airport was constructed in the 1940s by the Collier family and was used by the Civil Air Patrol, the Air Force, and private pilots.{{cite web |last=Lobb |first=Justin |title=Collier County Airports: A Gateway to Florida's Paradise Coast |publisher=Florida Department of Transportation Aviation Office |url=https://www.florida-aviation-database.com/library/filedownload.aspx?guid=54d37804-7c1e-4605-93ca-6f6120ea0152 |access-date=August 19, 2023}}{{cite web |title=Everglades Airpark |publisher=Collier County Government |url=https://www.colliercountyfl.gov/government/transportation-management-services/airport-authority/everglades-airpark |access-date=August 19, 2023}} The runway was initially a 1,000 foot paved strip with 500 feet of grass on either end. President Harry Truman dedicated the Everglades National Park at the airport in December 1947.
In 1968, Collier County purchased Everglades Airpark from the Collier family for $125,000. In 1993, the Collier County Airport Authority was created to manage the development and operations of three local, publicly owned airports—Everglades Airpark, Immokalee Regional Airport, and Marco Island Executive Airport.{{cite web |title=Airport Authority |publisher=Collier County |url=https://colliercountyfl.qscend.com/311/knowledgebase/article/2045|access-date=August 19, 2023}}
Incidents
On September 9, 1960, Hurricane Donna destroyed the airport's hangar, office, fuel station, and other buildings.
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{US-airport-minor|X01}}
{{Florida airports}}
- https://www.colliercountyfl.gov/government/transportation-management-services/airport-authority/everglades-airpark#:~:text=In%201947%2C%20Everglades%20City%20was,home%20base%20in%20Palm%20Beach.
Category:Transportation buildings and structures in Collier County, Florida