- New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport
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Coordinates: 29°03′20″N 080°56′56″W / 29.05556°N 80.94889°W
New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport
Jack Bolt Field
IATA: none – ICAO: KEVB – FAA LID: EVB Summary Airport type Public Owner City of New Smyrna Beach Serves New Smyrna Beach, Florida Elevation AMSL 10 ft / 3 m Website Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 2/20 4,000 1,219 Asphalt 7/25 5,000 1,524 Asphalt 11/29 4,319 1,316 Asphalt Statistics (2002) Aircraft operations 140,554 Based aircraft 159 Source: FAA[1], airport website[2] New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport (ICAO: KEVB, FAA LID: EVB), also known as Jack Bolt Field[2], is a public airport located three miles (5 km) northwest of the central business district of New Smyrna Beach, a city in Volusia County, Florida, United States. It is owned by the City of New Smyrna Beach.[1] The fixed base operator on field, Epic Aviation, offers flight training.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, New Smyrna Beach Municipal is assigned EVB by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[3]
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History
Prior to World War II, the present airport site was home to both a golf course and a grass airstrip. In 1942, the site was taken over by the U.S. Navy and the present paved runway complex constructed. Designated as Outlying Field New Smyrna Beach, it operated as an auxiliary field to advanced naval flight training operations being conducted at nearby Naval Air Station Daytona Beach, NAS Sanford and NAS DeLand. In 1947, OLF New Smyrna Beach was decommissioned and the facility conveyed back to the City of New Smryna Beach for use as a civilian airport.
Facilities and aircraft
New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport covers an area of 769 acres (311 ha) which contains three asphalt paved runways[1][2]:
- Runway 2/20: 4,003 x 100 ft (1,220 x 30 m)
- Runway 7/25: 5,000 x 75 ft (1,524 x 23 m), Lighted without PAPI
- Runway 11/29: 4,300 x 100 ft (1,310 x 30 m), Lighted with PAPI
For the 12-month period ending May 7, 2002, the airport had 140,554 aircraft operations, an average of 385 per day: 99.6% general aviation, 0.3% air taxi and <0.1% military. There are 159 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single-engine, 13% multi-engine and 2% helicopter.[1]
Accidents and incidents
On 1 August 1980, Douglas R4D N45864 crashed at New Smyrna Beach, Florida shortly after take-off on a ferry flight to Queen Beatrix International Airport, Aruba. The unqualified pilot had been drinking.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for EVB (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-10-25
- ^ a b c New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport at city website
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: KEVB - New Smyrna Beach, Florida (New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport)
- ^ "N45864 Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19800801-0. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
External links
- New Smyrna Beach Municipal AirportPDF (947 KiB) brochure from CFASPP (April 2005)
- Epic Aviation
- AirGate Aviation
- Stella's Skyline Cafe
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective 20 October 2011
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KEVB
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures for KEVB
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