Merritt Island Airport
| Merritt Island Airport | |||
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| IATA: COI – ICAO: KCOI – FAA LID: COI | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | Titusville-Cocoa Airport Authority | ||
| Location | Merritt Island, Florida | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 7 ft / 2.1 m | ||
| Coordinates | 28°20′30″N 080°41′08″W / 28.34167°N 80.68556°W | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 11/29 | 3,601 | 1,098 | Asphalt |
Merritt Island Airport (IATA: COI, ICAO: KCOI, FAA LID: COI) is a general aviation public airport under the administration of the Titusville-Cocoa Airport Authority. It located in Merritt Island, Brevard County, Florida, USA, northwest of Patrick Air Force Base.
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[edit] History
In the early 1940s, the Brevard County Mosquito Control District constructed the Central Brevard Airport. The airfield included two sod landing strips:
(1) a north-south strip measuring approximately 1,800 feet in length; and, (2) a northwest southeast strip measuring approximately 3,000 feet in length.
An operations building and maintenance hangar were located on the south side of the airfield and the Mosquito Control District had a maintenance hangar on the north side of the airfield. The north-south landing strip was eventually abandoned, replaced by various facilities such as T-hangars that currently occupy this area. The Brevard County Mosquito Control District subsequently deeded the Central Brevard Airport property over to the Titusville-Cocoa Airport Authority in exchange for ten acres of land located within Space Coast Regional Airport. Central Brevard Airport was renamed Merritt Island Airport and became a public general aviation facility.[1]
[edit] Facilities
Merritt Island Airport covers 129 acres (52 ha) and has one runway:
- Runway 11/29: 3,601 x 75 ft. (1,098 x 23 m), Surface: asphalt
[edit] Government Activities
- Brevard County Sheriff's Office Aviation Unit
[edit] Businesses
- Airline Career Academy offers advanced international flight training.
- Aerocomp, an airplane manufacturer is located at the Merritt Island Airport.
- Baer Air offers aircraft charters and has a base at the airport.
- Voyager Aviation International offers flight training.
[edit] References
- Titusville-Cocoa Airport Authority (official site)
- FAA Airport Master Record for COI (Form 5010 PDF)
[edit] External links
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KCOI
- ASN accident history for COI
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
