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Kathrinstadt Airport, Home of Aeromarine West Indies Airways
Kathrinstadt Airport is a private airport located approximately 25 miles southwest of St. Augustine, Florida. Because it is registered with the FAA as a “Private Airport,” access is restricted, and limited to aircraft who receive landing clearance from the airport manager. Kathrinstadt Airport, besides being modeled after a 1920's style aerodrome, is also noted as being the maintenance airfield of Aeromarine West Indies Airways Corporation, an up-and-coming scheduled passenger airline service and aviation center.
Operational specifics are as follows:
Coordinates: Latitude 29° 38' 7" and Longitude 81° 27' 55"
Airport Identifier: 2FA7
Landing Surface: grass (turf)
Runway Length: 700 ft.
Runway Width: 110 ft.
Orientation of Runway: 09-27 (east-west)
Obstructions: trees at both approach ends of runways
Airport Indicators: lighted windsock, lighted segmented circle
Traffic Pattern: right traffic Runway 9 and left traffic Runway 27
Unicom frequency: 122.9
Operations: VFR only
Based Aircraft: 2 aircraft currently based at this airport (1 multi-engine and 1 single-engine)
Facilities: there is one maintenance hangar located at the center/north side of the runways.
Airport Hours: airport is attended 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.
Security: 24 hour armed security, electric/barbed wire fencing, motion sensing cameras.
Contact information: the airport manager can be contacted via email at Aeromarine.Airways@yahoo.com or by phone at the Aeromarine Office @ 386-585-8534.
Services: general mainenance facilities for Aeromarine West Indies Airways Corp only.
Information about Aeromarine West Indies Airways can be found at: http://aeromarine-airways.com/
Operational warnings: besides being restricted to those aircraft who secure clearance from the airport manager, extreme care must be exercised with regards to operations. Kathrinstadt Airport is to be considered for use by STOL aircraft, aircraft with STOL characteristics, and ultralights only! Also, ONLY experienced airmen are to be granted operational clearance to use Kathrinstadt Airport, and this at the airport manager’s discretion.
Official website for Kathrinstadt Airport: http://kathrinstadt-airport.8m.com/
The airport manager can be contacted via e-mail at the following:
Kathrinstadt_Airport@yahoo.com
The airport address:
Kathrinstadt Airport
10460 Turpin Ave.
Hastings, Florida. 32145
The airport manager can be reached via Unicom, or by phone at the Aeromarine office:
Unicom frequency: 122.9
Flight office: 386-585-8534
re: Airport Identifier: 2FA7, Home of Aeromarine West Indies
The phone number for Aeromarine West Indies Airways Corp & the flight office at Kathrinstadt Airport has changed... the new phone number is: (386) 585-8534
re: ID mixup?
This one is the rightful owner of the SYWI ICAO code, so I've updated both airports.
re: Wrong ID?
OK, I've merged them both into the more likely one -- thanks.
re: Wrong ID?
I've removed the id, and will probably delete this soon: I generally include helipads at an airport only when they're assigned a separate code (otherwise, they're just POIs).
re: I think the coordinates are wrong
Actually, don't worry -- I merged this into the proper SLMG airport.
re: Wrong place
This is the right airport for the codes, according to the ICAO pub. The lat/lon had somehow been rounded off to full degrees, so I fixed those.
re: I think the coordinates are wrong
Yes, a lot of the S.A. stuff is questionable, even when it was taken from official government sources. What was your source, Paul? If it's at all credible, please feel free to edit the airport.
Wrong ID?
I think the airport should get the ICAO id WPDL, not this one.
Wrong ID?
There are two SVPB "Punta Brava" airports on this site, and I think this one is wrong.
ID mixup?
Why does this have a URL of SYWI, but an GPS id of SYPR? There is a different airport with an ICAO id of SYWI (GF-0001).
re: Dup?
Thanks, Paul. I've confirmed that in the ICAO pub and removed the code from this airport. It does not seem to have an ICAO code (at least not under this name).
I think the coordinates are wrong
From another datasource, I got the longitude as -64.0619444444444, and that actually looks like an airport there.
Wrong place
This is one of several "SLMG" here, and it's definitely in the wrong place.
Dup?
There are two airports with the ICAO ID "AYBK" - this one and Buka Airport. DAFIF says that the other one is the correct owner of AYBK.
Data problem
This airport doesn't exist in the FAA data (although there is an airport either right here, or very nearby, called Hill Top, with the id "JY43". Plus, there is a different airport with the id "3NJ9" called "Allen Airstrip".
Kuwait's Naval Base
This heliport is part of the Kuwaiti Navy's only significant base, which was also a major staging area for U.S. forces during the invasion of Iraq.
re: Hmmm
I'm reluctant about merging heliports with each-other, since they can sometimes be very close (especially in Urban areas), and these two have different names. I'll keep an eye open for more info.
Hmmm
I added this one from FAA data, and it appears to be in exactly the same point as O01, which is not in the FAA data. They should probably be merged.
Not in FAA data
Not in the FAA data set, but it's obviously there in the satellite picture.
FAA again
The FAA says that this is an airport, not a heliport, with both a 3100x60 turf runway 09/27, and a 50x50 turf helipad.
re: Weird
Well, it definitely looks like an airstrip in the satellite photo. I wonder where that site got the information, if not from the FAA?
re: There are two "SKAN" airports.
Merged -- thanks, Paul.
re: Weird
Here's some info about Putz Airport: http://airports.aircraftdata.net/airport/24369_01-A/PUTZ.aspx
re: Weird
Thanks, Paul. I've removed the airport codes for now, since they're probably not official.
Does not appear in FAA data
Not in the FAA data, nor is it on the sectional chart.
Weird
This airport does not appear in the FAA data, but has another one "Moore Airpark" (TX54) very near by.
There are two "SKAN" airports.
You should probably merge them.
re: Another duplicate heliport?
Agreed -- I've merged them.
re: ICAO id change?
The ICAO Location Indicators pub from June 2008 agrees with the last DAFIF, so I've changed the identifier to AGGI. I've also used the ICAO spelling of the airport name, and put the other spelling in the keywords.
ICAO id change?
It appears that in the last DAFIF data, this was called AGGI, not AGGD. I wonder why it changed?
Another duplicate heliport?
Another case of a heliport exactly coincident with an airport (SA04).
Runway closed?
The only apparent runway in the satellite image has "X"s. I wonder if the whole airport is closed?
re: Weird
I send them emails when I notice something really strange, like the mix-up with KJUV becoming KXLL.
re: Weird
You know, Paul, if we get a good community organized, we could end up being a source for the FAA. With volunteer contributors, we can mobilize a lot more resources than they can for airport data management.
re: Dup?
Thanks, Paul. I've merged them, and moved the marker to what looks like a (n overgrown?) runway.
re: Is this really a separate facility?
I've merged them, since the heliport doesn't have a separate ICAO or IATA code. I haven't yet made a final decision about what to do when a single facility has multiple codes (e.g. military and civilian, or fixed-wing and heliport). I'll definitely keep seaplane docks separate.
Is this really a separate facility?
Are the heliport and the airport (SAVJ) really considered separate facilities?
Dup?
There appears to be two Loncopue airports, about a mile apart. The other one (SA18) is in my DAFIF data. Not sure which one is right.
Helibase of Swiss AF
viewing platform on the east side
From Wikipedia
"A short coral runway still remains on the island, but is in disuse and is not maintained."
Another data anomaly
Not marked at closed in the FAA data, shown on the Baltimore-Washington TAC but not on the Washington Sectional.
Weird
It's in the FAA data still, but with a remark "(ARPT STATUS) ARPT CLSD PERMLY." You'd think that since the Google map now shows the subdivision that they'd remove it.
re: Maybe closed to itinerant, but it's still open
I checked again with the Burlington controller when I overflew this summer, and he said that the field is closed completely now.
Maybe closed to itinerant, but it's still open
It's still marked as open in the FAA data, although it has a remark "ARPT CLSD TO ACR & TSNT ACFT." I'm not sure what "ACR" is, but "TSNT" is obviously "transient". I assume that means it's open to based aircraft.
re: Another dup?
Thanks, Paul -- I've merged that into this one.
Another dup?
This one appears to be a duplicate of TT02 "Ulithi Airport"
re: Duplicate?
Thanks, Paul -- I've merged them.
Disputed territory
This territory is claimed by Malaysia, China, the Philippines, and Vietnam. Malaysia currently has effective control, with this airport on a man made island, a small naval base, and a diving resort.
Other id?
🔗 Sat, 03 Jan 2009
— @ptomblin at Domine Eduard Osok Airport, Indonesia
This airport was "WA1A" in DAFIF.