Jack Browns Seaplane Base is a public-use

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base located 3 nautical miles (5.56 km) northwest of the central business district of Winter Haven in

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. It is located on the northeast shore of Lake Jessie, which is part of the Winter Haven Chain of Lakes. The privately owned seaplane base is located adjacent to

Winter Haven's Gilbert Airport Winter Haven's Gilbert Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northwest of the central business district of Winter Haven, a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. It is owned by the City of W ...

and connected to it by an asphalt

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Facilities and aircraft

Jack Browns Seaplane Base covers an area of at an

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of 140 feet (42.7 m) above

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. It has one water

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: 1/19 is 3,600 by 2,200 feet (1,097 x 670.6 m). For the 12-month period ending November 17, 2009, the airport had 10,000

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aircraft operations, an average of 27 per day. At that time there were 5 aircraft based at this airport: 80% single-

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and 20% multi-engine.

Accidents

On March 7, 2023, at 1900Z, two aircraft collided during training. All 4 people aboard both planes died.

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