Crystal River Airport – Captain Tom Davis Field is a public

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located three miles (5 km) southeast of the

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of Crystal River, in

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. It is owned by Citrus County. This airport is assigned a three-letter location identifier of CGC by the

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, but it does not have an International Air Transport Association (IATA) airport code (the IATA assigned CGC to

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in Papua New Guinea).

Facilities and aircraft

Crystal River Airport – Captain Tom Davis Field covers an area of which contains two

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s: 9/27 with an

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surface measuring 4,555 x 75 ft (1,388 x 23 m) and 18/36 with a turf surface measuring 3,020 x 100 ft (920 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending May 9, 2002, the airport had 36,600 aircraft operations, an average of 100 per day: 98%

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, 1%

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and 1% military. There are 50 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single engine, 10% multi-engine, 2%

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and 2%

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. A non-aviation Florida Army National Guard facility is located at the airport which periodically hosts visiting Florida Army National Guard aircraft from other FLARNG installations. In December 2013, the Citrus County Board of County Commissioners passed a resolution modifying the airport's name to Crystal River Airport – Captain Tom Davis Field. CAPT Tom Davis, USN (Ret), is an accomplished Naval Aviator out of the Navy's jet fighter community and a recipient of the Legion of Merit and the Distinguished Flying Cross. Retiring from the Navy in 1978 following 33 years of service, CAPT Davis settled in Crystal River, starting a flight school at the airport that eventually became the facility's

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(FBO). CAPT Davis also volunteered to become the airport manager and oversaw numerous capital improvements, including the addition of the airport's 4,555 foot paved runway. As of 2014, CAPT Davis had logged in excess of 24,000 military and civilian flight hours, is an FAA Designated Pilot Examiner and has received the FAA Master Pilot Award."Wings of Gold" magazine, Winter 2014; Association of Naval Aviation; Springfield, VA; p. 56; ISSN 0274-7405

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