Herlong Recreational Airport , also known as Herlong Field, then Herlong Airport, is a public

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located eight

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(13 km) southwest of the central business district of

Jacksonville Jacksonville is a city located on the Atlantic coast of northeast Florida, the most populous city proper in the state and is the List of United States cities by area, largest city by area in the contiguous United States as of 2020. It is the co ...

, a city in Duval County,

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, United States. This airport is assigned a three-letter

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of HEG by the

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, but it does not have an

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. The Jacksonville Aviation Authority (JAA) is the owner of all four public airports in Jacksonville and serves as the

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(FBO) at Herlong. The airport was originally built during World War II to facilitate pilot training for the Navy and Air Force. After the war, the property was given to the city, and subsequently the JAA. In recognition of the improvements and excellent operations, Herlong Recreational Airport was named the Florida Department of Transportation's General Aviation Airport of the Year in 2001.

Facilities and aircraft

Herlong Recreational Airport covers an area of which contains two

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paved

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s: 7/25 measuring 4,000 x 100 ft (1,219 x 30 m) and 11/29 measuring 3,500 x 100 ft (1,067 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending October 20, 1999, the airport had 80,700 aircraft operations, an average of 221 per day: 97%

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and 3% military. There are 162 aircraft based at this airport: 70% single-engine, 9% multi-engine, 10%

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, 8%

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and 2%

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References

External links

Herlong Recreational Airport
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