Here's some info on the Friends of the Cedar Key Airport website
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• There is no fuel available. No bathroom. No phone.
• No mechanic. You might luck into a mechanic who happens to be at the airstrip. But most likely you will have to call home for support. Alternatively, the closest neighboring airports with shops are Williston and Crystal River.
• Verizon cell service works best at the airport. AT&T sometime works. If you have other cell service, it probably won't work here.
• Please use 122.9 and announce your intentions.
• Please follow Airman's Information Manual procedures for uncontrolled airports.
• During busy good-weather weekends and Festivals, let's be patient with each other and courteous. Again, announce intentions.
• The runway is short, less than 2,300 feet and 100 feet wide. This is plenty of runway for light aircraft to takeoff and land.
• BE AWARE that it is very common to come in TOO HIGH and TOO FAST on approach. Pay attention!
• If you don't touch down in the first one-third of the runway, don't be embarrassed about going around! The consequences of LANDING LONG OR HOT are blown tires or ending up in the marsh at either end of the runway.
• The pavement that parallels the runway is NOT a taxi-way. It is a road. Taxi on the runway.
• Motor vehicles are prohibited from operating on the runway per local statute. Click here.
Since we taxi on the runway, plan your approach to give time for someone to taxi-back if they have to.
• The runway lighting for night operations is minimal. There is no rotating beacon and it is difficult to see the lighted windsock. If you have never been here before, plan to land here before sunset.
• For night-time departures taking-off Runway 23 to the southwest over the Gulf, on dark moonless nights or overcast conditions, YOU ARE TAKING-OFF INTO A BLACK HOLE. Don't try to climb out visually, use your instruments! If you are not IFR current, it is recommended you don't takeoff in those conditions. (Read the bronze plaque in the parking area.) Taking-off to the northeast off Runway 5 out over the town with the city lights is much easier.
• Watch out for pedestrians, bicyclists, golf carts, and cars on the runway or about to enter the runway. We have a lot of tourists and folks seem to not be aware of the runway.
• Be aware that the Cedar Key area has protected bird sanctuaries, i.e. we have a lot of big birds in the area including ospreys, eagles, herons, egrets, buzzards, and pelicans. In fact, there are 4 osprey nests in the immediate area of the runway. Watch out for birds.
• The normal parking area is at the southwest end of the runway. There's room for about 4 aircraft on the back line next to the grass and about 4 on the front line. Only 3 spots have tie-down ropes. There is plenty of blocks of wood around for chocks.
• If the ramp area is full, then park in the grass on the north side of airstrip, or there's a couple of areas also on the south side of the strip. Watch out for SOFT SAND. If you don't see grass, its probably soft sand. Your plane can get stuck and cannot get out even with full power - though interesting to watch. Bring your own tie-downs if on the grass.
• There is no fence around the airport, so watch out for people walking or driving up close to your plane. Remember, we have tourists.
• The taxi lady, Miss Judy, monitors 122.9 if you need a ride into town.
• It takes about 30 minutes to walk into town. Take road that parallels runway, curve right at the end of runway. After the second concrete bridge, turn right. At front door of schoolhouse, turn right (water tower will be on your right). Walk to end of road, turn left. Town and the dock just another 2 blocks ahead.
• Camping by the plane is a no-no, but not too rigidly enforced.
• Theft is rare but can happen anywhere. Don't be naive and leave things in the open unlocked. Remember, there is no fence. Anyone can just drive right up to your plane.
• If you get in a pickle, some of the local pilots monitor 122.9 at home and will come out to help.