Airport type Public Elevation AMSL 37 ft / 11 m 9/27 5,000 Phone +1 239-657-9003 | Serves Immokalee, Florida Website www.CollierGov.net/... Code IMM | |
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Owner Collier County Airport Authority Address 165 Airpark Blvd, Immokalee, FL 34142, USA Similar Southwest Florida Internatio, Immokalee Regional Raceway, Naples Municipal Airport, Immokalee Sports Complex, Seminole Casino Hotel Im | ||
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Immokalee Regional Airport (IATA: IMM, ICAO: KIMM, FAA LID: IMM) is a public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) northeast of the central business district of Immokalee, in Collier County, Florida, United States. The airport is owned by the Collier County Airport Authority. Formerly known as Immokalee Airport, it is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.
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History
Established as Immokalee Army Airfield, activated on July 5, 1942. Assigned to United States Army Air Forces East Coast Training Center (later Eastern Training Command). Was an auxiliary to Hendricks Army Airfield and was an AAF Specialized Pilot Training School (4-Engine) for B-17 and B-24 heavy bombers. Also provided flexible gunnery training for Buckingham Army Airfield near Fort Myers.
Transferred to Third Air Force in July 1944 with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program and was a group training facility for replacement personnel. Became an auxiliary of the Sarasota Army Airfield replacement fighter pilot training school.
Declared surplus and turned over to the Army Corps of Engineers on September 30, 1945. Eventually discharged to the War Assets Administration (WAA) and became a civil airport.
Facilities and aircraft
Immokalee Regional Airport covers an area of 1,330 acres (538 ha) at an elevation of 37 feet (11 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways, designated 9/27 and 18/36. 9/27 is 5,000 x 100 feet (1,524 x 30 m) and 18/36 is 5,000 x 150 feet (1,524 x 46 m).
For the 12-month period ending October 22, 2013, the airport had 36,500 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 100 per day. At that time there were 60 aircraft based at this airport: 45 single-engine, 9 multi-engine, 4 jet, and 2 helicopter.