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Merritt Island Airport

28.34160°N
-80.68550°W
ARR / DAY
29
54.2%
DEP / DAY
32
56.3%

Merritt Island Airport (KCOI/COI) is a small general aviation airport located in Merritt Island, FL, 22 mi north of Palm Bay. It features 1 runway measuring 3,601 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 29 arrivals and 32 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

16m ago
Temp
88°F
Wind
4 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KCOI 091335Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM FEW018 31/28 A3015 RMK AO2

Runways

1 installed

3,601 FT MAX
11/29
3,601 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

11
66% of ops
2,409 land · 2,251 TO
29
34% of ops
1,243 land · 1,633 TO
Runway 11 carries 66% of operations (2,409 landings, 2,251 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 29 at 34%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

11 2,409 landings
UA 16%
29 1,243 landings
UA 13%
Approaches to 11 show a 16% unstable-approach rate (382 UA events from 2,409 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
72.7
flights/day · 2,180 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 12pm · 4pm
Day vs night
81%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 72.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (72.0 vs 76.4 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (53% of 2,068 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.975
APCH 134.950
APCH 281.425
UNICOM 122.975
AWOS 119.025
BITHO ST 128.375
OTHER 128.375
MINEE ST 134.050
OTHER 134.050
BITHO ST 338.200
OTHER 338.200
MINEE ST 339.800
OTHER 339.800
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZJX
Mag var:
5° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 11 AM · 1 movement every 257 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Anonymous
12/09/2018
(no subject)
KCOI is a hotspot for student pilots, whether it's you're home airport or you're doing cross-country. It only has one runway (11-29), which makes life so much easier when you're starting out. The final approach for 29 is over the water, which is insanely fun because it's almost makes you feel like you're landing on an aircraft carrier. Sometimes the traffic can be hectic, so keep your scan up, follow the CTAF procedures, and make ALL of your calls. A CFI I know insists on calling it "Scare-itt Island" because of the goofy stuff pilots sometimes do in the pattern, but it's not that bad if you fly safe.
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