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Buckingham Field

26.64340°N
-81.71040°W
ARR / DAY
6
▲ 100.0%
DEP / DAY
2
▲ 0.0%

Buckingham Field (FL59) is a small general aviation airport located in Fort Myers, FL, 16 mi east of Cape Coral. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,046 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 6 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

From KRSW, 8 mi away (FL59 does not publish METAR)

26m ago
Temp
85°F
Wind
7 kts
70°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KRSW 161453Z 07007KT 10SM CLR 29/26 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP203 T02940256 53010

Runways

2 installed

4,046 FT MAX
06/24
2,726 ft × 400
CONC○ unlit
14/32
4,046 ft × 400
CONC● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

24
31% of ops
138 land · 0 TO
32
30% of ops
133 land · 15 TO
14
27% of ops
120 land · 34 TO
06
13% of ops
57 land · 8 TO
Runway 24 carries 31% of operations (138 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 32 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

24 138 landings
UA 4%
32 133 landings
UA 1%
14 120 landings
UA 8%
06 57 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 24 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 138 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
14.8
flights/day · 445 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 1pm · 12pm
Day vs night
77%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–2pm local, averaging 14.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (16.1 vs 15.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

127 · 38%
32 · 10%
29 · 9%
15 · 4%
14 · 4%
12 · 4%
Activity is led by (38% of 336 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.900 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMA
Elevation:
20 ft
Mag var:
2° W

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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

2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

2
labubuairportenthusiastTWO
7/29/2026
re: Mostly used by mosquito control.
Reply to @Rob33904: there’s also an airpark situated around the actual airstrip
Rob33904
7/10/2026
Mostly used by mosquito control.
There is still GA activity, but it's mostly just helicopters and the occasional DC3 used for mosquito control. Runway 6 / 24 is often used for drag races.
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