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FL59 ·

Buckingham Field

26.64340°N

-81.71040°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 6.9%

DEP / DAY

▲ 4.8%

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 4 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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Temp

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Wind

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Visib

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Ceil

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Runways

2 installed

4,046 FT MAX

Runway intelligence

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

41% of ops

251 land · 0 TO

24% of ops

151 land · 25 TO

23% of ops

141 land · 57 TO

12% of ops

75 land · 15 TO

Runway 24 carries 41% of operations (251 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 32 at 24%.

Approach quality

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

24 251 landings

UA 4%

32 151 landings

UA 5%

14 141 landings

UA 14%

06 75 landings

UA 7%

Approaches to 24 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (10 UA events from 251 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

11.9

flights/day · 358 total

Busy hour (local)

1pm

also 3pm · 12pm

Day vs night

71%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 12pm–1pm local, averaging 11.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (9.9 vs 13.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (35% of 275 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

Pilot & community notes

2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

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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