Airport
Crystal River Airport ? Captain Tom Davis Field
(
ICAO
:
KCGC
,
FAA
LID
:
CGC
) is a public
airport
located three miles (5 km) southeast of the
central business district
of
Crystal River
, in
Citrus County
,
Florida
,
United States
. It is owned by Citrus County.
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This airport is assigned a three-letter
location identifier
of
CGC
by the
Federal Aviation Administration
, but it does not have an
International Air Transport Association (IATA) airport code
(the IATA assigned
CGC
to
Cape Gloucester Airport
in Papua New Guinea).
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Facilities and aircraft
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Crystal River Airport ? Captain Tom Davis Field covers an area of 100 acres (40 ha) which contains two
runways
: 9/27 with an
asphalt
surface measuring 4,555 x 75 ft (1,388 x 23 m) and 18/36 with a
turf
surface measuring 3,020 x 100 ft (920 x 30 m).
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For the 12-month period ending May 9, 2002, the airport had 36,600 aircraft operations, an average of 100 per day: 98%
general aviation
, 1%
air taxi
and 1% military. There are 50 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single engine, 10% multi-engine, 2%
helicopter
and 2%
glider
.
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A non-aviation
Florida Army National Guard
facility is located at the airport which periodically hosts visiting Florida Army National Guard aircraft from other FLARNG installations.
In December 2013, the Citrus County Board of County Commissioners passed a resolution modifying the airport's name to
Crystal River Airport ? Captain Tom Davis Field
. Capt Tom Davis, USN (Ret), was an accomplished
Naval Aviator
out of the Navy's jet fighter community and a recipient of the
Legion of Merit
and the
Distinguished Flying Cross
. Retiring from the Navy in 1978 following 33 years of service, Capt Davis settled in Crystal River, starting a flight school at the airport that eventually became the facility's
fixed-base operator
(FBO). Capt Davis also volunteered to become the airport manager and oversaw numerous capital improvements, including the addition of the airport's 4,555 foot paved runway. By 2014 Capt Davis had logged over 24,000 military and civilian flight hours, was an FAA Designated Pilot Examiner and received the FAA Master Pilot Award.
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Capt Davis died on December 15, 2022 at the age of 95.
See also
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References
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External links
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- Resources for this airport:
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