New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport
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Coordinates | 29°03′20″N 080°56′56″W / 29.05556°N 80.94889°W | ||||||||||||||||||
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New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport (ICAO: KEVB, FAA LID: EVB), also known as Jack Bolt Field,[2] is a public airport located three miles (5 km) northwest of the central business district of New Smyrna Beach, a city in Volusia County, Florida, United States. It is owned by the City of New Smyrna Beach.[1]
This airport is assigned a three-letter
History
Prior to
As a Navy airfield, the facility originally incorporated four intersecting asphalt runways. Although all paved areas remain, only three of the runways remain operational today.[5] Prior to 2004, the airport was an uncontrolled facility. In October 2004, a Level I contract control at the airport became operational, changing the airport's status to that of a controlled field. Today the airport serves the needs of charter airlines and general aviation activities, to include flight training and corporate air travel.
In 2006, the City of New Smyrna Beach added the additional name to the airport of Jack Bolt Field in honor of the late
Facilities and aircraft
New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport covers an area of 718 acres (291 ha) which contains three asphalt paved runways:[1][2]
- Runway 2/20: 4,000 x 100 ft (1,219 x 30 m)
- Runway 7/25: 5,000 x 75 ft (1,524 x 23 m), Lighted without PAPI
- Runway 11/29: 4,319 x 75 ft (1,316 x 23 m), Lighted with PAPI
For the 12-month period ending August 14, 2018, the airport had 130,986 aircraft operations, an average of 359 per day: 100% general aviation, <1% air taxi, <1% commercial, and <1% military. There was 109 aircraft based at this airport: 81 single-engine, 25 multi-engine, 2 jet, and 1 helicopter.[1]
The
Accidents and incidents
On August 1, 1980, a
See also
References
- ^ PDF, effective November 30, 2023.
- ^ a b c New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine at city website
- ^ "Airline and Airport Code Search". International Air Transport Association (IATA). Retrieved November 15, 2016.
- ^ "New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: KEVB, FAA: EVB)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
- ^ http://www.cfaspp.com/FASP/AirportPDFs/newsmyrnabeachmuniapril2005.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ http://www.myhometownnews.net/index.php?id=3586
- ^ "Untitled Document". Archived from the original on October 19, 2011. Retrieved June 24, 2012.
- ^ Sophie Weiner (July 28, 2017). "The U.S. Is Facing a Disastrous Pilot Shortage". Retrieved August 1, 2017.
- ^ General Aviation News Staff (April 8, 2016). "Epic Flight Academy launches program to offset pilot shortage". Retrieved August 1, 2017.
- ^ "Epic Flight Academy Opens New Aviation Maintenance Technician School". Aero Crew News. October 31, 2020. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
- ^ "N45864 Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved July 24, 2010.
External links
- "New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport". brochure from CFASPP
- Biplane Funflights
- Epic Aviation
- Epic Flight Academy
- AirGate Aviation
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective April 18, 2024
- FAA Terminal Procedures for EVB, effective April 18, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for EVB
- AirNav airport information for KEVB
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures