Merritt Island Airport
Merritt Island Airport is a general aviation public airport under the administration of the Titusville-Cocoa Airport Authority. It located in Merritt Island, Brevard County, Florida, United States, northwest of Patrick Space Force Base.
History
In the early 1940s, the Brevard County Mosquito Control District constructed the Central Brevard Airport. The airfield included two sod landing strips: a north–south strip measuring approximately in length, and a northwest–southeast strip measuring approximately in length.An operations building and maintenance hangar were located on the south side of the airfield and the Mosquito Control District had a maintenance hangar on the north side of the airfield. The north–south landing strip was eventually abandoned, replaced by various facilities such as T-hangars that currently occupy this area.
In 1966, the Brevard County Mosquito Control District deeded the Central Brevard Airport property over to the Titusville-Cocoa Airport Authority in exchange for ten acres of land located within Space Coast Regional Airport. Central Brevard Airport was renamed Merritt Island Airport and became a public general aviation facility some time after initial construction took place in 1970 and facilities were completed in 1974.
Facilities
Merritt Island Airport covers and has one runway:- Runway 11/29:, surface: asphalt
Government activities
- Brevard County Sheriff's Office Aviation Unit
Businesses
- Space Coast Aviation - Merritt Island's FBO
- 2FLY Airborne - international pilot training
- Buzz Airlines - aircraft charters; has a base at the airport
- Voyager Aviation International - flight training
- Sebastian Communication Inc. - avionics sales, installation and repairs