Spruce Creek Airport is a private airport located in Port Orange, seven miles (11 km) south of the central business district of Daytona Beach, in Volusia County, Florida, United States. It was originally constructed during World War II as an outlying field (OLF) to nearby Naval Air Station DeLand and NAS Daytona Beach. OLF Spruce Creek originally had four paved 4,000 foot runways and was abandoned by the U.S. Navy in 1946.

Facilities and aircraft

The Spruce Creek Airport covers an area of , which contains one asphalt-paved runway (6/24) measuring 4,000 × 176 ft (1,219 × 54 m). For a 12-month period the airport had 25,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 68 per day. There are 438 aircraft based at this airport: 67% single-engine, 31% multi-engine, 1% jet and 1% helicopter.

Spruce Creek Airport

References

External links

Pictures and Views of the Spruce Creek Fly-In Community

Community Information website

News and Activities website

Spruce Creek German Language Website

Spruce Creek Fly-In History

Spruce Creek Community, history and origins

Airports in Volusia County, Florida

Residential airparks

Buildings and structures in Port Orange, Florida

1940s establishments in Florida

Closed installations of the United States Navy

Spruce Creek Airport