Jacksonville Executive at Craig Airport

Jacksonville Executive at Craig Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerJacksonville Aviation Authority
ServesJacksonville, Florida
Elevation AMSL41 ft / 12 m
Coordinates30°20′11″N 081°30′52″W / 30.33639°N 81.51444°W / 30.33639; -81.51444
Websitewww.flyjacksonville.com/Home.aspx?sMP=JAXEX
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CRG is located in Florida
CRG
CRG
Location of airport in Florida
CRG is located in the United States
CRG
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CRG (the United States)
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
5/23 4,004 1,220 Asphalt
14/32 4,008 1,222 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Aircraft operations (year ending 2/7/2018)158,769
Based aircraft203

Jacksonville Executive at Craig Airport (IATA: CRG, ICAO: KCRG, FAA LID: CRG), formerly known as Craig Municipal Airport, is a public airport located eight miles (13 km) east of the central business district of Jacksonville, in Duval County, Florida, United States. It is owned by the Jacksonville Aviation Authority.[1]

This mid-sized general aviation airport handles personal aircraft and small commuter planes. The entrance is located along St. Johns Bluff Road north of Atlantic Blvd, although it also borders Atlantic Boulevard to the south. The airport has a control tower and handles 400-500 aircraft operations daily. It previously served as a joint civil-military airport hosting an Army Aviation Support Facility and helicopter units of the Florida Army National Guard prior to their relocation to nearby Cecil Field following the latter facility's inactivation as a naval air station in 1999.

The United States Navy's Blue Angels performed their first airshow at Jacksonville Executive at Craig Airport on June 15, 1946.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

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Jacksonville Executive at Craig Airport covers an area of 1,432 acres (580 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 5/23 measuring 4,004 x 120 ft and 14/32 measuring 4,008 x 120 ft.[1]

Runway 5/23 was repaved during the summer of 2011. In addition to filling cracks and adding a 120- x 150-foot blast pad, the entire runway was surfed with a 0.5-inch leveling course and a 1.5 inch Superpave surface course. In January 2012, the paving project was awarded the inaugural Ray Brown Airport Pavement Award by the National Asphalt Pavement Association, recognizing it as the highest quality airport asphalt pavement project completed during 2011.[3]

For the 12-month period ending February 7, 2018, the airport had 158,769 aircraft operations, an average of 435 per day: 85% general aviation, 9% military and 5% air taxi. There were at the time 203 aircraft based at this airport: 127 single-engine, 45 multi-engine, 8 helicopter, 18 military and 5 jet.[1]

The airport has 2 FBOs on the field, JAX Executive Jet Center and Sky Harbor Aviation.

The JAA board unanimously voted to approve a ground lease agreement with Amazon Services LLC in July 2023 to build a 181,000-square-foot warehouse on 79 acres.

Jacksonville Executive Craig Airport's current CEO, Mark VanLoh, said Amazon is its highest paying tenant at Craig Airport, which is in East Arlington at northeast Atlantic Boulevard and St. Johns Bluff Road.

In October 2020, the JAA conducted a public solicitation through a request for interest to identify parties to lease and develop the available nonaeronautical property.

Seefried Development Properties Inc, on behalf of Amazon Services LLC, is developing the more than $40 million warehouse and distribution facility.

Residents and landowners in the area objected to potential traffic congestion and construction of a roadway that required traffic intersection improvements.

Those issues are resolved or still in review.

Many residents in the area feel the addition of the Amazon warehouse is going to drastically change the overall atmosphere of the community. Many believe the decision to lease and develop to one of the largest corporations in the world does not align with the original values of the airport and some say they are choosing profit over people.

Development of an Amazon.com last-mile distribution center at Jacksonville Executive at Craig Airport is “moving along quite rapidly,” Jacksonville Aviation Authority CEO Mark VanLoh told the JAA board March 25.

  • CRG Jacksonville FL Executive airport hangar
    CRG Jacksonville FL Executive airport hangar
  • Jacksonville executive airport lobby area
    Jacksonville executive airport lobby area
  • Jacksonville Executive airport lounge from tarmac
    Jacksonville Executive airport lounge from tarmac

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for CRG PDF, effective 2023-8-10
  2. ^ "United States Navy Blue Angels". Archived from the original on 2000-03-02.
  3. ^ "Ray Brown Airport Pavement Award". National Asphalt Pavement Association. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
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