FL59
Buckingham Field
Buckingham Field (FL59) is a general-aviation airfield serving Fort Myers, Florida. The field lies at 23 ft (7 m) above sea level and has two crossing runways, the longest 4,416 ft (1,346 m), concrete and lit. Its nearest neighbour is Strayhorn Ranch Airport (47FD), 3 nm WNW.
Buckingham Field is a smaller field, so Alārium does not attribute movements to it directly — but aircraft flying near it appear on the live map like any other, at their real altitude and on their real track.
Location
- Elevation
- 23 ft (7 m)
- Coordinates
- 26.6434, -81.7104
- Serving
- Fort Myers
- Region
- Florida
- Time zone
- America/New_York
Runways2 · longest 4,416 ft
The diagram is drawn from published threshold coordinates, so each runway sits where it actually sits — true bearings, true separations, true lengths. Runway widths are exaggerated against length, which at true proportion would draw a hairline. It is a diagram, not a chart to navigate by.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 4,416 ft1,346 m | 75 ft | Concrete | Lit |
| 06/24 | 2,726 ft831 m | 400 ft | Concrete | — |
Nearby airfields
Runway and field data from the OurAirports public-domain dataset. Positions are ADS-B, which covers most but not all aircraft.