Merritt Island Airport

Merritt Island Airport (IATA: COI, ICAO: KCOI, FAA LID: COI) is a general aviation public airport under the administration of the Titusville-Cocoa Airport Authority. It located in Merritt Island, Brevard County, Florida, USA, northwest of Patrick Air Force Base.

Merritt Island Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerTitusville-Cocoa Airport Authority
Location900 Airport Road
Merritt Island, Florida
Elevation AMSL7 ft / 2.1 m
Coordinates28°20′30″N 080°41′08″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
11/29 3,601 1,098 Asphalt

History

In the early 1940s, the Brevard County Mosquito Control District constructed the Central Brevard Airport. The airfield included two sod landing strips:

(1) a north-south strip measuring approximately 1,800 feet in length; and, (2) a northwest southeast strip measuring approximately 3,000 feet 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. The Brevard County Mosquito Control District subsequently 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.[1]

Facilities
Merritt Island Airport runway

Merritt Island Airport covers 129 acres (52 ha) and has one runway:

  • Runway 11/29: 3,601 ft × 75 ft (1,098 m × 23 m), Surface: asphalt

Government Activities
  • Brevard County Sheriff's Office Aviation Unit

Businesses

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-06-19. Retrieved 2006-06-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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