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{{Short description|Airport in Naples, Florida}}
{{distinguish|text=[[Naples International Airport]] in Italy}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox airport
 | name                 = Naples Airport 
 | image                = Naples_Airport_logo.png
 | image-width          = 200 <!-- full size -->
 | image2               = Naples_Municipal_Airport_FL_2006_USGS.jpg
 | caption2             = [[USGS]] 2006 [[orthophoto]]
 | IATA                 = APF
 | ICAO                 = KAPF
 | FAA                  = APF
 | type                 = Public
 | city-served          = [[Naples, Florida]], U.S.
 | location             = <!--if different than above-->
 | elevation-f          = 8
 | coordinates          = {{coord|26|09|09|N|81|46|32|W|region:US-FL|display=inline,title}}
 | website              = {{URL|http://www.flynaples.com/|FlyNaples.com}}
 | image_map            = File:APF Naples Municipal Airport Diagram.png
 | image_mapsize        = 200
 | image_map_caption    = FAA airport diagram
 | mapframe             = yes
 | r1-number            = 05/23
 | r1-length-f          = 6,600
 | r1-surface           = Asphalt
 | r2-number            = 14/32
 | r2-length-f          = 5,000
 | r2-surface           = Asphalt
 | r3-number            = SW/NE
 | r3-length-f          = 1,850
 | r3-surface           = Turf
 | stat-year            = 2022
 | stat1-header         = Aircraft operations
 | stat1-data           = 113,137
 | stat2-header         = Based aircraft
 | stat2-data           = 371
 | footnotes            = Source: [[Federal Aviation Administration]]<ref name="FAA">{{FAA-airport|ID=APF|use=PU|own=PU|site=03379.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective December 8, 2018.</ref>
 | owner-oper           = Naples Airport Authority
 | built                = 1942
}}

'''Naples Airport''' {{airport codes|APF<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iata.org/publications/Pages/code-search.aspx |title=IATA Airport Code Search (APF: Naples) |publisher=[[International Air Transport Association]] |access-date=December 28, 2012}}</ref>|KAPF|APF}}, formerly known as '''Naples Municipal Airport''', is a public use [[airport]] located two&nbsp;[[nautical mile]]s (4&nbsp;[[km]]) northeast of the [[central business district]] of [[Naples, Florida|Naples]]. It's the most populous city and county seat of [[Collier County, Florida]]. It is owned by the Naples Airport Authority.<ref name="FAA" /> The airport is home to flight schools, air charter operators, car rental agencies, and corporate aviation and non-aviation businesses. The airport is also a central location for public services, including fire/rescue services, mosquito control, the Collier County Sheriff's Aviation Unit and other community services.<ref name=":0" />

During fiscal year 2021–2022, the airport serviced 113,137 operations.<ref name="FAA" /> The airport is used almost exclusively for general aviation, with one airline, [[JSX (airline)|JSX]], offering scheduled passenger service as of 2025.

==History==
The facility was established in 1942 as '''Naples Army Air Field''' by the [[United States Army Air Forces]].<ref name=":0" /> It was initially assigned to the Southeast Training Center (later Eastern Flying Training Command), and provided basic (level 1) flight training to flight cadets by Embry-Riddle Co; [[Fairchild PT-19]]s were the primary trainers used. Along with the flight training, it was a sub-base to [[Buckingham Army Air Field]] for flexible gunnery training, which the [[75th Flying Training Wing]] supervised. It was inactivated as a military airfield in November 1945 and turned over to the [[War Assets Administration]] for conveyance to civil control as a public airport.<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 11, 2013|title=History of The Naples Airport|url=http://www.museum-mm.org/history-of-the-naples-airport/|access-date=December 21, 2021|website=Museum of Military Memorabilia}}</ref>

The '''Naples Airdrome''' was returned to the city of Naples and Collier County in 1947, after the military deemed it no longer necessary.<ref name=":0" /> The airport was managed by John Zate, a pilot and Naples resident. [[Provincetown-Boston Airlines]] began scheduled service to [[Miami International Airport]] in the 1950s, and managed the airport for several years until a municipal [[airport authority]] was created in 1969. Also in 1969 the eye of Tropical Storm Jenny passed through the bottom left wing and top left wing of the airport and cause over $10,000+ in damage.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=http://www.flynaples.com/index.php/naples-municipal-airport-apf/airport-history |title=Airport History - Naples Municipal Airport |website=FlyNaples.com |publisher=City of Naples Airport Authority |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217044608/http://flynaples.com/index.php/naples-municipal-airport-apf/airport-history |archive-date=December 17, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=October 22, 2009|title=The sky's the limit|url=https://naples.floridaweekly.com/articles/the-skys-the-limit/|access-date=December 21, 2021|website=naples.floridaweekly.com}}</ref> The airport also historically had scheduled service to [[Orlando International Airport|Orlando]], [[Tampa International Airport|Tampa]], [[St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport|St. Pete–Clearwater]], Miami and [[Key West International Airport|Key West]] under PBA in the late 1970s.<ref name=":1">{{cite book |url=http://naples.granicus.com/DocumentViewer.php?file=naples_00fac70bcc2d500e1f6429e7351f35f7.pdf |title=City of Naples Airport Authority Operating and Capital Budget |website=|year=2013 }}</ref> Traffic at the airport peaked in 1980, when more than 195,000 passengers used the airport, but fell in the mid-1980s due to the opening of the much larger [[Southwest Florida International Airport]] in nearby [[Fort Myers]].<ref name=":1" /> The airport code APF derives from "alternate Page Field" - which is a reference to [[Page Field]] in Fort Myers.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2003/05/04/sorting-out-the-mystery-of-those-airport-codes/ |title=Sorting out the mystery of those airport codes |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |first=William |last=Ecenbarger |date=May 4, 2003 |access-date=2017-08-23 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823162202/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2003-05-04/travel/0305030079_1_location-identifiers-airport-codes-international-air-transport-association |archive-date=2017-08-23 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The airport experienced a rebound in traffic during the mid-1990s, with 173,000 passengers and seven airlines in 1995.<ref name=":1" /> Passenger numbers dipped when [[American Eagle Airlines|American Eagle]] ceased scheduled service to [[Miami]] in 2001, and dipped even further following the [[September 11, 2001, attacks]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sptimes.com/2003/08/04/State/Wanted__Airline__plea.shtml |title=Wanted: Airline, please call Naples |work=[[St. Petersburg Times]] |first=Jean |last=Heller |date=August 4, 2003 |access-date=2010-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017191716/http://www.sptimes.com/2003/08/04/State/Wanted__Airline__plea.shtml |archive-date=2012-10-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2003, [[US Airways Express]] ceased its service from Naples to Tampa.<ref>{{cite news |date=June 16, 2003 |title=Airport in Naples left without an air carrier |url=http://www.sptimes.com/2003/06/16/State/Airport_in_Naples_lef.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120616/http://www.sptimes.com/2003/06/16/State/Airport_in_Naples_lef.shtml |archive-date=2016-03-04 |access-date=2012-12-30 |work=St. Petersburg Times |agency=Associated Press}} [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WTEMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=V14DAAAAIBAJ&dq=naples%20municipal%20airport&pg=2761%2C153255]</ref> [[Atlantic Southeast Airlines]] operated [[Delta Connection]] flights between Naples and [[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Atlanta]] from 2004 to 2007 with a revenue guarantee from the city, but ended the service after retiring its fleet of 30-seat aircraft, again leaving the airport without scheduled service.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://archive.naplesnews.com/business/delta-to-discontinue-service-at-naples-airport-ep-403722667-330941601.html |title=Delta to discontinue service at Naples airport |last=Henderson |first=John |date=August 17, 2007 |work=[[Naples Daily News]] |access-date=2018-01-09 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009080459/http://archive.naplesnews.com/business/delta-to-discontinue-service-at-naples-airport-ep-403722667-330941601.html |archive-date=2017-10-09 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Yellow Air Taxi]] had flights to [[Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport|Fort Lauderdale]] and [[Key West International Airport|Key West]], but the service was ended in December 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 18, 2008|title=Yellow Air Taxi no longer running scheduled flights from Naples|url=http://www.naplesnews.com/business/yellow-air-taxi-no-longer-running-scheduled-flights-from-naples-ep-400544872-330902781.html|access-date=December 21, 2021|website=Naplesnews.com|language=en|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Elite Airways]] also began scheduled service to the airport in February 2016, with flights to [[Portland International Jetport|Portland (ME)]], [[Newark Liberty International Airport|Newark]], [[Vero Beach Regional Airport|Vero Beach]], and [[Melbourne Orlando International Airport|Melbourne (FL)]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Logan|first=Casey|date=February 3, 2016|title=Elite Airways to serve Naples Airport|url=https://www.news-press.com/story/news/2016/02/03/elite-airways-serve-naples-airport/79751864/|website=The News-Press|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Wixon|first=Colleen|date=20 January 2017|title=Elite Airways scales back in Naples, but Vero Beach looking at expansion|url=https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/shaping-our-future/growth/2017/01/20/elite-airways-scales-back-naples-but-vero-beach-looking-expansion/96666122/|access-date=December 21, 2021|website=TCpalm.com|language=en-US}}</ref> but ended in March 2017 due to low passenger counts.<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 30, 2017|title=With low passenger counts, Elite Airways ends its service in Naples|url=https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/local/2017/03/30/elite-airways-ends-service-naples/99791554/|access-date=May 17, 2019|website=Naples Daily News|language=en}}</ref>

In December 2018, the airport authority changed the facility's name from Naples Municipal Airport to Naples Airport. They also changed the airport's logo to a more modern one.<ref>{{cite news |title=Naples Municipal Airport shortens its name, adds information to website |url=https://www.naplesnews.com/story/money/business/local/2018/12/19/naples-municipal-airport-shortens-its-name-naples-airport/2361685002/ |work=Naples Daily News |first=Laura |last=Layden |date=December 19, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |title=Naples Airport Authority unveils new name, logos and website |url=https://www.floridatrend.com/article/26017/naples-airport-authority-unveils-new-name-logos-and-website |website=FloridaTrend.com |date=December 19, 2018}}</ref>

== Facilities and aircraft ==
Naples Airport covers an area of 732 [[acre]]s (296 [[hectare|ha]]) at an [[elevation]] of {{convert|8|ft|m}} above [[mean sea level]]. It has two [[Asphalt concrete|asphalt]] paved [[runway]]s: 05/23 measuring {{convert|6,600|by|150|ft|m}} and 14/32 measuring {{convert|5,000|by|100|ft|m|abbr=on}}. It also has one [[grass|turf]] runway designated SW/NE which measures {{convert|1,850|by|100|ft|m|abbr=on}}.<ref name="FAA" />

For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2022, the airport had 113,137 aircraft operations, an average of 260 per day: {{#expr:(61530+19540)/95018*100 round 1}}% [[general aviation]], {{#expr:13662/95018*100 round 1}}% [[air taxi]], {{#expr:191/95018*100 round 1}}% [[military aviation|military]] and {{#expr:95/95018*100 round 1}}% [[airline]]. At that time, there were 304 aircraft based at this airport: {{#expr:189/304*100 round 1}}% single-engine, {{#expr:52/304*100 round 1}}% multi-engine, {{#expr:46/304*100 round 1}}% [[jet aircraft|jet]] and {{#expr:17/304*100 round 1}}% [[helicopter]].<ref name="FAA" />

The airport has two terminals: the North Road Terminal and the [[General Aviation]] Terminal. [[Charter airlines]] like ExecAir and NetJets and car rental agencies are located in the North Road Terminal. There is also a military museum with WWII artifacts and memorabilia. The car rental agencies offered are [[The Hertz Corporation|Hertz]], [[Avis Car Rental|Avis]], [[Enterprise Rent-A-Car|Enterprise]], [[Thrifty Car Rental|Thrifty]] and [[Alamo Rent a Car|Alamo]]. The General Aviation Terminal is a two-story terminal used for personal flights, and also houses car rental agencies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://flynaples.com/fbo/ground-transportation/|title=Ground Transportation|website=Fly Naples|date=7 May 2018|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-17}}</ref>

==General aviation==
* FBOs:
*: [http://www.naplesjetcenter.com Naples Jet Center]
*: [https://flynaples.com/fbo Naples Aviation]
* Aircraft charter and management:
*: [https://www.elitejets.com Elite Jets]
*: [[Velox Air Charter]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://veloxaircharter.com/private-jet-charter-naples/|title=Private Jet Charter in Naples, FL |website=Velox Air Charter|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-12}}</ref>
*: [[Clay Lacy Aviation]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.claylacy.com/contact-us/locations/naples-municipal-airport-kapf/|title=Private Jet Charter: West Palm Beach|website=Clay Lacy Aviation|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-28}}</ref>
*: [[Monarch Air Group]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://monarchairgroup.com/naples-private-jet-and-air-charter-flights/|title=Private Jet Charter: Naples, Florida|website=Monarch Air Group|language=en-US|access-date=2012-08-12}}</ref>
*: [http://www.naplesjetcenter.com Naples Jet Center]
*: [https://saltislandseaplanes.com Salt Island Seaplanes]

==Airline and destination==
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{{Airport-dest-list
| [[JSX (airline)|JSX]] | '''Seasonal:''' [[Westchester County Airport|White Plains]]<ref>{{citeweb|url= https://www.streetinsider.com/dr/news.php?id=23399776&gfv=1|title=Award-winning Air Carrier JSX Launches New Sun & Ski Routes to Florida and Salt Lake City Starting in Late 2024|website=Street Insider|date=June 26, 2024|access-date=June 26, 2024}}</ref>
}}

==Accidents and incidents==
* On September 10, 1985, a [[Douglas DC-3]] of the Collier Mosquito Control District crashed at East Naples while on approach to Naples Municipal Airport following an engine failure. The aircraft was on agricultural duties at the time. The two people on board the aircraft survived the accident.<ref name=ASN100985>{{cite web |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19850910-0 |title=Accident description |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=July 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102175035/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19850910-0 |archive-date=2012-11-02 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* On June 20, 2005, a [[Cessna 182 Skylane]] departing Naples Municipal Airport entered an area of severe weather over the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. The aircraft was never recovered, with the crash resulting in one fatality.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/safetyalerts/SA_011.pdf |title=NTSB Safety Alert: Thunderstorm Encounters |website=NTSB.gov |publisher=[[National Transportation Safety Board]] |access-date=July 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916025320/https://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/safetyalerts/SA_011.pdf |archive-date=September 16, 2012}}</ref>
* On February 9, 2024, [[Hop-A-Jet Flight 823]] crashed on [[Interstate 75]] while attempting to land at the airport. The pilots of the [[Bombardier Challenger 600 series|Bombardier Challenger 604]] aircraft reported a dual engine failure while on final approach. The aircraft attempted an emergency landing on the highway but struck a vehicle and caught fire. Two of the five people aboard were killed in the accident. <ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/local/2024/02/09/plane-crash-in-collier-county-shuts-southbound-interstate-lanes/72542174007/ |title= Small plane collides with vehicle in fiery crash on I-75 near Naples |website=naplesnews.com |publisher=Naples Daily News |access-date=February 9, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tabachnick |first=Cara |date=2024-02-10 |title=2 dead after plane crashes onto highway near Naples, Florida, and bursts into flames - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/plane-crash-naples-florida-highway-interstate-75-burst-into-flames/ |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of airports in Florida]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

===Other sources===
{{refbegin}}
* {{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}
* Manning, Thomas A. (2005), ''History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002''. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas {{OCLC|71006954|29991467}}
* Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), ''Locating Air Force Base Sites, History’s Legacy'', Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC. {{OCLC|57007862|1050653629}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
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* [http://www.flynaples.com/ Naples Airport], official site
* [http://msrmaps.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=11&lat=26.1524&lon=-81.7756&w=900&h=900&lp=---+None+--- Aerial image as of February 1999] from [[USGS]] ''[[The National Map]]''
* {{FAA-diagram|06020}}
* {{FAA-procedures|APF}}
* {{US-airport|APF}}
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