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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, United States, northwest of Patrick Space Force Base.

Merritt Island Airport
IATA: COI ICAO: KCOI FAA LID: COI
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Titusville-Cocoa Airport Authority
Location	900 Airport Road Merritt Island, Florida
Elevation AMSL	5.9 ft / 1.8 m
Coordinates	28°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: a north-south strip measuring approximately 1,800 feet in length, and 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 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

• Space Coast Aviation[2] - Merritt Island's FBO
• 2FLY Airborne[3] - international pilot training
• Aerocomp - airplane manufacturer
• Buzz Airlines[4] - aircraft charters; has a base at the airport
• Voyager Aviation International[5] - flight training
• Sebastian Communication Inc.[6] - avionics sales, installation and repairs

References

• Titusville-Cocoa Airport Authority (official site)
• FAA Airport Form 5010 for COI PDF

External links

• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for COI
  • AirNav airport information for KCOI
  • ASN accident history for COI
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures

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