Cecil Airport

Cecil Airport
IATA: VQQ ICAO: KVQQ FAA LID: VQQ
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Jacksonville Aviation Authority
Operator	Jacksonville Aviation Authority
Location	Jacksonville, Florida
Elevation AMSL	80 ft / 24 m
Coordinates	30°13′07″N 081°52′36″W / 30.21861°N 81.87667°W / 30.21861; -81.87667
Website	https://cecilspaceport.com/
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 18L/36R 12,503 3,811 Asphalt/concrete 18R/36L 8,002 2,439 Asphalt/concrete 9R/27L 8,003 2,439 Asphalt/concrete 9L/27R 4,439 1,353 Asphalt/concrete
Helipads
Number Length Surface ft m H1 70 21 Concrete H2 70 21 Concrete
Statistics (2018)
Aircraft operations (year ending 2/5/2018) 104,361 Based aircraft 84
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Cecil Airport (IATA: VQQ, ICAO: KVQQ, FAA LID: VQQ) is a public airport and commercial spaceport located in Jacksonville, Florida, United States.^[1] It is owned by the Jacksonville Aviation Authority and services military aircraft, corporate aircraft, general aviation, and air cargo. The Florida Army National Guard's primary Army Aviation Support Facility and the U.S. Coast Guard's Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON) are also located here, the former operating CH-47 Chinook, UH-60 Blackhawk, UH-72 Lakota and C-12 Huron aircraft, and the latter operating the MH-65C Dolphin helicopter.

The airport has ARFF and structural fire protection provided by Jacksonville Fire/Rescue Station 56. Fire Station 73 (under construction) will be located on the airfield as well and will include ARFF, structural and rescue (ambulance) protection. A back-up, citywide 911 call/training center will also be located at Station 73.

Cecil Airport, commonly known as either "Cecil" or "Cecil Commerce Center", also houses the FSCJ (Florida State College Jacksonville) aviation course hangar and associated training aircraft. Sunrise Aviation, a flight training school and pilot supplies vendor is the flight training provider for FSCJ's aviation program. Facilities operated by major aerospace firms such as Logistic Services International (LSI), Boeing and Flightstar Aircraft Services are also located at Cecil, providing major training, maintenance and overhaul services for a variety of U.S. military aircraft.^[2]

In 2010, Cecil Airport became the United States' eighth licensed commercial spaceport and the first in Florida authorized to fly space vehicles that take off and land horizontally.^[3]

The NZC identifier was the airport's previous FAA identifier when it was Naval Air Station Cecil Field, its former name until its closure as a naval air station in 1999. The NZC IATA code is now allocated to Maria Reiche Neuman Airport serving Nazca, Peru (IATA: NZC, ICAO: SPZA).