Blackwater Creek (Airport code: 9FD2) is an airport exclusive to ultralights. Located in Plant City, Florida, about 30 minutes west of Tampa, this pure ultralight airport has been open since 1984 and has a single 2,300-foot grass landing strip. The small facility is base to about 35 ultralight aircraft. Two instructors are available. The airstrip is privately owned and permission is required prior to landing. Numerous ultralight airports are located in the area between Tampa and Orlando, making this a good area for flying such aircraft.
Based in Clermont, Flying Gators is an active ultralight and experimental aircraft flying association operating out of the small Flying Gators Ultralight Airport (Airport code: 3FD4). The club has a monthly meeting and organizes fly-ins where large group of ultralights fly together. The airport has two grass strips available for landing, with lengths of 1,600 feet and 1,100 feet available. This privately owned ultralight airport is home to about 37 ultralights
South Lakeland (Airport code: X49) is a slightly larger airport with one 3,100-foot grass strip available to pilots. A flying community is based on the field, a type of development where people own homes on the airport and are able to fly out. While ultralights are common and based on the field, some smaller general aviation aircraft and experimentals also call the South Lakeland home. In addition to ultralight activity, parachute jumping also occurs at the field. The airport is public use but privately owned and certain types of operations are restricted.
Homestead is a general aviation facility that is located just south of Miami in southeast Florida. The airport features two paved runways and a 1,000-foot grass strip dedicated to ultralights and experimental aircraft. Over 40 aircraft are based on the field and the airport sees nearly 200 operations per day, making it relatively busier than comparable ultralight aircraft fields. Homestead General Aviation Airport (Airport code: X51) is a fascinating airport featuring parachute jumping, ultralights, experimental aircraft, aerobatics, gliders and even radio-controlled aircraft. This is a public airport but the grass strip is reserved only for ultralights.
