Buchan Airport

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Buchan Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/Operator Sarasota County
Location Englewood
OpenedDecember 1949 (1949-12)
Elevation  AMSL 15 ft / 5 m
Coordinates 26°59′24″N82°22′26″W / 26.99000°N 82.37389°W / 26.99000; -82.37389
Map
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X36
Location in Florida
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X36
X36 (the United States)
Buchan Airport
Runways
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12/302,040622Turf

Buchan Airport( FAA LID : X36) is a public airport located in Englewood, Florida, United States, and operated/owned by Sarasota County.

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History

Before Buchan Airport was built, Hygeia, a subdivision consisting of approximately 100 acres (40 ha), was planned to be built during the late 1920s. [2] A plat for the subdivision was filed with Sarasota County on April 21, 1925. The subdivision never broke ground due to the end of the Florida land boom of the 1920s.

In April 1949, Sarasota County bought 93 acres (38 ha) of the land for $100 (equivalent to $1,010in 2023) in back taxes with help from former county commissioner Peter E. Buchan, to build an airport. [3]

The airport helped facilitate aerial spraying for the county's mosquito eradication program. [2] [4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ FAA Airport Form 5010 for X36 PDF . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective July 19, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Buchan Airport". Sarasota History Alive!. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  3. ↑ Harris, Diana (October 27, 2018). "Find pioneer family names all over Englewood". Englewood Sun. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Englewood History". Lemon Bay Historical Society. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
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