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39FA Sanders Ranch Airport
Melrose, Florida, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 19 FEBRUARY 2026

Location

FAA Identifier: 39FA
Lat/Long: 29-39-44.8840N 082-00-33.3450W
29-39.748067N 082-00.555750W
29.6624678,-82.0092625
(estimated)
Elevation: 150 ft. / 46 m (estimated)
Variation: 03W (1985)
From city: 4 miles SE of MELROSE, FL
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 32640

Airport Operations

Airport use: Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Control tower: no
ARTCC: JACKSONVILLE CENTER
FSS: GAINESVILLE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: no

Airport Communications

UNICOM: 122.8
WX AWOS-3 at 42J (11 nm N): 124.275 (352-473-8273)
WX ASOS at GNV (14 nm W): 127.15 (352-335-8672)
WX AWOS-3 at 28J (17 nm E): 119.925 (386-312-2212)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
GNVr101/13.9GATORS VORTAC116.5504W
OCFr021/31.2OCALA VORTAC113.7000E
SGJr249/39.5ST AUGUSTINE VOR/DME109.4006W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
REYNOLDS232/25.933807WRYD .-. -.-- -..

Airport Services

Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 11/29

Dimensions: 3000 x 100 ft. / 914 x 30 m
Surface: turf
RUNWAY 11  RUNWAY 29
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway end identifier lights: nono

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: SANDERS, SANDERS & SANDERS
1611 BADEN POWELL ROAD
HAWTHORNE, FL 32640
Phone 352-475-5298
CELL 352-258-4392
Manager: DORSEY SANDERS III
1611 BADEN POWELL ROAD
HAWTHORNE, FL 32640
Phone 352-475-5298

Additional Remarks

- FOR CD CTC JACKSONVILLE APCH AT 904-741-0284.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 39FA.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

42J - Keystone Heights Airport (11 nm N)
KGNV - Gainesville Regional Airport (14 nm W)
28J - Palatka Municipal Airport/Lt. Kay Larkin Field (17 nm E)
X60 - Williston Regional Airport (30 nm SW)
KOCF - Ocala International Airport-Jim Taylor Field (32 nm S)
  
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 25-Feb-2026
 Local
(UTC-5)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:3511:35
Sunrise06:5911:59
Sunset18:2323:23
Evening civil twilight18:4723:47

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  25-Feb-2026 09:17:12
Local (UTC-5)  25-Feb-2026 04:17:12
 
METAR
K42J 
11nm N 		250855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW042 SCT048 SCT055 02/01 A3013 RMK A01
KGNV 
14nm W 		250853Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR M01/M02 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP217 T10061017 56011 $
K28J 
17nm E 		250855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM M01/M02 A3015 RMK AO2 TSNO
TAF
KGNV 
14nm W 		250520Z 2506/2606 VRB03KT P6SM BKN250 FM251500 22008KT P6SM FEW030 SCT250 FM251700 23011G18KT P6SM SCT040 BKN250 FM252330 20006KT P6SM FEW050 SCT250
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