Buchan was used as an Army Air Corps emergency landing strip back during WW II.
At that time the main runway was approx 2,166'.  
in 1977, the airport runway was reported by the State as 3,100'
1981  2,700' long
2007 2,480'
2016 2040'.  
This shortened length is because the county has allowed Pine Lakes and Alameda Isles to grow trees that interfere with normal runway operations.  Thus, a displaced threshold making the pilots land shorter and shorter.  But in reality there is a 3,100 runway if it were clear of end of runway obstructions and homes.  The crosswind runway 5/23 is totally shut down for any takeoffs or landings.

The oldest house on the airport was built in the 70's.  It was first owned by Bob Hibschman, a realtor who led the charge to save the airport in 1973.

Type: Airport,

Status: Operational 

Activation Date: 12/01/1949 

Runways: 2  (1 is currently closed)

Land Area Covered By Airport: 100 acres 

Ownership: Publicly owned 

Facility Use: Open to public 

Site Number: 03178.5*A 


Location ID: X36 

Region: Southern 

District Office: ORL 

Common Traffic Advisory Frequency (CTAF): 122.900 Hz 

Aeronautical sectional chart: Miami 

Elevation: 15 ft 

Air traffic control tower: No 

Last Inspection Date: 07/30/2008 

State: Florida 

County: Sarasota 

City: Englewood 

GPS (Degrees): Lat: 26° 59' 24.290''  Lng: -82° 22' 26.464''

GPS (Seconds): Lat: 26.990081  Lng: -82.374018 

GPS determination method: Estimated 

Distance from central business district: 2 mi (NW) 

Owner Sarasota County : 1499 Old Englewood Rd
Manager Gary Spraggins  

 

Air Taxi Operations: 1 

Itinerant Operations: 810 

Local Operations: 1 890 Aircraft

Single Engine Aircraft: 4 

Ultralight Aircraft: 1 Additional

Magnetic Variation: 2W (Year 1985) 

Transient storage: TIE 

Wind direction indicator: Yes 

Segmented circle airport marker system: Yes Remarks

Airspace Determination: EXISTED PRIOR TO 1959. Runway 1 General

ID: '12/30

Length: 2040 ft

Width: 120 ft 

Runway Surface Type Condition: Grass  sod  Fair condition Base End

Base End ID: '12 

Right Traffic Pattern: No 

Physical GPS (Degrees): Lat: 26° 59' 30.288''  Lng: -82° 22' 37.269'' 

Physical GPS (Seconds): Lat: 26.991747  Lng: -82.377019 

Physical Elevation: 14 ft 

Controlling Object Description: TREE 

FAA FAR Part 77 Category: Utility runway with a visual approach 

Object Clear Slope: 23 

Object Height: 42 ft 

Object Distance From Runway: 975.0 ft 

Object Offset From Runway: 0B ft 

Runway End Gradient: 0.2 Reciprocal End

Reciprocal End ID: '30 

Right Traffic Pattern: No 

Physical GPS (Degrees): Lat: 26° 59' 15.679''  Lng: -82° 22' 10.924'' 

Physical GPS (Seconds): Lat: 26.987689  Lng: -82.369701 

Physical Elevation: 15 ft 

Controlling Object Description: FENCE 

FAA FAR Part 77 Category: Utility runway with a visual approach 

Object Clear Slope: 0 

Object Height: 4 ft 

Object Distance From Runway: 0.0 ft 

Object Offset From Runway: 125L ft 

Runway End Gradient: 0.2