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Jacksonville Executive at Craig Airport (KCRG) is a busy general aviation and corporate aviation field in Duval County, Florida, some eight miles east of downtown Jacksonville. It offers a full instrument approach, two hard-surfaced runways and an active control tower, making it a practical and interesting destination for the simulator pilot exploring the Jacksonville area.
Jacksonville Executive at Craig Airport, universally known by its historic name of Craig, is a mid-sized public airport owned by the Jacksonville Aviation Authority and situated in the East Arlington area of Jacksonville, Florida. It is a genuinely busy general aviation field, handling several hundred aircraft movements a day, and combines flight training, corporate and charter operations with based piston, turboprop and jet traffic. For the simulator pilot it offers a compact but well-equipped airport with a control tower, crossing hard-surfaced runways and an ILS approach, all within easy reach of Jacksonville International Airport and the naval airspace around the St Johns River.
Craig lies about eight miles east of the Jacksonville central business district, in Duval County, close to Atlantic Boulevard and St Johns Bluff Road, and near the Jacksonville Municipal Stadium area. It sits within the Jacksonville terminal environment, in proximity to Jacksonville International Airport, Cecil Field and the naval facilities around Mayport and Jacksonville. The field has its own control tower, and pilots operating in the vicinity work Jacksonville Approach and Departure control before or after being handed to the tower.
Craig has two crossing hard-surfaced runways, both lit. Runway 05/23 is 3,990 feet long, and runway 14/32 is 3,996 feet long, with an instrument landing system serving runway 32. The field elevation is 36 feet.
Jacksonville Executive at Craig Airport is served by Jacksonville Approach on 124.9 MHz and Jacksonville Departure on 118 MHz. The airport's own tower, which doubles as the common traffic advisory frequency, operates on 132.1 MHz, with ground control on 121.8 MHz and clearance delivery also available. The ATIS broadcasts on 125.4 MHz, and UNICOM is on 122.95 MHz. A remote Gainesville radio outlet is available on 122.2 MHz. Runway 32 is equipped with an ILS, supported by an approach lighting system, and both runway ends have PAPI visual glideslope indicators and runway end identifier lights.
Craig operates under a left-hand traffic pattern on both runways 05/23 and 14/32. As a noise-sensitive airport surrounded by residential areas, the field maintains an active noise abatement programme, and pilots should expect to fly published patterns and comply with local noise procedures rather than overflying nearby neighbourhoods at low level. Arriving and departing traffic is worked by the control tower on 132.1 MHz, with Jacksonville Approach and Departure handling traffic further out.
Useful visual references for locating and joining Craig include Atlantic Boulevard, which forms the airport's southern boundary, and St Johns Bluff Road, along which the main entrance lies to the north. The adjacent 18-hole golf course beside the airfield is a further prominent landmark, as is the nearby Jacksonville Municipal Stadium, home of the Jacksonville Jaguars, a short distance to the west along the St Johns River corridor.
The airport began life as Craig Municipal Airport, named for James Craig, a Jacksonville native who died aboard USS Pennsylvania during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. For many years it operated as a joint civil-military airfield, hosting an Army Aviation Support Facility and helicopter units of the Florida Army National Guard until these relocated to nearby Cecil Field following that base's inactivation as a naval air station in 1999. The airport gained a place in aviation history on 15 June 1946, when the United States Navy's Blue Angels flew their first-ever public airshow here. Between late 2010 and early 2011 the airport underwent two name changes, briefly becoming Jacksonville Executive Airport before public objection to the loss of Craig's name led to it being renamed Jacksonville Executive at Craig. In 2024 the airport hosted an Aerospace Day event introducing children to aviation through meetings with local pilots and flight instructors.
Craig remains an active general aviation and corporate aviation airport, home to two fixed-base operators, JAX Executive Jet Center and Sky Harbor Aviation, both of which sell fuel and provide a range of services to visiting and based aircraft. The field supports several flight schools and charter operators alongside its based piston, multi-engine, jet and helicopter fleet, and it continues to run a formal noise abatement programme in recognition of its location amid residential neighbourhoods. Prior permission is required for some operations at the airport.
