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New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport, also known as Jack Bolt Field, is a city-owned general aviation airport three miles northwest of New Smyrna Beach in Volusia County, Florida. It sits under Daytona Beach approach control and hosts busy flight training and corporate traffic across its three paved runways.
New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport (KEVB, FAA identifier EVB) is a public, city-owned aerodrome three miles northwest of the New Smyrna Beach business district in Volusia County, Florida. Also known as Jack Bolt Field, it is a busy general aviation field supporting flight training, corporate traffic and charter operations, and is of particular interest to visiting pilots for its wartime Navy heritage and its links to a notable American fighter ace.
The airport lies three miles northwest of central New Smyrna Beach and falls within the area served by Daytona Beach approach and departure control. It became a controlled aerodrome in October 2004 when a Level I contract control tower was commissioned, having previously operated as an uncontrolled field.
The airfield has three physical asphalt runways. Runway 07/25 is the longest, with 07 at 4,659 ft and 25 at 4,694 ft. Runway 11/29 is 4,310 ft in both directions and is lit. Runway 02/20 is listed at 3,207 ft for 02 and 4,000 ft for 20. None of the runways are equipped with an ILS.
Pilots should contact Daytona Approach/Departure on 125.35 MHz. The field ATIS broadcasts on 124.625 MHz, Ground on 121.325 MHz and Tower on 119.675 MHz. UNICOM is available on 122.8 MHz.
Since October 2004 the airport has operated with a Level I contract control tower, so arriving and departing traffic should expect to work with Ground and Tower rather than self-announcing on a common frequency as at an uncontrolled field.
Before the Second World War the site combined a golf course with a grass airstrip. In 1942 the U.S. Navy took over the land and built the paved runway complex that survives today, commissioning it as Naval Outlying Landing Field New Smyrna Beach, an auxiliary training field supporting advanced flight instruction from Naval Air Station Daytona Beach, Naval Air Station Sanford and Naval Air Station DeLand. The station originally had four intersecting asphalt runways, though only three remain operational today. The Navy decommissioned the field in 1947 and returned it to the City of New Smyrna Beach for civilian use. In 2006 the city added the name Jack Bolt Field in honour of Lieutenant Colonel John "Jack" Bolt, USMC, a former New Smyrna Beach resident, aerial ace and Navy Cross recipient. Flying the F4U Corsair with VMF-214 in the Second World War, Bolt shot down six Japanese Zero fighters; later, on exchange with the U.S. Air Force's 39th Fighter Interceptor Squadron flying the F-86 Sabre during the Korean War, he downed six more MiG-15s. A military aircraft propeller and a commemorative plaque were erected at the airport in 2006 in his memory.
The airport today serves general aviation, flight training and corporate air travel, alongside some charter activity. Epic Aviation is the on-field fixed-base operator, offering 100LL avgas and Jet-A fuel along with pilot amenities, and is home to Epic Flight Academy, which provides a full range of flight training as well as aircraft maintenance technician training. Airgate Aviation operates as a further full-service FBO on the field, offering single-point and over-wing Jet-A and 100LL fuel and rental cars, and runs the Island Hopperz restaurant on site, open daily from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm.
