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Space Coast Regional Airport (KTIX) lies at Titusville, Florida, on the western shore of the Indian River and is the closest public airport to the Kennedy Space Center. Built during the Second World War as an outlying field for naval training, it is now a general aviation and corporate hub, home to the Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum and the annual Tico Air Show.
Space Coast Regional Airport, known locally by its old name Ti-Co (Titusville-Cocoa) Airport, serves Titusville in Brevard County and is the nearest airport to the Kennedy Space Center. It is operated by the Titusville-Cocoa Airport Authority alongside Merritt Island Airport and Arthur Dunn Airpark, and today combines general aviation, corporate traffic and helicopter flight training with a well-known warbird museum, making it a distinctive stop for visiting sim pilots exploring Florida's Space Coast.
The airport sits on Columbia Boulevard (State Road 405) and Washington Avenue (US 1) in Brevard County, Florida, close to the Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island. Approach and departure services for the area are provided by Orlando Approach/Departure on 134.95 MHz.
Space Coast Regional has two hard-surfaced, lit runways. Runway 18/36 is the longer, with a published length of 7,321 feet for runway 36 and 6,998 feet for runway 18, and carries an ILS for runway 36. Runway 09/27 is 4,985 feet in the 09 direction and 4,984 feet in the 27 direction. Field elevation is 30 feet.
The airport uses ATIS on 120.625 MHz, with ground control on 121.85 MHz and tower/CTAF on 118.9 MHz. UNICOM is available on 122.95 MHz, and a remote radio outlet for St Petersburg Radio operates on 123.6 MHz. Orlando Approach/Departure works the surrounding airspace on 134.95 MHz.
Pilots should monitor the ATIS on 120.625 MHz before contacting ground on 121.85 MHz or using 118.9 MHz as the common traffic frequency when the tower is not active. No specific circuit altitudes or noise abatement procedures are detailed in available sources.
The airfield is bordered by Columbia Boulevard (State Road 405) to one side and Washington Avenue (US 1) to the other, both useful ground references when tracking inbound toward Titusville from the north or south along the Indian River.
The airfield was built by the U.S. government in 1943 on land jointly owned by Titusville and Cocoa, originally with two 5,000 by 150 foot runways and a taxiway system, serving as an outlying field for Naval Air Station Sanford during the Second World War. It was constructed by the Civil Aeronautics Administration under the wartime 'Development of Landing Areas for National Defense' programme, with the government retaining control until the airport was deeded back to Titusville and Cocoa in 1947. Its runways and taxiways hosted a NASCAR Grand National race on 30 December 1956, won by Fireball Roberts. The Titusville-Cocoa Airport Authority was established under the Titusville-Cocoa Airport District Act of 1963 to govern the airport alongside Merritt Island Airport and Arthur Dunn Airpark. Eastern Air Lines operated scheduled Boeing 727 and McDonnell Douglas DC-9 services from Titusville between 1970 and 1974. The nearby development of NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island in the early 1960s gave the airport particular importance for the transport of personnel and equipment.
The airport is home to the Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum, which maintains a flyable and static collection of aircraft spanning the First and Second World Wars through Korea, Vietnam, the Cold War and the Gulf War, including a Douglas C-47A. It hosts the annual Tico Air Show each March, an event running since 1977 that draws military and vintage aircraft displays. The airport has also been a major centre for helicopter flight training and supports general aviation, corporate and commercial operations through a full-service FBO.