Pine Island Airport
13350 Morningstar Lane, Bokeelia, Florida 33922
Lee County USA
www.PineIslandAirport.com
1FA3
239-283-9898 Fax
239-283-8045 Cell
Frequency 123.075
26 39' 28N
82 07' 10W
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Future of Pine Island Airport
This part is still in development Updated 2/5/2011
I see one of three options at this point.
1-
Build the Hangars by pre-selling them at below $90,000 each
2-
Sell the Airport and move on.
3 - Stay as is, and that is not my nature
What is Pine Island Airport - Right now it is 18.85 Acres of prime Agricultural land which consist of a 2,700' grass strip, a 600' X 600' unidirectional PPG & PPC landing zone, 7 "T" Hangars, A Double Wide Tenant House, Septic Tank, Underground Electrical Service, City Water, with Security Gate Entrance. It is currently Zoned for 13 more "T" Hangars to be built to current codes, A Barn and a House.
The airport has numerous possibilities of which I lean towards preserving the airstrip and maintaining a way for pilots to be able to fly into the island to visit friends and family as well as take advantage of our beautiful island.
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Located West of Ft Myers and North of
Sanibel Island
The island was called the best kept secret of SW Florida. Pine Island airport is the only way for island residents, there families and business associates to have the convenience of flying directly onto Pine Island. This convenience is not provided by the majority of Lee Islands.
The entrance to Pine Island by road is thru the artistic little community of Matlacha. It has been compared, to the old days of the Florida Keys. Matlacha offers brightly colored art galleries, unique shops and a variety of restaurants.
Pine Island has been called the best kept secret in Florida, guarded by its residents and a number of environmental groups. Pine Island is home to the American Bald Eagle and many species of exotic birds. Fishing in the waters around Pine Island is world class, hosting one of the largest Tarpon fishing tournaments on the east coast.
Pine Islands uniqueness has helped it hold its real estate value while assuring a positive increase in the coming years.
Some of the services we offer at the airport are: 2700' X 120' Grass Runway, Ultralight & PPG Friendly, Airplane, Tent and RV Camping, Trailer and RV Storage, Sight Seeing Flights, Biplane Rides, Aerial Photography, Banner Towing, PPG Training and Tandem Skydiving
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From the East
From the East
From the South
CONTACT INFO
wayne@WayneReed.com
13350 Morningstar Lane,
Bokeelia, Florida
239-283-9898
Office or 239-283-8045 Cell
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Options:
A couple of options are to build it as an airport business or just as a private little farm with an airstrip.
As a private property with an airstrip you can do about anything you want to do. You can build a nice house, a barn and a very nice hangar. You can buy more property around the airport and make it as big a farm as you want. You can have a tree farm, horse farm, cattle or prize goats. What ever the heart desires in the agricultural world.
The dream is to rebuild the hangars as a service to the Island and a barn big enough to put my toys in and still have room for a club project area.
I enjoy making the property look better and it would take very little to upgrade the landscaping as we are surrounded by Palm Tree and Exotic Plant farms. What was once a best kept secret on the island could very easily be the islands best landscaped property and a thing of beauty.
We have started a club and the purpose is to share in the fun and use of the airport. I would like to expand on that use.
Next, I would like to build a club house with 4 Bedrooms and Baths and a common Great Room and Kitchen. Lots of people could fly in for a vacation or school and stay for a week or weeks at a time. It could also be used as a part time residence or a care taker, or one Bedroom could be the residence of a live in caretaker. Lot's of options.
The club could be expanded to RC cars in a small corner of the property, or a Fruit Tree area, Garden area, RV Parking Area. and many other options.
The surrounding farms can be purchased at farmland prices and when given access could be sold at fly in community prices. They change with the economy, but the markup should stay constant, roughly 50% or more higher for fly in community. This could mean as property was purchased the airstrip could be enlarged in the process.
I also have thoughts and have talked to other airport owners, of setting up a group of airport owners that share in the same thoughts of the club. It would be nice to have other places to fly to that have the same interests. As you probably know, I enjoy flying open light sport aircraft and it would be nice to be able to fly from one safe airport to another and hop to the east coast or the Keys, heck maybe even to my home town in Kentucky. :-) It is just a small step away.
Since the Hurricane Charley I have been cleaning up the debris and fighting zoning to be able to build back what I had prior to the storm. I now have the airport all cleaned up and am in compliance with codes. I have won back the rights to rebuild the other 13 hangars, a barn and a house. Unfortunately, I have had to use my retirement funds to fight the government clean up the debris and live on while doing it.
This opens and opportunity for an investor or a partner. I need to pay off the existing debt against the airport before I can build the hangars. This can be done in numerous ways.
If you have an interest in assisting in some way either as an investor or a partner, please give me a call - 239-283-8045 Cell or wayne@waynereed.com .
Another option is just to sell the airport and let this dream be someone else's dream. Make me an offer and I will go back to the water from which I came, which was the reason I came to Florida in the first place. 239-283-8045 or wayne@waynereed.com
Frequently Asked Questions
How much Land? 18.85 Acres, all Cleaned and ready with a drainage
ditch around most of it
What goes with the Airport? Equipment, Business, Property - including
all rights applying, Care Taker
Would I have to Manage it - No, the Current Caretaker of 6 years now
would be glad to stay. Junior is a retired Union Carpenter and can do all
maintenance on equipment, buildings and property.
Are there any Neighbor Problems? No, I have been going out of my way
to treat the neighbors with all respect and have no problems
What is the going property prices? Lots and farmland haven't been
selling here like it is in some parts of the county, as it is a lot of
Agricultural Farms.
What about the Financials - I can send you a
rough P&L with an email request.