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For around four years now, the popularity of Taco Tuesday has helped boost business, notoriety and upgrades at the City of Arcadia Municipal Airport.
Arcadia Airport, 2269 SE AC Polk Jr. Dr., hosts “Taco Tuesday” every week from 10:30am-3pm, featuring live music and food trucks that range from tacos and burritos to barbecue and desserts.
As a result of the weekly event and low fuel prices, Airport Director Shelley Peacock said the airport has seen consistent increases in aviation traffic and hangar demand over the years, leading to renovation and expansion needs.
Arcadia Airport is in the process of adding 10 new T-Hangars and a taxilane on its property to help accommodate hangar demand. Currently, the airport features 23 hangars and two large maintenance hangars.
“We’re also getting ready to start ramp expansion and ramp resurfacing because of Taco Tuesday,” she said. “We don’t have enough places for people to park.”
In a given week, the airport sees around 100 pilot operations a day, if not more.
The airport has had a hangar waiting list since 2014, listing 42 general aviation pilots who want to rent out the hangars at the time of this post.
Through grants, the Florida Department of Transportation provided 100% funding for the $2 million hangar and taxilane project.
For the future ramp expansion and resurfacing — planned for Fall 2024 — a grass field to the east of the current ramp will be cleared and paved over with funding from FDOT. The current concrete ramp will also be resurfaced with funding from the the Federal Aviation Administration.
“So, nothing (of expense) from the city,” Peacock said.
In the last few years, other completed projects include a resurfaced runway and a turf runway drainage project, both funded solely through grants with grants from FDOT and FAA.
For more information about Arcadia Airport, go to Arcadia Municipal Airport – X06 – City of Arcadia (arcadia-fl.gov) or Facebook.com/arcadiax06, or call 863-494-7844.
Airport Operations
ID: X06
Use: Open to public
Attended: 8am-5pm daily
Tower: No
FSS: St. Petersburg (PIE) 727-531-1495
ARTCC: Miami Center
Notams: PIE
ASOS: PGD 135.675
Communications: 123.0 CTAF/UNICOM
Wind Indicator: Lighted
Lights: Dusk – Dawn Rwy 5/23 — 3, 5 or 8 clicks CTAF
Traffic pattern: Left
T.P.Alt. 800 ft. agl
Beacon: Green-White
Elv: 60ft. MSL
Latitude: 27-11.520N
Longitude: 81-50.238W
Runway 5/23 Paved 3,700ft X 75ft / lights
Runway 13/31 Turf 2,780ft X 140ft