Fernandina Beach Municipal Airport has canceled its planned outdoor aviation activities for Saturday because of the weather forecast, while keeping its Airport Master Plan Open House on schedule.
The indoor open house will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the second-floor conference room of the airport terminal, 700 Airport Road. There will be no formal presentation, so visitors may arrive at any point during the four-hour session to review information and talk with airport staff and planning consultants.
Aircraft displays, charity aircraft rides, a parachute jump, emergency vehicles and other outdoor family activities that had been planned alongside the meeting will not take place.
The session is the first of two City/FAA public open houses tied to an update of the airport's long-range master plan, which is intended to guide development through 2045. The process examines aviation demand, airport facilities, land use and possible improvements. A date for the second public meeting has not been announced.
Residents can also raise questions about aircraft noise and flight-school activity. The Fernandina Observer previously reported that the airport recorded 14,748 touch-and-go maneuvers in the 12 months ending Sept. 30, 2025—about 40 a day on average. The practice involves landing and immediately taking off again, often for training.
The city's voluntary noise-abatement guidance asks pilots to make no more than five consecutive touch-and-go maneuvers before leaving the airport traffic pattern. However, the city cannot require compliance because the Federal Aviation Administration holds primary authority over aircraft operations and airspace. The master plan process allows public comment on airport development but does not give the city additional power to regulate flights.
