Dunnellon/Marion County Airport

With new security fencing, electrical gates, a snack bar and additional T-hangars, the airport was not projected to require major expansion through 2020.

[citation needed] The facility is located 38 miles (61 km) south of Gainesville Regional Airport.

[3] Marion County Airport covers an area of 792 acres (321 ha) at an elevation of 65 feet (20 m) above mean sea level.

[3] For the 12-month period ending September 25, 2014, the airport had 38,603 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 105 per day.

Originally set on 500 acres (2.0 km2) that was purchased in 1942 by Marion County, the facility was opened in August 1942 by the United States Army Air Forces.