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Cape Canaveral AFS Skid Strip airport in Cocoa Beach (United State)
This airport is in an unusual configuration. It is part of private or dangerous airports.
Military airport Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The runway was called the Skid Strip because SM-62 Snark cruise missiles (which did not have the wheels) returning from test flights were supposed to come to a halt. It serves the NASA rocket launch base. The airport is mainly used by USAF for the transport of satellites and for the coupling with launch vehicles.
Cape Canaveral AFS Skid Strip airport is located near Cocoa Beach, with Cape Canaveral at 5mi↑, City of Cape Canaveral at 6mi↑, Merritt Island at 8mi↑, Cocoa Beach at 10mi↑, Sharpes at 12mi↑, Cocoa at 12mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in United State and Southernmost airports in United State
→ See also airports in United State
aerial view of Cape Canaveral AFS Skid Strip airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : KXMR
- IATA code : -
- Local code : -
Elevation : 3 m = 10ft
→ See also Highest airports in USA and Lowest airports in United State
Runways
- runway 13/31 : 3048m = 10000ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in United State
Coming to Cape Canaveral AFS Skid Strip airport
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- Winter Park, FL train station at 49mi
- Orlando, FL train station at 50mi
- Auto Train Station Sanford, FL train station at 50mi
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Aviation weather for Cape Canaveral AFS Skid Strip airport KXMR
METAR for Cape Canaveral AFS Skid Strip airport KXMR
KXMR 020455Z AUTO 23008KT 10SM CLR 26/22 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP165 T02590215 403190207 $
Decoded METAR for Cape Canaveral AFS Skid Strip airport KXMR
METAR issued by KXMR on Wednesday, July 2, 2025 at 04:55 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 6 days and 163 hours and -8612 minutes ago.
visibility is 16km = 10sm.
The temperature is 26°C = 79°F, dew point is 22°C = 72°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 79 %.
QNH is 1016hPa = 30.01inHg
Wind 15km/h = 8kt, direction is 230°.
Sky clear.
Remarks : automatic station with precipitation sensor Sea Level Pressure SLP=165 T02590215 403190207 $
No TAF for Cape Canaveral AFS Skid Strip airport
but aviation weather is available at Space Coast Regional airport (KTIX) at 14mi↑
NOTAM for Cape Canaveral AFS Skid Strip airport
Around Cape Canaveral AFS Skid Strip airport in Cocoa Beach (United State)
near
- Hotels in Cape Canaveral
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 851mi↑
- MoMA (New York) at 928mi↑
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Bilbao) at 4309mi↑
- Hotel NH Collection San Sebastián Aránzazu (San Sebastián) at 4353mi↑
- Sercotel Codina (San Sebastian) at 4354mi↑
- Aquarium de Donostia-San Sebastián (San Sebastian) at 4354mi↑
- Hotel de Londres y de Inglaterra (San Sebastian) at 4354mi↑
- San Sebastian at 4355mi↑
- Eureka! Zientzia Museoa (San Sebastiàn) at 4355mi↑
- Saint-Jean-de-Luz at 4369mi↑
- Hôtel Txoko (Saint-Jean-de-Luz) at 4369mi↑
- Grand Hôtel Thalasso & Spa (Saint-Jean-de-Luz) at 4369mi↑
- for Cape Canaveral AFS Skid Strip airport at 0mi↑
- for Port Canaveral airport at 5mi↑
- for Cape Canaveral Hospital airport at 8mi↑
nearest airports to Cape Canaveral AFS Skid Strip airport in Cocoa Beach (United State)
- Port Canaveral heliport ( FA90) at 5mi↑
- Cape Canaveral Hospital heliport ( 1FL8) at 8mi↑
- Treasure Lagoon seaplane base ( FA13) at 10mi↑
- Merritt Island airport (KCOI COI ) at 11mi↑NOTAM
- Nasa Shuttle Landing Facility airport (KTTS ) at 13mi↑METAR NOTAM
- Rockledge Regional Medical Center heliport ( 8FD4) at 13mi↑
- Space Coast Regional airport (KTIX TIX ) at 14mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Niazi heliport ( 12FA) at 15mi↑defunct airport
- Niazi heliport ( US-0727) at 15mi↑
- Rockledge airport ( 21FA) at 15mi↑defunct airport
→ See also Former airports in United State
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap