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Buchan Airport
Buchan Airport
	IATA: none; ICAO: none; FAA LID: X36;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Sarasota County
Location	Englewood
Opened	December 1949
Elevation AMSL	15 ft / 5 m
Coordinates	26°59′24″N 82°22′26″W / 26.99000°N 82.37389°W
Map
	X36 Location in Florida X36 X36 (the United States)
Runways
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Buchan Airport (FAA LID: X36) is a public airport located in Englewood, Florida, United States, and operated/owned by Sarasota County.

History

Before Buchan Airport was built, Hygeia, a subdivision consisting of approximately 100 acres (40 ha), was planned to be built during the late 1920s.^[2] A plat for the subdivision was filed with Sarasota County on April 21, 1925. The subdivision never broke ground due to the end of the Florida land boom of the 1920s.

In April 1949, Sarasota County bought 93 acres (38 ha) of the land for $100 (equivalent to $1,010 in 2023) in back taxes with help from former county commissioner Peter E. Buchan, to build an airport.^[3]

The airport helped facilitate aerial spraying for the county's mosquito eradication program.^[2]^[4]

References

^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for X36 PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective July 19, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Buchan Airport". Sarasota History Alive!. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
^ Harris, Diana (October 27, 2018). "Find pioneer family names all over Englewood". Englewood Sun. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
^ "Englewood History". Lemon Bay Historical Society. Retrieved July 25, 2018.