Ocala Aviation Services

The FAA aircraft registry lists 14 piston, turboprop or helicopter aircraft with a valid registration under the name of Ocala Aviation Services Inc, with a Florida owner address. The most common are Cessna 172N (3), Cessna 172S (2), Cessna 172F (2), Cessna 172G (1). The median year of manufacture is 1978, so the typical aircraft is about 48 years old.

Aircraft registered to the school in the FAA registry. A registration shows ownership, not use, and leased aircraft will not appear.

Using hourly reports from Ocala, 2021 to 2025, VFR conditions (cloud base above 3,000 feet and visibility above 5 miles) held for 85% of daytime hours, 7am to 7pm local time. IFR or worse conditions made up 5% of daytime hours. May was the clearest month at 94% VFR, and December the least clear at 76%. On about 274 days a year, at least 80% of daytime hours were VFR.

Ocala International Airport - Jim Taylor Field is in Ocala, Florida.

• Elevation 90 ft
• Longest runway 18/36, 7,467 ft, asphalt
• Runways 2

Other schools at OCF

• PRP Aviation

OCF airport page

Part 141 lets a flight school hold an FAA certificate for its courses, which follow FAA-approved outlines and FAA inspection. Most US instruction runs under Part 61 instead, so a school without this listing is not necessarily worse.