SWFL airport one of first in Florida to pump environmentally friendly fuel

The sale of the new fuel, at least in the near-term future, wil be small because less than half of the light aircraft based at Naples can safely use it.


  • By Mark Gordon
  • | 12:30 p.m. June 12, 2023
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Naples Airport, a few minutes outside downtown Naples, serviced 122,281 operations in the last fiscal year.
Naples Airport, a few minutes outside downtown Naples, serviced 122,281 operations in the last fiscal year.
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The Naples airport, which services mostly charter and other private air flights and services, recently hit a milestone in debuting what it calls an environmentally cleaner alternative to traditional aviation gasoline. 

The airport recently began to offer 94 octane unleaded fuel, known as UL 94, in a program subsidized by the Naples Airport Authority, according to a statement. The Naples Airport is now one of three public airports in Florida and 35 in the United States (among more than 5,000) to offer UL 94, the release adds. The other airports in Florida to offer UL 94 fuel are in Sebring and DeLand. 

 

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