Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
Oak Tree Landing (6J8) is a public-use, unattended airfield in High Springs, Florida, sitting at 90 feet elevation and offering a single paved runway for general and business aviation traffic. The field lies roughly 59.56 nautical miles from the nearest metro area and has no onsite customs service, with the closest customs-equipped airport, KJAX, about 68.81 nautical miles away. Traffic volumes are modest, and business aviation activity, as tracked by the FAA, has historically clustered in specific months rather than spreading evenly through the year. Several nearby fields, including Flying Tiger Field and Gainesville Regional, sit within a 30-nautical-mile radius and may serve as alternates for operators working this part of north-central Florida.
Oak Tree Landing Airport has one paved runway, 09/27, 4,630 ft long and 75 ft wide, with an asphalt surface.
Source: FAA Form 5010.
The airport has no control tower.
Source: FAA Form 5010 / NASR.
Oak Tree Landing Airport does not clear customs. The nearest port of entry is Jacksonville International (KJAX), 69 NM away.
Source: CBP list of ports of entry.
Oak Tree Landing Airport recorded 6 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in December. Business aviation traffic at Oak Tree Landing (6J8) is concentrated toward the end of the year, with operations rising from October through December according to FAA TFMSC data.
Business jet movements, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month December, 4 movements in 2025.
Source: FAA TFMSC, business jet movements, 2025.
Oak Tree Landing Airport averages 24.2 days above 90°F in July and 9.4 freeze days in January. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 91.8°F, and January the coldest, at 66.7°F.
Weather station is 7.4 NM from the field. Some values are estimated by the agency. 1991–2020 climate normals.
Source: NOAA NCEI.
Oak Tree Landing Airport has published operating constraints in three categories: access, runway notes and other notes.
For clearance delivery, contact Jacksonville Approach.
Runway 09 markings are faded.
Runway 27 markings are faded.
Runway 09 has a 20:1 approach slope to the displaced threshold.
Personnel and equipment are working in the vicinity of the runway.
A 280-foot tower is located 2 nautical miles northwest of the airport.
Parking and leaving airport property requires crossing private property. A fee and paperwork are required to enter or exit the property. Seven days advance notification is required. Contact the airport for arrangement details.
Security cameras are on premises.
Agricultural burning occurs in the area.
Source: FAA Chart Supplement.
Oak Tree Landing Airport has five airfields within 29 NM. The closest is Flying Tiger Field, 18.51 NM northeast.
Part of the North Florida area.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
We arrange catering, fuel and trip support here. Supplier prices reach you unchanged; our coordination fee sits on its own line.
$1,200.00 catering order at 6J8.
What the kitchen invoices us is what your quote reads.
It does not move with the size of the order.
Passed on at the exact amount the processor took.
Market practice figures are industry averages, not a specific competitor.
Oak Tree Landing (6J8) has no onsite customs service. The nearest customs facility is at KJAX, located approximately 68.81 nautical miles away. Operators requiring customs clearance near High Springs, FL should plan to route through that facility instead. Contact Jacksonville Approach for clearance-related coordination, as noted in the airport's own remarks.
Oak Tree Landing (6J8) has a single asphalt runway, 09/27, measuring 4,630 feet long and 75 feet wide. It is the airport's only paved surface and matches the field's maximum paved runway length. Both runway ends, 09 and 27, currently show faded markings according to the field remarks. There is no tower on the field, and attendance is unattended.
Oak Tree Landing (6J8) recorded 6 business aviation operations out of 7 total operations in 2025, according to FAA TFMSC data. This places it in a low-volume tier among tracked general aviation airports. Monthly figures show activity concentrated late in the year, with 0 ops in October, 2 in November, and 4 in December. This pattern suggests seasonal rather than steady year-round demand at the field.
Yes. Parking and departing airport property at Oak Tree Landing (6J8) requires crossing private property, which involves a fee and paperwork. Seven days advance notification is required to arrange ingress and egress. Operators planning a stop should factor this coordination requirement into trip planning well ahead of arrival.