Boca Raton Airport

Boca Raton Airport (BCT) is one of the premier general aviation facilities in the Southeast. It sits off I-95, midway between West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale, on 214 acres between Spanish River Boulevard and Glades Road. The airport averages over 83,000 operations a year, and nearly 300 aircraft, including single-engine, multi-engine planes and helicopters, are based here.

Aviation in Boca Raton began in 1936 with a grass strip on land that is now part of Florida Atlantic University's campus. During World War II the field became Boca Raton Army Airfield, the Army Air Corps' training ground for emerging radar technologies. In 1948 the property was transferred to the Town of Boca Raton and the Boca Raton Airport was formally established; in 1957 airport land was released for the founding of Florida Atlantic University.

The airport is fully self-sustaining and receives no local, county or state property or sales taxes; operations are funded by land leases and fuel flow fees paid by airport users.