Buchan Airport | |||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||
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  X36 Location in Florida  X36 X36 (the United States) | |||||||||||
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Buchan Airport (FAA LID: X36) is a public airport located in Englewood, Florida, United States, and operated/owned by Sarasota County.
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 $980 in 2022) 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]