KFPR is the ICAO code for St Lucie County International Airport (IATA FPR), located in Fort Pierce, FL.
St Lucie County International Airport (KFPR) is a medium airport in Fort Pierce, FL. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KFPR or IATA code FPR. It sits in North America.
St Lucie County International Airport is a regional airport primarily serving general aviation, charter, and corporate flight departments. The 6,492-foot runway means it is well-suited as a dedicated bizjet field, free from airline scheduling pressure.
The longest runway measures 6,492 ft (1,979 m), a midsize and super-midsize-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Citation Longitude, Challenger 350, and Gulfstream G280. In practice this comfortable for most midsize and super-mid charter equipment.
St Lucie County International Airport sits near sea level at 24 ft.
Local operations run on America/New_York. Without scheduled airline traffic, the field tends to be quieter and more flexible for charter and corporate operations — a useful characteristic for early morning, late night, or short-notice flights that would be impractical at a hub.
SkyAccess currently tracks 314 departing and 387 arriving private-jet legs at KFPR across the next six months of operator inventory. 10 charter operators have run trips through this field in our recent inventory window.
Regional fields like KFPR are a meaningful share of US private aviation — closer to the trip's actual origin or destination than the nearest major hub, with shorter ramp-to-cabin times that are the main reason owners and brokers prefer them.
Treasure Coast International Airport is a public airport located three miles (5 km) northwest of the central business district of Fort Pierce, a city in St. Lucie County, Florida, United States. It is owned by the St. Lucie Board of County Commissioners.
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