Greystone Airport is a private-use airport

Airport

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. It is located in the unincorporated community of Anthony

Anthony, Florida

Anthony is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Florida, United States. It is located on County Road 200A . The Anthony post office has zip code 32617. The community is named after Edwin Clark Anthony who bought land from the pioneer Jacob Leitner. Anthony was incorporated in 1892...

, which is seven miles (11 km) northeast of Ocala, Florida

Ocala, Florida

Ocala is a city in Marion County, Florida. As of 2007, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 53,491. It is the county seat of Marion County, and the principal city of the Ocala, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated 2007 population of 324,857.-History:Ocala...

, USA. Jumbolair, Inc. owns and operates Greystone. The airport has two runway

Runway

According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

s: 18/36 with an asphalt

Asphalt

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 pavement measuring 7,550 x 210 ft (2,301 x 64 m) and 9/27 with a grass

Grass

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 surface measuring 3,640 x 100 ft (1,109 x 30 m). According to FAA documents, 18/36 was once so degraded that only the smallest aircraft could use it. The main runway has recently been repaved to fix the damage.

Jumbolair

Jumbolair Aviation Estates is an aviation-related gated community

Gated community

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 and airpark

Airpark

thumb|right|Hangar homes at [[Independence State Airport]].A residential airpark is also referred to as a "fly-in community". The word can also refer to a community specifically designed around an airport where the residents each would own their own airplane which they park in their hangar usually...

 situated alongside the airport's runway.

Terri Jones (formerly Terri Brantner), a former Revlon

Revlon

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 model and flying enthusiast, manages the estates. A 380 acre (153.8 ha) horse ranch formerly built by Muriel Vanderbilt

Muriel Vanderbilt

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 and purchased by Jones' first husband Arthur Jones

Arthur Jones (inventor)

Arthur Allen Jones was the founder of Nautilus, Inc. and MedX, Inc. and the inventor of the Nautilus exercise machines, including the Nautilus pullover, which was first sold in 1970...

 (inventor of the Nautilus cam) in 1980 sits at the community's center. The 550 acre (222.6 ha) development contains two 3 acre (1.2 ha) lots connected by taxiways which lead to the runways.

John Travolta

John Travolta

John Joseph Travolta is an American actor, dancer and singer. Travolta first became known in the 1970s, after appearing on the television series Welcome Back, Kotter and starring in the box office successes Saturday Night Fever and Grease...

 and his wife Kelly Preston

Kelly Preston

Kelly Preston is an American actress and former model.- Early years :Preston was born Kelly Kamalelehua Smith in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her mother, Linda, was an administrator of a mental health center, and her father, who worked for an agricultural firm, drowned when Preston was three years old...

 were some of the first land purchasers. The runway length allows Travolta, a pilot, to operate his Boeing 707

Boeing 707

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jet. In January 2007, litigation prevented all property owners in the subdivision from accessing the runway with their aircraft. The access issue was resolved when Jumbolair purchased the adjacent land and remaining airport rights.