The Southwest Florida Water Management District will temporarily close the Flying Eagle Dead River Flats airboat slide due to required maintenance. The airboat slide is located on the Flying Eagle berm between the Withlacoochee River and Flying Eagle Marsh in eastern Citrus County.
Maintenance activities will start April 14, 2025 and are scheduled to be completed by April 25, 2025. Attempts to use the slide in its current condition could damage airboats.
The water district operates two additional airboat slides in the area, the Moccasin Slough slide and the Wysong-Coogler slide. Both slides remain open and can be used during the Flying Eagle Dead River Flats airboat slide closure.
For more information, please call the Operations Section at the water district’s Brooksville Headquarters at 1-800-423-1476 or (352) 796-7211.