386
Area code

FL

United States geographic area code, in service since 2001-02-15.

Split from 904.

Statusin service
Introduced2001-02-15
JurisdictionFL, US
Local dialing7D
Time zoneEastern
Last verified2026-09-17
Utilization 60.5% of assignable prefixes assigned As of 09/17/2026
0%479 of ~792 assignable NXX values (200–999 excl. N11)100%

Prefix-level assignment does not equal number-level exhaustion; thousands-block pooling extends capacity. First assignment on record 2001-02-01, most recent 2026-09-10.

Area codes serve rate-center geographies, not municipal boundaries. “FL” identifies the jurisdiction, not an exact city footprint.

Top assignees

Ranked by assigned prefixes · initial assignee ≠ current carrier
Largest initial assignees in area code 386
RankAssigneePrefixesShare
01 BELLSOUTH TELECOMM INC DBA SOUTHERN BELL TEL & TEL 78 16.3%
02 NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC - GA 53 11.1%
03 ONVOY, LLC - FL 35 7.3%
04 WINDSTREAM FLORIDA, INC. 34 7.1%
05 CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - FL 29 6.1%
06 FRACTEL, LLC 23 4.8%
07 PAETEC ITEL, LLC 21 4.4%
08 LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC - FL 21 4.4%
09 OMNIPOINT MIAMI E LICENSE, LLC 19 4%
10 POWERTEL JACKSONVILLE LICENSES, INC. 17 3.5%

Important: these are initial assignees from NANPA CO-code records — the carrier a prefix was originally assigned to. Because of number portability, the current serving carrier of any individual number may differ.

Change history

Recorded events for this NPA
  • 2001-02-15Area code 386 entered service (created from 904).

Planning letters & orders

Primary documents
NANPA planning letters for area code 386
DateDocumentSubject
2001-01-29 PL-260 ↗ DeBary Rate Center Moves from 407 NPA to 386 NPA (Florida)
2000-12-29 PL-252 ↗ 904 NPA Split, Creating 386 NPA (Northeast Florida)

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