Big Cypress Airfield Airport (59FD)

Location & QuickFacts

FAA Information Effective	2026-07-09
Airport Identifier	59FD
Airport Status	Operational
Longitude/Latitude	80°59'16.6800" W / 26°19'34.3500" N -80.987967 / 26.326208 (Estimated)
Elevation	20.00 ft / 6.10 m (Estimated)
Land	40 acres
From nearest city	25 nautical miles SE of Immokalee, FL
Location	Hendry County, FL
Magnetic Variation	03W (1990)

Owner & Manager

Ownership	Privately owned
Owner	SEMINOLE TRIBE OF FLORIDA
Address	6500 STIRLING RD HOLLYWOOD, FL 33024
Phone number	863-983-7677
Manager	AARON WAINMAN
Address	1440 SW 43RD STREET FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33315
Phone number	239-849-2365

Airport Operations and Facilities

Airport Use	Private
Wind indicator	Yes
Segmented Circle	No
Control Tower	NON-ATCT
Sectional chart	MIAMI
Region	ASO - Southern
Responsible ARTCC	ZMA - MIAMI
Tie-in FSS	MIA - MIAMI
FSS on Airport	No
FSS Toll Free	1-800-WX-BRIEF

Airport Services

Transient storage

Tiedown

Runway Information

Runway 10/28

Dimensions	5596 x 50 ft (1706 x 15 m)
Surface	ASPH
Surface treatment

	10	28
Physical elevation	20.00 ft	19.00 ft
Coordinates	26.327117 / -80.996450	26.325300 / -80.979483
Traffic pattern	Left	Left
Runway marking	Nonstandard	Nonstandard
VGSI	4-light PAPI on left	2-light PAPI on left
Runway end lights	Yes	Yes

Radio Navigation Aids

ID	Type	Name	Ch	Freq	Var	Dist
PHK	DME	PAHOKEE	101X	115.40		31.7 nm
CYY	DME	CYPRESS	23X	108.60		43.8 nm
UTX	NDB	UNITED		405.00	05W	49.6 nm
LBV	TACAN	LA BELLE	41X	110.40	01E	37.2 nm
FLL	VOR/DME	FORT LAUDERDALE	91X	114.40	06W	46.8 nm
RSW	VORTAC	LEE COUNTY	88Y	114.15	02W	44.1 nm
DHP	VORTAC	DOLPHIN	86X	113.90	04W	46.8 nm

Remarks

• FOR CD CTC MIAMI ARTCC AT 305-716-1731.
• PROVIDED ALL OPS ARE CONDUCTED IN VFR WX COND AND LNDG AREA IS LIMITED TO PR USE ONLY.