Big Cypress Airfield Airport (59FD)

Location & QuickFacts

FAA Information Effective	2013-12-12
Airport Identifier	59FD
Airport Status	Operational
Longitude/Latitude	080-59-16.6800W/26-19-34.3500N -80.987967/26.326208 (Estimated)
Elevation	20 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	Hc61 Box 52a Big Cypress Reservation, FL 33440
Phone number	813-983-7677
Manager	Ken Dunn
Address	Hc61 Box 52a Clewiston, FL 33440
Phone number	863-983-7677

Airport Operations and Facilities

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

Airport Services

Transient storage

TIE

Runway Information

Runway 10/28

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

	10	28
Physical elevation	20.00 ft	19.00 ft
Coordinates	26.327117N / 80.996450W	26.325300N / 80.979483W
Traffic pattern	Left	Left
Runway marking	Nonstandard *10/28 DASHED CENTERLINE.	Nonstandard
VGSI	4-light PAPI on left	2-light PAPI on left
REIL	Yes	Yes

Radio Navigation Aids

ID	Type	Name	Ch	Freq	Var	Dist
FX	NDB	Praiz		221.00	02W	38.1 nm
PJN	NDB	Plantation		242.00	03W	43.1 nm
APF	NDB	Naples		201.00	03W	43.6 nm
PB	NDB	Rubin		356.00	03W	47.1 nm
UTX	NDB	United		405.00	03W	49.6 nm
CYY	VOR/DME	Cypress	023X	108.60	03W	43.8 nm
FLL	VOR/DME	Fort Lauderdale	091X	114.40	00E	47.5 nm
PHK	VORTAC	Pahokee	101X	115.40	00E	31.7 nm
LBV	VORTAC	La Belle	041X	110.40	01E	37.2 nm
RSW	VORTAC	Lee County	055X	111.80	02W	44.1 nm
DHP	VORTAC	Dolphin	086X	113.90	04W	46.8 nm
MIA	VOT	Miami Intl		112.00		49.9 nm

Remarks

• PROVIDED ALL OPS ARE CONDUCTED IN VFR WX COND AND LNDG AREA IS LIMITED TO PR USE ONLY.