17FA
Cotton Strip
Cotton Strip (17FA) is a general-aviation airfield serving La Belle, Florida. The field lies at 18 ft (5 m) above sea level and has three runways, the longest 6,000 ft (1,829 m), water. Its nearest neighbour is Sky Manor Airport (FA51), 2 nm NE.
Cotton Strip is a smaller field, so Alārium does not attribute movements to it directly — but aircraft flying near it appear on the live map like any other, at their real altitude and on their real track.
Location
- Elevation
- 18 ft (5 m)
- Coordinates
- 26.7134, -81.5354
- Serving
- La Belle
- Region
- Florida
- Time zone
- America/New_York
Runways3 · longest 6,000 ft
The diagram shows each runway’s orientation and relative length, read from its designator — runway 09W points 90° magnetic. Threshold coordinates are not published for this field, so strips are drawn about its centre rather than where they sit on the ground. It is a diagram, not a chart to navigate by.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09W/27W | 6,000 ft1,829 m | 400 ft | Water | — |
| 03W/21W | 5,000 ft1,524 m | 400 ft | Water | — |
| 18/36 | 2,500 ft762 m | 94 ft | Grass | — |
Nearby airfields
Runway and field data from the OurAirports public-domain dataset. Positions are ADS-B, which covers most but not all aircraft.