48X
Airport Manatee Airport
Airport Manatee Airport (48X) is a general-aviation airfield serving Palmetto, Florida. The field lies at 27 ft (8 m) above sea level and has a single runway of 3,120 ft (951 m), grass and lit. Its nearest neighbour is Thomson Airfield (6FD7), 6 nm S.
Airport Manatee Airport 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
- 27 ft (8 m)
- Coordinates
- 27.6425, -82.5209
- Serving
- Palmetto
- Region
- Florida
- Time zone
- America/New_York
Runways1 · longest 3,120 ft
The diagram is drawn from published threshold coordinates, so each runway sits where it actually sits — true bearings, true separations, true lengths. Runway widths are exaggerated against length, which at true proportion would draw a hairline. It is a diagram, not a chart to navigate by.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 3,120 ft951 m | 100 ft | Grass | Lit |
Nearby airfields
Runway and field data from the OurAirports public-domain dataset. Positions are ADS-B, which covers most but not all aircraft.