8FD5
Lykes Brighton Airport
Lykes Brighton Airport (8FD5) is a general-aviation airfield serving Okeechobee, Florida. The field lies at 30 ft (9 m) above sea level and has a single runway of 3,400 ft (1,036 m), grass. Its nearest neighbour is River Oak Airport (00FL), 7 nm ENE.
Lykes Brighton 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
- 30 ft (9 m)
- Coordinates
- 27.1889, -81.0870
- Serving
- Okeechobee
- Region
- Florida
- Time zone
- America/New_York
Runways1 · longest 3,400 ft
The diagram shows each runway’s orientation and relative length, read from its designator — runway 18 points 180° 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,400 ft1,036 m | 70 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.