Cotton Strip
17FA · La Belle, Florida · Hendry County · map
Cotton Strip is a private airport, 6 miles southwest of La Belle, Florida, 18 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,500 feet of grass. It has 2 water landing areas.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 17FA
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 18 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- buoy
- On the chart
- Miami sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09W/27W | 6,000 × 400 ft | Water | |
| 03W/21W | 5,000 × 400 ft | Water | |
| 18/36 | 2,500 × 94 ft | Grass |
- Runway 36: threshold displaced 500 ft
Aircraft registered in La Belle from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in La Belle, Florida: 1 piston single. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Florida.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- VFR only; pvt use.
- Tie down charge
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.