Big Cypress Airfield
59FD · Immokalee, Florida · Hendry County · map
Big Cypress Airfield is a private airport owned by Seminole Tribe of Florida, 25 miles southeast of Immokalee, Florida, 20 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 5,596 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 59FD
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Seminole Tribe of Florida
- Elevation
- 20 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Miami sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1992
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 5,596 × 50 ft | Asphalt |
- Runway 10: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 28: PAPI, two lights on the left
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Immokalee Regional (23 nm west), Airglades Airport (25 nm north), Palm Beach County Glades (32 nm northeast), LA Belle Municipal (34 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Immokalee Regional (23 nm west), Airglades Airport (25 nm north), Palm Beach County Glades (32 nm northeast), LA Belle Municipal (34 nm northwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Florida · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided all operations are conducted in VFR weather condition and landing area is limited to PR use only.
- X12524
- 10/28 dashed centerline.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Immokalee from the FAA register
12 aircraft are registered to owners in Immokalee, Florida: 8 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 1 piston twin, 1 drone. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Florida.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Immokalee 12 aircraft · 8 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 1 piston twins
- Global Flight Training Solutions INC 8 aircraft in town
- Matecumbe Flying Service INC 2 aircraft in town
- Accidents and incidents in Florida 6,103 since 1982 · 984 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Florida 128 landing places
- Florida 21,705 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/59FD.json.
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 26, 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.