Manatee Springs Airport
5FD0 · Old Town, Florida · Dixie County · map
Manatee Springs Airport is a private airport, 7 miles south of Old Town, Florida, 17 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 2,800 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5FD0
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 17 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1990
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 2,800 × 75 ft | Grass |
Aircraft registered in Old Town from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in Old Town, Florida: 5 balloons, 3 piston singles, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 helicopter, 1 business jet. 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
- Provided all operations in VFR weather; pvt use; state hwy 349 should be evaluated when considering a clear 20:1 approach.
- Middle 800 feet will have puddles and be soft after heavy rain.
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.