Brighton Heliport
60FA · Okeechobee, Florida · Okeechobee County · map
Brighton Heliport is a private heliport owned by Seminole Tribe of Florida, 16 miles southwest of Okeechobee, Florida, 24 feet above sea level. It has 2 landing pads. It has fuel (Jet A).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 60FA
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Seminole Tribe of Florida
- Elevation
- 24 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Fuel and services
- Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Miami sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- December 2015
Landing pads 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 35 × 35 ft | Concrete | |
| H2 | 35 × 35 ft | Concrete |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- Jet A
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Okeechobee County (16 nm northeast), Airglades Airport (20 nm south), Palm Beach County Glades (27 nm southeast), Sebring Regional (27 nm northwest).
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Okeechobee County (16 nm northeast), Airglades Airport (20 nm south), Palm Beach County Glades (27 nm southeast).
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
- Gnd lvl helicopter with pilot controlled edge light and wind sock.
- Tlof 35X35 feet; fato 64X64 feet; SA 88X88 feet; ingress/egress 022/202.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Okeechobee from the FAA register
85 aircraft are registered to owners in Okeechobee, Florida: 67 piston singles, 8 helicopters, 3 turboprops, 3 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 2 drones. Not every one of them is based at this heliport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this heliport 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 heliport
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this heliport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Okeechobee 85 aircraft · 67 piston singles, 8 helicopters, 3 turboprops
- Sunniland Ranch Airport LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Riccochet LLC 2 aircraft in town
- N6298P INC 2 aircraft in town
- Echo Delta Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Accidents and incidents in Florida 6,103 since 1982 · 982 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 21,712 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/60FA.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.