River Acres Airport
FD70 · Okeechobee, Florida · Okeechobee County · map
River Acres Airport is a private airport owned by R. A. Airport, INC, 11 miles northwest of Okeechobee, Florida, 30 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 3,875 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA FD70
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- R. A. Airport, INC
- Elevation
- 30 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- On the chart
- Miami sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1986
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 3,875 × 66 ft | Grass | Low-intensity lights |
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 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Florida.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- VFR, private use.
- Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 - 122.900.
- Windsock.
- 15/33 marked with 40 tires with runway lights..
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.