# Lake Persimmon Airstrip (03FA)

**Lake Persimmon Airstrip** (FAA: 03FA) is a small airport in Lake Placid, Florida, United States. It opened in Sep 1971. It has one runway, 2,000 ft (610 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/03fa

## At a glance

- FAA: 03FA
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Lake Placid, Florida, United States
- Opened: Sep 1971
- Elevation: 70 ft / 21 m
- Coordinates: 27.3531, -81.4081
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,000 ft / 610 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35272721
- Weather station: KSEF
- Ident: 03FA

## Timeline

- Sep 1971: Lake Persimmon Airstrip opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| E/W | 2,000 ft / 610 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,000 ft / 610 m | =24,247 of 29,858 | =11,669 in North America | =10,238 in US |
| Elevation | 70 ft / 21 m | =38,160 of 43,403 | =17,300 in North America | =14,385 in US |
| Age | Opened 1971 | =6,388 of 15,079 | =4,595 in North America | =4,505 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [09FA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/09fa.md) Placid Lakes Airport · 7.4 mi / 12 km
- [FA60](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fa60.md) Vince's Condominium Association Airport · 8.0 mi / 13 km
- [8FA8](https://dromopedia.com/airports/8fa8.md) Flying H Airport · 8.0 mi / 13 km
- [SEF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksef.md) Sebring Regional Airport · 8.2 mi / 13 km
- [FD72](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fd72.md) Kings Port Airport · 12 mi / 19 km
- [US-12878](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-12878.md) Lykes Mass Romor Airport · 14 mi / 22 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/03fa/data