# Placid Lakes Airport (09FA)

**Placid Lakes Airport** (FAA: 09FA) is a small airport in Lake Placid, Florida, United States. It opened in Sep 1971. It has one runway, 4,800 ft (1,463 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/09fa

## At a glance

- FAA: 09FA
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Lake Placid, Florida, United States
- Opened: Sep 1971
- Elevation: 130 ft / 40 m
- Coordinates: 27.2456, -81.4133
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,800 ft / 1,463 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35289641
- Weather station: KSEF
- Ident: 09FA

## Timeline

- Sep 1971: Placid Lakes Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 4,800 ft / 1,463 m | 50 ft / 15 m | Asphalt |  | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,800 ft / 1,463 m | =7,442 of 29,858 | =2,802 in North America | =2,301 in US |
| Elevation | 130 ft / 40 m | =35,893 of 43,403 | =16,287 in North America | =13,656 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 |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [8FA8](https://dromopedia.com/airports/8fa8.md) Flying H Airport · 1.6 mi / 2.6 km
- [FA60](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fa60.md) Vince's Condominium Association Airport · 1.7 mi / 2.8 km
- [FD72](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fd72.md) Kings Port Airport · 4.6 mi / 7.3 km
- [03FA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/03fa.md) Lake Persimmon Airstrip · 7.4 mi / 12 km
- [08FL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/08fl.md) J. H. Hendrie Farms Airport · 12 mi / 20 km
- [SEF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksef.md) Sebring Regional Airport · 15 mi / 24 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/09fa/data