# Cotton Strip (17FA)

**Cotton Strip** (FAA: 17FA) is a small airport in La Belle, Florida, United States. It has 3 runways; the longest is 6,000 ft (1,829 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/17fa

## At a glance

- FAA: 17FA
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: La Belle, Florida, United States
- Elevation: 18 ft / 6 m
- Coordinates: 26.7134, -81.5354
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 6,000 ft / 1,829 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35250550
- Weather station: KRSW
- Ident: 17FA

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09W/27W | 6,000 ft / 1,829 m | 400 ft / 122 m | Water |  |  |
| 03W/21W | 5,000 ft / 1,524 m | 400 ft / 122 m | Water |  |  |
| 18/36 | 2,500 ft / 762 m | 94 ft / 29 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 6,000 ft / 1,829 m | =4,614 of 29,858 | =1,310 in North America | =1,036 in US |
| Elevation | 18 ft / 6 m | =41,596 of 43,403 | =18,761 in North America | =15,351 in US |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =83 in North America | =81 in US |

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## 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/17fa/data