# Lykes Brighton Airport (8FD5)

**Lykes Brighton Airport** (FAA: 8FD5) is a small airport in Okeechobee, Florida, United States. It opened in Mar 1988. It has one runway, 3,400 ft (1,036 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/8fd5

## At a glance

- FAA: 8FD5
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Okeechobee, Florida, United States
- Opened: Mar 1988
- Elevation: 30 ft / 9 m
- Coordinates: 27.1889, -81.0870
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,400 ft / 1,036 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35276614
- Weather station: KOBE
- Ident: 8FD5

## Timeline

- Mar 1988: Lykes Brighton Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 3,400 ft / 1,036 m | 70 ft / 21 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,400 ft / 1,036 m | =13,111 of 29,858 | =5,333 in North America | =4,462 in US |
| Elevation | 30 ft / 9 m | =40,463 of 43,403 | =18,292 in North America | =15,018 in US |
| Age | Opened 1988 | =9,353 of 15,079 | =7,157 in North America | =7,046 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 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/8fd5/data