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FD70 · River Acres Airport

ICAO · US · 4 NTSB events

ID FD70 Elev 30 ft Lat 27° 19.52' N Lon 81° 1.72' W Zulu …

Live conditions

METAR

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Wind / Visibility

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Density altitude (now)

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Aerial view

No FAA diagram published

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways

2 runway ends on file. Longest: 3,875 ft.

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
15 — 3,875 ft 66 ft Turf Yes —
33 269° 3,875 ft 66 ft Turf Yes —

Lengths + headings: in-app airport database. Surface, width, lighting: OurAirports. Gradient: derived from FAA NASR runway-end elevations (NASR's RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of rows).

Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · 1 matched · 1 not yet translated

Translations anchored to the FAA text; the raw FAA text is authoritative.

TL;DR

  • ·Pilot-controlled lighting on 122.900: click mic to activate LIRL RY 15/33. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

Watch for

  • Pilot-controlled lighting on 122.900: click mic to activate LIRL RY 15/33. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    pcl freq

All translated remarks (1)

  • Pilot-controlled lighting on 122.900: click mic to activate LIRL RY 15/33. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    ACTVT LIRL RY 15/33 - 122.900

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (1 sentence)
  • ·FOR CD CTC MIAMI ARTCC AT 305-716-1731. 15/33 MKD WITH 40 TIRES WITH RY LGTS..

Field profile

Use

Private

Ownership

Private

Scheduled service

No

NTSB events

4 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Last 10 years · n=1

  • Controlled flight into terrain 1

All time · n=4

  • Engine failure / power loss 2
  • Loss of control 1
  • Controlled flight into terrain 1

Categories rule-matched from NTSB findings and probable-cause text. "Other" = not enough agency text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2026-03-01 Cessna 150L · CFIT · day →
2011-11-05 SIAI-MARCHETTI S205-22R · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2010-03-13 FREDERICKSON CHARLES A PITTS S-2E · Loss of control · VMC · day →
1998-05-03 Bellanca 7-GCBC · Engine failure · VMC · day →

Designees in FL

CFI Flight Instructors 7,821 A&P Mechanics 25,520 AME Medical Examiners (AME) 158 DME Mechanic Examiners (DME) 25 DPRE Parachute Rigger Examiners (DPRE) 4 DAR-F Manufacturing Airworthiness (DAR-F) 35 DAR-T Maintenance Airworthiness (DAR-T) 11 DER-Y Engineering — Company (DER-Y) 10 DER-T Engineering — Consultant (DER-T) 54 SAE Specialty Aircraft Examiners (SAE) 203 APD Aircrew Program Designees (APD) 172 TCE Training Center Evaluators (TCE) 272 ODA Organizational Designations 1 Schools Flight Schools 218 FBO Fixed Base Operators 137 Clubs Flying Clubs 69 Repair Repair / Maintenance Shops 57 EAA EAA Chapters 49

DPEs nearby

Distance is city-centroid to airport, a first cut, not the exam location.

Designee City ST Distance
Mitchell Thomas Pennington Sebring FL 24 nm
Jason Paul Kinsey Fort Pierce FL 37 nm
Pierre Francois Lavial Fort Pierce FL 37 nm
Heather Kimberly Jordan Port St Lucie FL 38 nm
Manuel Lopez Fernandez Vero Beach FL 39 nm
Jason Eric Jacobs Loxahatchee FL 40 nm
Andrew Frederick Laws Stuart FL 43 nm
Steven Michael Schinske Stuart FL 43 nm
Sean William Capper Labelle FL 43 nm
Frank Gallagher Malabar FL 46 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs nearby

City-centroid distance; ratings as on the FAA certificate.

Instructor City ST Distance
Joseph Floyd Scotten Lorida FL 7 nm
Kenneth Edward Close Okeechobee FL 12 nm
John Joseph Kupka Okeechobee FL 12 nm
David Elliott Schlafman Okeechobee FL 12 nm
Gary Lester Stark Okeechobee FL 12 nm
Stephen Michael Wojdylak Iii Okeechobee FL 12 nm
William Arthur Andrews Jr Okeechobee FL 12 nm
April Michele Garcia Okeechobee FL 12 nm
Miguel Duran Okeechobee FL 12 nm
Robert Vernon Cummings Okeechobee FL 12 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics nearby

City-centroid distance. A = airframe, P = powerplant, IA = inspection authorization.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Selby John Proud Lorida FL 7 nm
John Frederick Harlow Okeechobee FL 12 nm
Christopher Scott Moffitt Okeechobee FL 12 nm
Roger William Moore Okeechobee FL 12 nm
Bobby Lee Binion Okeechobee FL 12 nm
Andrew Maxwell Wright Okeechobee FL 12 nm
Joseph Priolo Okeechobee FL 12 nm
Michael Wayne Bolinger Okeechobee FL 12 nm
David Michael Collins Okeechobee FL 12 nm
Presley Radell Fuller Okeechobee FL 12 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
Aviation Air Services
Okeechobee, FL
 16 nm
Lockwood Aviation Repair, Inc
Sebring, FL
 19 nm
CopaAir Maintenance Services, Inc.
Indiantown, FL
 37 nm
Aviation Maintenance Professionals
Fort Pierce, FL
 37 nm
Treasure Coast Avionics, Inc
Fort Pierce, FL
 37 nm
Precision Jet Avionics, Inc.
Stuart, FL
 44 nm
Wing Aviation Maintenance
Stuart, FL
 44 nm
Sarasota Avionics, Inc.
Punta Gorda, FL
 57 nm
Spectrum Aero Maintenance Service
Kissimmee, FL
 62 nm
Tomlinson Avionics of Florida Inc.
Fort Myers, FL
 63 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.