17FA Cotton Strip

UNKNOWN

No runway-in-use estimate is possible here

The FAA's NASR data publishes no runway alignment for this field, so there is nothing to compute a wind component against and no way to tell which end an aircraft used. What is known about the field is below.

We don't know, and saying so beats guessing. No D-ATIS feed here — a voice ATIS/AWOS may exist; check the frequency. No ADS-B traffic data available. No weather observation available.

certainty: — evidence: NONE no tower now

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09W 18% 6000 ft

27W 18% 6000 ft

03W 17% 5000 ft

21W 17% 5000 ft

18 15% 2500 ft

36 15% 2500 ft

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 09W

PRIOR runway length 6000 ft +0.07

Runway 27W

PRIOR runway length 6000 ft +0.07

Runway 03W

PRIOR runway length 5000 ft +0.03

Runway 21W

PRIOR runway length 5000 ft +0.03

Runway 18

PRIOR runway length 2500 ft -0.10

Runway 36

PRIOR runway length 2500 ft -0.10

Sources consulted

source	status	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE	No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	UNAVAILABLE	No weather observation found
ADSB	UNAVAILABLE	No ADS-B track history here yet
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED	Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour. (No ADS-B track history here yet)

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17FA field & runways

Cotton Strip, LA Belle, Florida. Field elevation 18 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Private use. Magnetic variation 2.0°W on record, 6.7°W today.

The FAA's variation of record is the number this field was surveyed against; the second is where north points now, from WMM2025. It is moving 0.083°/year west — about 1° every 12 years — which is why runway numbers eventually stop matching their pavement.

Runway data from the FAA NASR 01 Oct 2026 cycle. Where NASR locates both thresholds, the true heading is the bearing between them rather than NASR's whole-degree alignment. Magnetic is that heading against *today's* declination from WMM2025, not the field's variation of record — so it can differ from the chart by the gap between the two shown above. The number painted on the runway is the one ATC uses.
Runway	True	Number	Length	Surface	Pattern
03W	not published	—	5,000 ft	WATER
09W	not published	—	6,000 ft	WATER
18	not published	—	2,500 ft	TURF	left
21W	not published	—	5,000 ft	WATER
27W	not published	—	6,000 ft	WATER
36	not published	—	2,500 ft	TURF	left

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17FA ☆ Cotton Strip