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48FA Silver Lake Seaplane Base
Leesburg, Florida, USA

FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 JANUARY 2026

Location

FAA Identifier: 48FA
Lat/Long: 28-50-31.0900N 081-48-27.0400W
28-50.518167N 081-48.450667W
28.8419694,-81.8075111
(estimated)
Elevation: 63 ft. / 19 m (estimated)
From city: 5 miles ENE of LEESBURG, FL
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 34788

Seaplane Base Operations

Seaplane Base use: Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date: 05/2023
Control tower: no
ARTCC: JACKSONVILLE CENTER
FSS: SAINT PETERSBURG FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
Attendance: 
Segmented circle: no

Seaplane Base Communications

CTAF: 122.9
WX ASOS at LEE (1.1 nm S): PHONE 352-787-1565

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
OCFr132/29.8OCALA VORTAC113.7000E
ORLr306/30.7ORLANDO VORTAC112.2000E

Seaplane Base Services

Runway Information

Runway 13W/31W

Dimensions: 4077 x 90 ft. / 1243 x 27 m
Surface: water
RUNWAY 13W  RUNWAY 31W
Latitude: 28-50.518167N28-50.083333N
Longitude: 081-48.450667W081-47.867667W
Elevation: 63.0 ft.63.0 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftright

Seaplane Base Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: ROB ALLEN II
9243 SILVER LAKE DR
LEESBURG, FL 34788
Phone 410-937-7935
Manager: DOC BAILEY
9243 SILVER LAKE DR
LEESBURG, FL 34788
Phone 314-322-5660

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 48FA.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KLEE - Leesburg International Airport (1 nm S)
X23 - Umatilla Municipal Airport (10 nm NE)
X04 - Orlando Apopka Airport (14 nm SE)
KINF - Inverness Airport (27 nm W)
KOCF - Ocala International Airport-Jim Taylor Field (29 nm NW)
  
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 01-Feb-2026
 Local
(UTC-5)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:5211:52
Sunrise07:1712:17
Sunset18:0523:05
Evening civil twilight18:3023:30

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  01-Feb-2026 07:55:15
Local (UTC-5)  01-Feb-2026 02:55:15
 
METAR
KLEE 
2nm S 		010653Z AUTO 31013G23KT 10SM CLR M02/M13 A3018 RMK AO2 PK WND 32027/0632 SLP220 T10221128
TAF
KLEE 
2nm S 		010539Z 0106/0206 32017G25KT P6SM SKC FM011100 30013G22KT P6SM SKC FM012200 29011G19KT P6SM SKC FM020000 30008KT P6SM SKC
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