Ridge Landing Airpark 4FL5 & South Lakeland Airport X49

X49 Video.

Ridge Landing Airpark (FAA LID: 4FL5), also known as Ridge Landing Airport, is a private use airpark located four nautical miles (7 km) west of the central business district of Frostproof, a city in Polk County, Florida, United States.

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South Lakeland Airport (FAA LID: X49) is a public airport located 13.5 miles south of the central business district (CBD) of Lakeland, a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. The airport covers 32 acres and has one runway. The airport is also home to a regional skydiving company, Skydive Tampa Bay, Inc.

Low pass at Ridge Landing Airpark.

While scrolling through Facebook I came upon a post announcing the Ridge Landing Airpark was holding a fly-in this month. The pictures showed a few planes parked near tents with people enjoying a light lunch. You know, it seems like forever since we went to a fly-in so I decided to take the 30 minute flight to find this place to see just where it was located. 

The flight down was pretty uneventful, although we did get an "OBSTICAL" alert on a monstrous cell tower about midway on the flight plan. The chart says 825' but it seemed much taller than that. Sally and I decided to divert a bit to the north just in case the chart was wrong.

The airpark is a private field with no frequencies for CTAF or AWOS. Landing is by permission only so I just made a low pass to see what was there. It might be nice to go back for lunch but I'm a little wary of getting a real-estate sales pitch.

South Lakeland is a grass strip that occupies the cutout in the Lakeland Class C airspace.

Dimensions: 2412 x 100 feet / 735 x 30 meters, Surface: Turf in Good Condition

There was one bi-wing ultra light taking off when I arrived and she was downwind by the time I was on short final. I decided on a low approach. Sally is still pretty clean from her bath and I didn't want to have to clean weeds off the the underside of the wings and wheel pants.

Just one pass and we were done. Time to go home.

KVDF just announced that their repairs will take longer than expected. Maybe they'll be done by mid-April.