Orlando Sanford International Airport
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Orlando Sanford International Airport is an airport in Sanford, Florida, near Orlando, Florida. Due to heavy flight training at the airport, it is consistently in the top 30 busiest airports in the world in total operations (takeoff and landings).
The airport is owned by TBI plc, one of the world's leading airport operators which also owns London Luton Airport, Cardiff International Airport and Belfast International Airport in the UK, Stockholm-Skavsta Airport in Scandinavia and operates airports in South America..
History
Orlando Sanford International Airport shares a similarity with one of its newest destinations at Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield because both Airports are ex-Military airfields made over for commercial use. The airport was formerly Sanford NAS (Naval Air Station) and was home to North American RA-5C Vigilante aircraft during the Viet Nam War. Congress closed the Naval Air Station in 1968. A commemorative memorial, plaque and a scale size RA-5C Gate Guardian is positioned on the entrance road within the Airport perimeter in memory to service personnel who served their country during the conflict.Facilities
Orlando Sanford International Airport covers 2,010 acres and has four runways:- Runway 09L/27R: 9,600 x 150 ft. (2,926 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
- Runway 09C/27C: 3,578 x 75 ft. (1,091 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt
- Runway 09R/27L: 3,500 x 75 ft. (1,067 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt
- Runway 18/36: 6,002 x 150 ft. (1,829 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt/Concrete
Airlines & Destinations
- Air Atlanta Europe (Glasgow, UK; London-Gatwick, UK; Manchester, UK)
- Allegiant Air (Allentown, PA; Portsmouth, NH; Worcester, MA; Cedar Rapids, IA; Chicago/Rockford, IL; Des Moines, IA; Lansing, MI; McAllen, TX (seasonal); Newburgh, NY; Roanoke, VA; Sioux Falls, SD; South Bend, IN; Springfield, MO; St. Louis - MidAmerica (Belleville, IL); Toledo, OH; Youngstown-Warren, OH)
- Excel Airways (London-Gatwick, UK; Newcastle, UK)
- First Choice Airways (Bristol, UK (from Oct 2006); East Midlands, UK; Glasgow, UK; London-Gatwick, UK; Manchester, UK)
- Flyglobespan (Glasgow, UK; Manchester, UK)
- Icelandair (Reykjavik, Iceland)
- Monarch Airlines (Belfast, UK; Cardiff, UK; Dublin, Ireland; Glasgow, UK; London-Gatwick, UK; Manchester, UK; Newcastle, UK; Shannon, Ireland)
- MyTravel Airways (Glasgow, UK; London-Gatwick, UK; Manchester, UK)
- Pan Am Clipper Connection operated by Boston-Maine Airways (Aguadilla, Puerto Rico; Atlanta, GA; San Juan, Puerto Rico)
- Thomas Cook Airlines (Glasgow, UK; London-Gatwick, UK; Manchester, UK)
- Thomsonfly (Formerly known as Britannia Airways) (Belfast, UK; Birmingham, UK; Doncaster-Sheffield, UK; London-Gatwick, UK; Manchester, UK)
- TravelCity Direct (Cardiff, UK; Glasgow, UK; London-Gatwick, UK; Manchester, UK)
- Vacation Express (Atlanta, GA; Baltimore-Washington D.C.; Cancun, Mexico; Charlotte, NC; Cincinnati, OH; Cozumel, Mexico; Liberia, Costa Rica; Louisville, KY; Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic; Punta Cana, Dominican Republic)
External links
- [Orlando Sanford International Airport]
- [FlySanford.com]
- Resources for this airport:
- * AirNav [airport information for KSFB]
- * FlightAware [airport information] and [live flight tracker]
- * NOAA/NWS [current] and [historical] weather observations
- * SkyVector [aeronautical chart for KSFB]
- [Maps and aerial photos]
- * WikiSatellite view at [WikiMapia]
- * Street map from [MapQuest] or [Google Local]
- * Topographic map from [TopoZone]
- * Aerial image or topographic map from [TerraServer-USA]
- * Satellite image from [Google Maps] or [Microsoft Virtual Earth]
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