Orlando Sanford International Airport
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Orlando Sanford International Airport (IATA: SFB, ICAO: KSFB, FAA LID: SFB) is in Sanford, Florida, United States, near Orlando. It was built as Naval Air Station Sanford, a Master Jet Base for carrier-based attack and reconnaissance aircraft, and was used by the U.S. Navy until 1969. The airport is owned and operated by the Sanford Airport Authority. It serves as an operating base for Allegiant Air.
Sanford is Orlando's secondary commercial airport, but is farther away from downtown Orlando and Walt Disney World than the primary airport, Orlando International Airport (MCO/KMCO). Because of the affiliation with Orlando, passenger traffic at Sanford was once dominated by European charter services.[3]
Since 2008, however, a majority of its passenger traffic has been domestic; this is attributable to the entrance of
History
Orlando Sanford International Airport started life as
Orlando Sanford International Airport
The City of Sanford assumed control of the former NAS Sanford in 1969 and renamed the facility Sanford Airport, hiring the air station's recently retired Executive Officer, Commander J. S. "Red" Cleveland, USN (Ret.), as the first Airport Manager. The city concurrently established the Sanford Airport Authority. For the next twenty-five years, the airport was a general aviation facility and periodically hosted civilian/military air shows and static displays. Initially an uncontrolled airfield, the control tower was reactivated in the early 1970s as a non-FAA facility, employing a number of retired enlisted Navy air traffic controllers who had served at NAS Sanford.
Additional name changes followed, to include Sanford Regional Airport, Central Florida Regional Airport, Orlando Sanford Regional Airport and the current Orlando Sanford International Airport. Through the 1980s and 1990s the oldest Navy buildings were demolished while those built in the 1950s and 1960s were renovated for civil use. New buildings and hangars were added.
OLF Osceola was transferred to the control of Seminole County, Florida, but was never officially recommissioned as an active airfield. In the 1970s the former OLF began to be used by general aviation drug-smuggling aircraft as a transshipment point. Following a major drug interdiction by local and federal law enforcement agencies, Seminole County placed large speed bumps at various intervals across the runways to deter future illegal use. By the 1980s the county began to use the site as a landfill and dump, demolishing the remaining runways.[5]
1990s
In 1992, parts of the action film Passenger 57, starring Wesley Snipes, were filmed at the then-Orlando Sanford Regional Airport, where it represented a small airport in Louisiana. Shortly after filming, a new control tower was built and air traffic control operations assumed by the FAA. The Navy control tower and the large Navy hangar to which it was attached were demolished.
In the mid-1990s, a new passenger terminal capable of accommodating jet airliners was built. Charter airlines catering to the heavy British tourist demographic that had previously been using Orlando International Airport were offered greatly reduced landing fees at Sanford, and therefore many carriers relocated their operations.
In 1996 Michael Jackson and his team did the first rehearsals of the HIStory World Tour between July and August 1996 before going to Prague.
2010 - present
In 2010, Allegiant Air announced it was moving many flights to the larger and more centrally located Orlando International Airport in order to compete with AirTran Airways. Owing to passenger feedback, all flights have returned to Orlando Sanford.
In 2014,
Icelandair moved to Orlando International Airport in 2015.[6]
In October 2017,
In April 2016, Interjet operated flights to Mexico City. It later switched operations to the main Orlando airport from May 2018.[7][8]
In 2017,
In July 2021, Canadian low-cost carrier Flair Airlines announced they would launch service between Sanford and five Canadian destinations beginning in winter 2021.
The airport is home to L3 Harris Airline Academy, which underwent several company changes and several name changes. The academy used to be known as
Facilities
The airport covers 3,000 acres (1,214 ha) and has four runways:[1][10]
- Runway 9L/27R: 11,002 x 150 ft. (3,353 x 46 m), asphalt
- Runway 9C/27C: 3,578 x 75 ft. (1,091 x 23 m), asphalt
- Runway 9R/27L: 5,839 x 75 ft. (1,780 x 23 m), asphalt
- Runway 18/36: 6,002 x 150 ft. (1,829 x 46 m), asphalt/concrete
The dominant runway is 9L/27R. This was built from the naval air station's original Runway 9/27, which was 8,000 ft (2,400 m) x 200 ft (61 m) with overruns of 2,145 ft (654 m) and 1,985 ft (605 m). A project to extended runway 9L/27R by 1,400 ft (430 m) to 11,000 ft (3,400 m) was completed on April 1, 2013. Parallel Runways 9C/27C and 9R/27L were built later, the former on a previous taxiway and the latter all-new, for small aircraft. The airport also has Runway 18/36, another Navy runway, for rare northerly fronts in the winter, but this 6000-ft runway is rarely used by airliners.
On December 31, 2019, there were 326 aircraft based at this airport: 221 single-engine, 53 multi-engine, 48 jet and 4 helicopters.[1]
Airlines and destinations
Airlines | Destinations |
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Peoria, Pittsburgh, Plattsburgh, Portsmouth, Provo, Rapid City,[11] Richmond, Roanoke, Rochester (NY), San Antonio, Sioux Falls, South Bend, Springfield/Branson, Syracuse, Toledo, Tri-Cities (TN), Tulsa
Seasonal: Bismarck, El Paso, Fargo, Grand Forks, Greensboro, Gulfport/Biloxi, McAllen, Minot,[12] Moline/Quad Cities, Nashville, Shreveport, Traverse City, Wichita |
Destinations map |
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Peoria Red = Year-round destination Green = Seasonal destination Blue = Future destination Pink = Destination being terminated |
Statistics
Top destinations
Rank | City | Passengers | Carriers |
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1 | Allentown, Pennsylvania | 97,290 | Allegiant |
2 | Knoxville, Tennessee | 90,900 | Allegiant |
3 | Asheville, North Carolina | 76,400 | Allegiant |
4 | Grand Rapids, Michigan | 56,720 | Allegiant |
5 | Cincinnati, Ohio | 51,150 | Allegiant |
6 | Flint, Michigan | 39,910 | Allegiant |
7 | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | 38,870 | Allegiant |
8 | Indianapolis, Indiana | 35,130 | Allegiant |
9 | Lexington, Kentucky | 31,660 | Allegiant |
10 | Concord, North Carolina
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31,080 | Allegiant |
Annual traffic
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Year | Passengers | Year | Passengers | Year | Passengers |
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1995 | 48,186 | 2005 | 1,649,237 | 2015 | 2,480,122 |
1996 | 669,576 | 2006 | 1,645,989 | 2016 | 2,752,410 |
1997 | 1,044,496 | 2007 | 1,780,495 | 2017 | 2,922,446 |
1998 | 1,198,803 | 2008 | 1,837,247 | 2018 | 3,094,487 |
1999 | 939,962 | 2009 | 1,702,412 | 2019 | 3,291,112 |
2000 | 1,086,635 | 2010 | 1,165,435 | 2020 | 1,545,041 |
2001 | 1,222,391 | 2011 | 1,577,307 | 2021 | 2,396,108 |
2002 | 1,263,662 | 2012 | 1,815,729 | 2022 | 2,801,478 |
2003 | 1,253,862 | 2013 | 2,032,680 | 2023 | 2,941,456 |
2004 | 1,834,315 | 2014 | 2,184,701 | 2024 |
Accidents and incidents
- Numerous aircraft mishaps occurred during the World War II years, but detailed data are not readily available.
- On March 29, 2007, Allegiant Air Flight 758, a Pease International Airport in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, experienced a hydraulic failure that prevented the nose landing gear from deploying. The plane made a safe landing at Orlando Sanford International Airport, with only one minor injury sustained in the aircraft evacuation.[14][15][16]
- On July 10, 2007, a NTSB factual report dated December 2007 indicates that the accident was caused by an electrical malfunction, including smoke in the cockpit, that occurred on the previous flight and that was not rectified prior to the accident flight, resulting in the subsequent fire. The accident pilot was informed about the known problem prior to flight but elected to fly the aircraft regardless.[19]
References
- ^ PDF, effective December 30, 2021.
- ^ "Statistical Data for SFB". flysfb.com. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
- ^ "Orlando Sanford Airport, Florida". vymaps.com.
- ^ a b "Orlando Sanford International Airport - Annual Passenger Counts". Retrieved June 12, 2016.
- ^ Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Florida, Daytona Beach area. Members.tripod.com (March 15, 1944). Retrieved on 2013-07-23.
- ^ Ben Mutzabaugh, USA TODAY (October 22, 2014). "Icelandair to switch airports in Orlando". USA TODAY.
- ^ "Interjet adds two US routes; one each to Orlando and Las Vegas". anna.aero. PPS Publications. April 29, 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
- ^ Liu, Jim (May 18, 2018). "Interjet Orlando service changes from June 2018". Routes Online. Informa PLC. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
- ^ "TUI TO FLY HOLIDAYMAKERS TO 'ORLANDO' AIRPORT THAT'S 70 MILES AWAY FROM THE CITY". www.independent.co.uk/travel/. The Independent. November 5, 2019. Archived from the original on May 24, 2022. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
- ^ "SFB airport data at skyvector.com". skyvector.com. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
- ^ "ALLEGIANT ANNOUNCES TWELVE NEW ROUTES WITH ONE-WAY FARES AS LOW AS $49*". PRNewsWire. November 16, 2023. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
- ^ "Allegiant Announces New Route To Florida From Minot". Kfyr.tv.
- ^ "Transtats". Retrieved March 30, 2024.
- ^ Jet With 147 Passengers On Board Makes Emergency Landing – Boston News Story – WCVB Boston Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Allegiant Jet Moved After Emergency Landing". WESH. May 30, 2012. Archived from the original on February 3, 2009. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
- ^ "Aircraft Accident Final Report". National Transportation Safety Board. March 29, 2007. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
- ^ Blank, Dennis; Newman, Maria (July 10, 2007). "Small Plane Crash in Florida Kills 5". The New York Times. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
- ^ Bierman, Noah (July 11, 2007). "Investigators sift through rubble of Florida plane crash". McClatchy. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
- ^ a b "Aircraft Accident Summary Report" (PDF). National Transportation Safety Board. July 10, 2007. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
External links
Media related to Orlando Sanford International Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Orlando Sanford International Airport
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective June 13, 2024
- FAA Terminal Procedures for SFB, effective June 13, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for SFB
- AirNav airport information for KSFB
- ASN accident history for SFB
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures