Orlando Sanford International Airport

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Orlando Sanford International Airport
IATA: SFB - ICAO: KSFB
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Sanford Airport Authority
Serves		Orlando, Florida
Elevation AMSL		55 ft (16.8 m)
Coordinates		28°46′39.5″N, 81°14′14.96″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
9L/27R	9,600	2,926	Asphalt
9C/27C	3,578	1,091	Asphalt
9R/27L	3,500	1,067	Asphalt
18/36	6,002	1,829	Asphalt/Concrete

Orlando Sanford International Airport (IATA: SFB, ICAO: KSFB) 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). It functions as Orlando's secondary airport but is farther away from the Walt Disney World Resort than Orlando International Airport.

The airport is owned by the Sanford Airport Authority and managed by TBI plc, one of the world's leading airport operators which owns London Luton Airport, Cardiff International Airport, and Belfast International Airport in the United Kingdom as well as Stockholm-Skavsta Airport in Sweden, and operates airports in South America. Because of that affiliation, Sanford Airport is served primarily by British carriers. TBI is also the provider of ground handling services for airlines.

1 History
2 Facilities
3 Incidents and accidents
4 Airlines and destinations
5 External links and Resources

[edit] History

Orlando Sanford International Airport started life as Sanford NAS (Naval Air Station) and was home to North American RA-5C Vigilante aircraft during the Vietnam 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.

[edit] Facilities

Orlando Sanford International Airport covers 2,010 acres and has four runways:

Runway 9L/27R: 9,600 x 150 ft. (2,926 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
Runway 9C/27C: 3,578 x 75 ft. (1,091 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt
Runway 9R/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

The dominant runway is 9L/27R, however parallel runways 9C/27C and 9R/27L are also used for light aircraft. The airport also has available runways 36 and 18 for rare northerly fronts in the winter, this runway is not used for normal commercial traffic.

[edit] Incidents and accidents

On March 29, 2007, Allegiant Air Flight 758, a McDonnell Douglas MD-80 aircraft which took off from Pease International Airport in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, experienced a hydraulic failure which prevented the front landing gear from deploying. As a result, the aircraft circled in a holding pattern for over half an hour to lighten the fuel load, and then made an emergency landing at Orlando Sanford International Airport. Upon landing, some sparks and smoke was observed under the nose of the aircraft. The passengers and crew members evacuated via emergency evacuation slides. Only one injury was reported; a woman suffered a minor ankle injury during the evacuation, but she refused treatment. The airport was closed for some time due to the emergency. ^[1]^[2]

[edit] Airlines and destinations

Allegiant Air (Allentown, Belleville/St. Louis, Cedar Rapids, Chattanooga, Chicago/Rockford, Des Moines, Fayetteville (NC) [ends April 15, 2007], Fort Wayne, Greensboro [begins May 24, 2007], Greenville/Spartanburg, Gulfport/Biloxi [begins June 1, 2007], Huntington, Kinston (NC), Knoxville, Lansing, McAllen [seasonal], Portsmouth, Roanoke, Shreveport, Sioux Falls, South Bend, Springfield/Branson, Tri-Cities (TN) [begins May 17, 2007], Toledo, Wichita [begins May 22, 2007], Youngstown-Warren)
First Choice Airways (Bristol (UK), East Midlands, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK))
Flyglobespan (Belfast-International, Glasgow-International)
Icelandair (Reykjavik-Keflavik)
Monarch Airlines (Belfast-International, Dublin, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK), Newcastle, Shannon)
MyTravel Airways (Cardiff, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK))
Pan Am Clipper Connection (Elmira)
Thomas Cook Airlines (Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK))
Thomsonfly (Belfast-International, Birmingham (UK), Cardiff, Doncaster-Sheffield, London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK))
Travel City Direct (Cardiff, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK))
XL Airways (Cardiff, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK))