Melbourne International Airport

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Melbourne International Airport
Front view of Melbourne International
IATA: MLB – ICAO: KMLB – FAA: MLB
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Melbourne
Serves		Melbourne, Florida
Location		One Air Terminal Parkway Melbourne, Florida
Elevation AMSL		33 ft / 10 m
Coordinates		28°06′10″N 080°38′43″W / 28.10278, -80.64528
Website		www.MLBair.com
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
9R/27L	10,181	3,103	Asphalt
9L/27R	6,000	1,829	Asphalt
5/23	3,001	915	Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations			219,193
Based aircraft			229
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Melbourne International Airport (IATA: MLB, ICAO: KMLB, FAA LID: MLB) is a public airport within the city limits of Melbourne, a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. Located on central Florida's Space Coast, the airport is accessed via NASA Boulevard (State Road 508). It is governed by a seven-member board which is appointed by the Melbourne City Council and the private sector. The airport serves about half a million people annually. The airport budget is contained within the Melbourne municipal budget. The projected expenses for 2007 is $14.9 million.^[2]

1 History
2 Facilities and aircraft
3 Airlines and destinations
4 Flight schools
5 Gallery
6 References
7 External links

[edit] History

Melbourne International Airport began in 1928 when a Pitcairn Aircraft landed on a cow pasture strip north of Kissimmee Highway.

Airmail service commenced in late 1928 when the airport was designated a fueling stop. In 1933, the City of Melbourne acquired 160 acres (65 ha) west of Indian River Bluff to develop as a new location for the airport, which was further developed and operated as Naval Air Station Melbourne during World War II.

Returned to the city as a Surplus Property Airport after the War, Melbourne Airport was deeded to the city in 1947. It was operated as a municipal airport until 1967 at which time the city created the Melbourne Airport Authority to plan, operate, maintain, and develop the airport.

The Melbourne Airport Authority operated Trailer Haven, a 760-site mobile home park.^[3] The Authority closed the mobile home park in 2005 in preparation for redevelopment.

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Runway 9R

Melbourne International Airport covers an area of 2,800 acres (1,133 ha) which contains three asphalt paved runways:^[1]

Runway 9R/27L: 10,181 x 150 ft. (3,103 x 46 m)
Runway 9L/27R: 6,000 x 150 ft. (1,829 x 46 m)
Runway 5/23: 3,001 x 75 ft. (915 x 23 m)

For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2007, the airport had 219,193 aircraft operations, an average of 600 per day: 95% general aviation, 3% scheduled commercial, 2% air taxi and <1% military. There are 229 aircraft based at this airport: 79% single-engine, 14% multi-engine, 3% jet, 3% helicopter and <1% military.^[1]

The airport also houses the Airport Museum located inside the terminal building.

The Melbourne Airport Authority has a vacant 760-site mobile home park which it intends to develop for other purposes, and leases property to two restaurants and one hotel.^[4] The Authority closed the mobile home park in 2005 in preparation for redevelopment.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

Baer Air (Freeport)^[5]
DayJet (nonstop service to Jacksonville, Lakeland, Tallahassee, Pensacola, Gainesville, Boca Raton, Opa-Locka/Miami Dade County, Naples, Sarasota/Bradenton, Savannah, Macon, and Montgomery with more nonstop cities being added)
Delta Air Lines (Atlanta)^[5]
- Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (Atlanta)^[5]
USA3000 Airlines (Baltimore/Washington)^[5] [ends July 30]
Vintage Props and Jets (Daytona Beach, Marsh Harbor, Treasure Cay)^[5]

[edit] Flight schools

F.I.T. Aviation Flight School owned by Florida Institute of Technology for the College of Aeronautics. Offers flight training for fixed wing aircraft for the FAA Private Pilot Certification, Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot Certification, Multi-Engine and Advanced Aircraft Training. In 1999, in order to match a grant for a new engineering building, Florida Tech sold nearly a third of its training fleet.