Melbourne International Airport

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Melbourne International Airport - Florida

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Front view of Melbourne International
IATA: MLB – ICAO: KMLB – FAA: MLB
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Melbourne, Florida
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°N 80.64528°W / 28.10278; -80.64528
Website www.MLBair.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9R/27L 10,181 3,103 Asphalt
9L/27R 6,000 1,829 Asphalt
5/23 3,001 915 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations 163,867
Based aircraft 262
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 budget is contained within the Melbourne municipal budget. The airport receives no local tax dollars. The projected expenses for 2010 is $14.1 million.[2]

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[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.

In the early 1980s, filmmaker Jim Jarmusch shot some ending scenes for his award-winning film Stranger Than Paradise in the Melbourne area. This included several important plot scenes shot at the "Melbourne Regional Airport" (as listed in the credits).

The Melbourne Airport Authority operates Trailer Haven, a 759-site mobile home park.[3]

As of 2009, the airport has non-stop service to Atlanta via Delta Air Lines and its regional partner Atlantic Southeast Airlines. In the past, Delta has flown non-stop from Melbourne to its hubs in Cincinnati, New York-JFK and New York-La Guardia, as well as point-to-point routes to Washington-Dulles and Washington-Reagan; all of this service was discontinued. USA3000 Airlines also briefly served Melbourne with flights to Baltimore/Washington, American Airlines also serviced Melbourne with flights to Raleigh-Durham, and Continental serviced Melbourne as well with service to Newark-Liberty.

[edit] Statistics

Monthly passengers were at a seasonal low in September 2007 at 14,083. Flyers attained a seasonal high in March 2008 at 34,499.[4] Total enplaned and deplaned passengers for 2008 numbered about 286,000. [5]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Runway 9R

Melbourne International Airport covers an area of 2,450 acres (992 ha) which contains three asphalt paved runways: 9R/27L measuring 10,181 x 150 ft (3,103 x 46 m), 9L/27R measuring 6,000 x 150 ft (1,829 x 46 m) and 5/23 measuring 3,001 x 75 ft (915 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending June 20, 2008, the airport had 163,867 aircraft operations, an average of 448 per day: 95% general aviation, 2% scheduled commercial, 2% air taxi and <1% military. There are 262 aircraft based at this airport: 79% single-engine, 16% multi-engine, 3% jet, 2% helicopter and <1% military.[1]

The Airport Museum is located inside the terminal building.

The Florida Institute of Technology Research, Science and Technology Park is located on approximately 100 acres (40 ha) surrounded by Airport tenants such as Northrop Grumman Joint Stars, G.E Railway, Rockwell Collins, DRS, L-3 and leases property to two hospitals and one hotel. A new Embraer Business Jet Assembly Facility is currently under construction.[3]

[edit] Scheduled Airlines

Airlines Destinations
Baer Air Freeport
Delta Air Lines Atlanta
Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines Atlanta
Direct Air Niagara Falls, Punta Gorda[6]
US Airways Express operated by PSA Airlines Charlotte [begins February 11][7]

[edit] Cargo carriers

Airlines Destinations
Air Transport International Antigua

[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.

[edit] Gallery

Monument sign at entrance to Melbourne International Airport

Front view of Melbourne International Airport

Front view of the Main Terminal

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Master Record for MLB (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-10-25
  2. ^ Melbourne government official website
  3. ^ a b Business Journal
  4. ^ "The friendly skies less crowded". Melbourne, Florida: Florida Today. 30 March 2009. pp. 8C. 
  5. ^ [1] retrieved May 10, 2009
  6. ^ Another airline plans flights from Melbourne, FloridaToday.com, retrieved 2009-Nov-12
  7. ^ http://finance.yahoo.com/news/US-Airways-Resumes-Flights-bw-2055955289.html?x=0&.v=1

[edit] External links

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