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Orlando Sanford International Airport

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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 a reliever airport for Orlando International Airport, but is farther away from the Walt Disney World Resort than Orlando International.

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.

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.

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.

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))
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