Tallahassee Regional Airport

Tallahassee Regional Airport
Tallahassee Regional Airport
IATA: TLH – ICAO: KTLH – FAA: TLH
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Tallahassee
Serves	Tallahassee, Florida
Elevation AMSL	81 ft / 25 m
Coordinates	30°23′48″N 084°21′01″W / 30.39667°N 84.35028°W
Website	www.talgov.com/...
Runways
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations	100,420
Based aircraft	136
Passengers (2006)	988,433
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

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Tallahassee Regional Airport (IATA: TLH, ICAO: KTLH, FAA LID: TLH) is a city-owned public-use airport located four nautical miles (7 km) southwest of the central business district of Tallahassee, a city in Leon County, Florida, United States.^[2]

[edit] History

Tallahassee Regional Airport began operation as Tallahassee Municipal Airport with a dedication on April 23, 1961. The flag of the United States was presented to the City of Tallahassee by Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, Chairman of the Board of Eastern Airlines. An aerial demonstration was performed by U.S. Army aircraft from Fort Rucker, Alabama. Tallahassee Municipal replaced Dale Mabry Field which closed that same year.

City Commission at airport (1961)

National Airlines airliner at TMA

Eastern Airlines inaugurated the opening of the airport by ferrying city, state and chamber of commerce officials. Aboard the flight were: Mayor Joe Cordell, State Comptroller Ray Green, City Commissioners Davis Atkinson, George Taff, Hugh Williams, City manager Arvah Hopkins, City clerk-auditor George White, Airport manager Flagg Chittenden, Ernest Menendez, Frank Deller, James Calhoun, John Ward and Jeff Lewis, all of the Chamber of Commerce.

Standing from left to right: James Messer, Jr., Edward Hill, John A. Rudd, George C. White, and Arvah B. Hopkins.

On December 3, 1989, the city opened the existing $33 million, airline passenger terminal.

On February 20, 2000, the passenger terminal was officially renamed the Ivan Munroe Terminal in honor of Tallahassee aviation pioneer Ivan Munroe. Munroe was the first man in Tallahassee to own a plane.

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Tallahassee Regional Airport covers an area of 2,490 acres (1,008 ha) at an elevation of 81 feet (25 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 9/27 measuring 8,000 by 150 feet (2,438 by 46 m) and 18/36 measuring 6,076 by 150 ft. (1,852 by 46 m).^[2] Helicopter operations are generally confined to the Runway 18/36 area, or direct approaches to the Eagle FBO ramp area.

For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2007, the airport had 100,420 aircraft operations, an average of 275 per day: 51% general aviation, 29% air taxi, 15% military and 4% scheduled commercial. At that time there were 136 aircraft based at this airport: 76% single-engine, 14% multi-engine, 2% jet and 7% helicopter.^[2]