Tallahassee Regional Airport

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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, -84.35028
Website www.talgov.com/...
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9/27 8,000 2,438 Asphalt
18/36 6,076 1,852 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Passengers (2006) 988,433[1]
Aircraft operations 100,420
Based aircraft 136
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[2]

Tallahassee Regional Airport (IATA: TLH, ICAO: KTLH, FAA LID: TLH) is a public airport located 4 miles (6 km) southwest of the city of Tallahassee in Leon County, Florida.

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[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 military aircraft from Fort Rucker, Alabama. Tallahassee Municipal replaced Dale Mabry Field which closed that same year.

City Commission at airport (1961)
City Commission at airport (1961)
National Airlines airliner at TMA
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

Tallahassee Regional Airport covers 2,490 acres (1,008 ha) and has two runways:

  • Runway 9/27: 8,000 x 150 ft. (2,438 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
  • Runway 18/36: 6,076 x 150 ft. (1,852 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt

Helicopter operations are generally confined to the Runway 18/36 area, or direct approaches to the Eagle FBO ramp area.

[edit] Airlines

Tallahassee Regional Airport has 2 concourses:

[edit] Concourse A

[edit] Concourse B

[edit] Executive Service

  • DayJet (44 airports in 5 states per seat / per plane charters negotiable elsewhere)

[edit] See Also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "News & Events". Tallahassee Regional Airport web site. Retrieved Sep. 11, 2007.
  2. ^ FAA Airport Master Record for TLH (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-12-20

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