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Orlando Sanford International Airport
IATA: SFB – ICAO: KSFB – FAA: SFB
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Sanford Airport Authority
Serves		Orlando, Florida
Location		Sanford, Florida
Elevation AMSL		55 ft / 16.8 m
Coordinates		28°46′39.5″N, 81°14′14.96″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
9L/27R	9,600	2,926	Asphalt
9C/27C	3,578	1,091	Asphalt
9R/27L	3,500	1,067	Asphalt
18/36	6,002	1,829	Asphalt/Concrete

For the San Francisco radio station with the call letters KSFB, see KSFB (AM). Orlando Sanford International Airport (IATA: SFB, ICAO: KSFB) is an airport in Sanford, Florida, near Orlando. 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 Orlando's secondary airport but is farther away from the attraction areas (Walt Disney World, Universal Studios Florida and SeaWorld Orlando) than the larger, primary airport 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, Orlando Sanford International Airport is served primarily by British carriers. TBI is also the provider of ground handling services for airlines. Although it is primarily a landing point for European travel, Sanford is also a focus city for Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air.

1 History
2 Facilities
3 Incidents and accidents
4 Terminals, airlines and destinations
- 4.1 Terminal A (International)
- 4.2 Terminal B (Domestic)
5 Notes and References
6 External links and Resources

History

Orlando Sanford International Airport started life as Naval Air Station Sanford with the airport codes NRJ/KNRJ. Commissioned on November 3, 1942, the base initially operated PV-1 Venturas, PBO Hudsons and SNB-2 Kansans. Peak wartime complement reached approximately 360 officers and 1400 enlisted men with 150 officer and enlisted WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) during 1943-1945. In 1944, fighter pilot training began using the F4F and FM-1 Wildcat and F6F Hellcat carrier-based aircraft. Decommissioned in 1946 and placed in a caretaker status, the base was recommissioned as Naval Auxiliary Air Station (NAAS) Sanford in 1950 in response to the Korean War and the Cold War. Subsequently redesignated as NAS Sanford, substantial upgrades followed in order to turn the air station into a Master Jet Base for the carrier-based Douglas A-3 Skywarrior nuclear attack aircraft of Heavy Attack Wing ONE. This included construction of additional new hangars, support buildings for the base, wing and squadrons, precision approach radar/ground controlled approach (PAR/GCA), non-directional beacon (NDB) and tactical air navigation (TACAN) navigational aids, a Navy Dispensary, Navy Exchange complex, base theater, swimming pools, recreational facilities and separate clubs for officers, chief petty officers and enlisted personnel. Due to the nuclear mission, Marine Corps personnel provided base security, leading to the establishment of Marine Corps Barracks Sanford. On February 6, 1959, NAS Sanford was dedicated as Ramey Field in honor of LCDR Robert W. Ramey, who lost his life by electing to guide his crippled plane away from a nearby residential area. In the early 1960s, the A-3 aircraft began to be replaced by the Mach 2+ North American A-5A Vigilante aircraft. In 1964, the strategic nuclear strike mission for carrier-based aircraft was eliminated and all Vigilante squadrons were converted to a tactical reconnaissance mission. Existing A-5A and A-5B aircraft were modified to the RA-5C Vigilante configuration and the North American production line shifted to producing all subsequent aircraft as RA-5Cs. Heavy Attack Wing ONE was renamed Reconnaissance Attack Wing ONE and NAS Sanford-based squadrons routinely deployed aboard both Atlantic and Pacific Fleet aircraft carriers of the FORRESTAL, KITTY HAWK and ENTERPRISE classes, seeing extensive action during the Vietnam War. Numerous flight crews and aircraft were lost to enemy action, with several pilots and naval flight officers becoming prisoners of war in Vietnam until repatriation in 1973. In addition to RA-5C aircraft, NAS Sanford also continued to operate the TA-3B variant of the Skywarrior, attached to the RA-5C Fleet Replacement Squadron, Reconnaisance Attack Squadron THREE (RVAH-3) for navigator training and the R4D-8/C-117 Skytrain aircraft assigned to the air station proper. Congress closed NAS Sanford in 1968, transferring the wing and squadrons to the former Turner AFB, renamed as NAS Albany, Georgia. The wing and squadrons subsequently relocated to NAS Key West, Florida during 1974-75 and continued to deploy to both the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Pacific aboard FORRESTAL, KITTY HAWK, ENTERPRISE and NIMITZ class aircraft carriers. RA-5C units remained operational at NAS Key West until the RA-5C's retirement from active service in 1980. A commemorative memorial park, plaques and a retired RA-5C Vigilante aircraft on loan from the National Museum of Naval Aviation were dedicated in May 2003 and are positioned on the main entrance road within the Orlando Sanford International Airport perimeter in memory to NAS Sanford personnel who served their country during World War II, Vietnam and the Cold War. A PV-1 Ventura, also on loan from the National Museum of Naval Aviation, is in the process of being restored at the airport and will join the RA-5C on display. An A-3 Skywarrior has also been requested from the Navy for future restoration and display. The City of Sanford assumed control of the former NAS Sanford in 1969 and renamed the facility Sanford Airport, hiring the air station's recently retired Executive Officer, CDR J. S. "Red" Cleveland, as the first Airport Manager. The city concurrently established the Sanford Airport Authority as its policy and oversight body. For the next twenty-five years, the airport was a general aviation facility, supporting numerous locally-based and transient private and corporate aircraft and periodically hosting combined civilian/military air shows and associated static displays. Initially functioning as an uncontrolled airfield, the former Navy control tower was reactivated in the early 1970s as a non-FAA facility, employing a number of retired enlisted Navy air traffic controllers who had previously served at NAS Sanford. Additional name changes followed, to include Sanford Regional Airport, Central Florida Regional Airport, Orlando Sanford Regional Airport and the current Orlando Sanford International Airport. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, many of the former Navy buildings that had been constructed during World War II had reached the end of their useful service life and were demolished, while those constructed by the Navy in the 1950s and 1960s were rennovated and improved for civilian use. Additional construction of new buildings and hangars also took place. In 1992, major portions of the action film Passenger 57 starring Wesley Snipes, Tom Sizemore, Bruce Payne and Elizabeth Hurley were filmed at the airport, where it represented a small airport in Louisiana. Shortly after filming, a new control tower was constructed and air traffic control operations assumed by the FAA. The former Navy control tower and the large former Navy hangar to which it had been attached were then demolished. In the mid-1990s, a new passenger terminal capable of accommodating commercial jet airline service, was constructed and charter airlines catering to the heavy British tourist demographic that had previously been utilizing Orlando International Airport were offered greatly reduced landing fees if they would use Orlando Sanford International Airport and many of these carriers subsequently relocated their operations. Scheduled international and domestic air service soon followed, as reflected by current operations by Icelandair and Allegiant Air. The airport is also home to Delta Connection Academy, a subsidairy of Delta Air Lines, which provides ab initio flight training for prospective regional airline pilots. The Seminole County Sheriff's Office also maintains a hangar and support facility at the airport for aviation elements of the agency's Special Operations Division.

Facilities

Orlando Sanford International Airport covers 2,010 acres (8 km²) 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.

Incidents and accidents

Wikinews has related news:

Plane crash in Florida kills five

On March 29, 2007, Allegiant Air Flight 758, a McDonnell Douglas MD-80 aircraft which took off from Pease International Airport in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, experienced a hydraulic failure which prevented the nose landing gear from deploying. The plane made a safe landing at Orlando Sanford, with only one minor injury sustained in the aircraft evacuation.^[1]^[2]
On July 10, 2007, five people were killed and several others injured when a Cessna 310 on a flight from Daytona Beach to Lakeland crashed into two houses 3.8 miles (6.1 km) from the airport while attempting to make an emergency landing.

Terminals, airlines and destinations

Terminal A (International)

First Choice Airways (Bristol (UK), Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK), Nottingham-EastMidlands)
Flyglobespan (Belfast-International, Glasgow-International)
Icelandair (Reykjavik-Keflavik)
Monarch Airlines (Belfast-International, Dublin, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK), Newcastle, Shannon)
MyTravel Airways (Belfast-International, Birmingham (UK), Cardiff, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK))
Thomas Cook Airlines (Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK))
Thomsonfly (Belfast-International, Birmingham (UK), Cardiff, Doncaster-Sheffield, London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK), Newcastle [begins May 3])
Travel City Direct operated by XL Airways (Cardiff, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK))

Terminal B (Domestic)

Allegiant Air (Allentown, Bangor, Belleville/St. Louis, Blountville/Tri-Cities, Cedar Rapids/Iowa City, Chattanooga, Chicago/Rockford, Des Moines, Fort Wayne, Greensboro, Greenville (SC), Gulfport/Biloxi, Huntington, Huntsville, Kinston (NC), Knoxville, Lansing, McAllen [seasonal], Peoria, Plattsburgh [begins February 1], Roanoke, Shreveport, Sioux Falls, South Bend, Springfield/Branson, Toledo, Wichita, Youngstown-Warren)