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Orlando Executive Airport - History

 

Orlando Municipal Airport
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1928 Official opening as "Orlando Municipal Airport".
Pan Am begins service to Cuba and Puerto Rico from ORL.

Orlando Morning Sentinel Cover Page
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1929 US Postal Service inaugurates Air Mail service to and from ORL.
1935 Amelia Earhart visits Florida Air Tours, an annual week-long event.

Old Hangar
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1938 Eddie Rickenbacker (President of Eastern Airlines) makes an appearance at ORL's 10th anniversary celebration.
1940 Renamed "Orlando Air Base" as US Army Corps assumes control for military training.

US Army Corps
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1946 Control reverts to the City of Orlando.
Commercial air service (Delta, Eastern and National Airlines) commences.
1951 Terminal is built.

Original Terminal Building
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1961 Renamed "Herndon Airport".
1962 Commercial air service starts relocation to McCoy AFB property (the future Orlando International Airport), 8 miles south of ORL.
1968 Airlines complete relocation to McCoy AFB, making ORL primarily a general and corporate aviation airport.
1976 Operational control of ORL transfers from the city of Orlando to the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA).
1982 Renamed "Orlando Executive Airport".

View of Airfield
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1996 Orlando Executive Airport hosts the static display for the National Business Aviation Association convention.
1999 Terminal is razed and construction of new FBO facilities begins.
2000 Showalter Flying Service's new facilities opens.
2001 Executive Air Center's new facilities opens.
2002 Orlando hosts the static display for the National Business Aviation Association convention.
2003 Orlando hosts the static display for the National Business Aviation Association convention.
2005 Orlando hosts the static display for the National Business Aviation Association convention.
2006 Orlando hosts the static display for the National Business Aviation Association convention.
2009 Orlando hosts the static display for the National Business Aviation Association convention.
2011 Orlando hosts the static display for the National Business Aviation Association convention.

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