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Orlando Executive Airport - History

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