Venice Municipal Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Venice Municipal Airport

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image-width = 300
caption = 31 Dec 1998
IATA = VNC
ICAO = KVNC
FAA = VNC
type = Public
owner = City of Venice
operator =
city-served = Venice, Florida
location =
elevation-f = 18
elevation-m = 5
website = [http://venicegov.com/Municipal_links/Airport/airport.htm venicegov.com/...]
r1-number = 4/22
r1-length-f = 5,000
r1-length-m = 1,524
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 13/31
r2-length-f = 5,000
r2-length-m = 1,524
r2-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 1999
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 172,835
stat2-header = Based aircraft
stat2-data = 230
footnotes = Sources: airport web site [http://venicegov.com/Municipal_links/Airport/airport.htm Venice Municipal Airport] at City of Venice web site] and FAAFAA-airport|ID=VNC|use=PU|own=PU|site=03538.*A, effective 2007-12-20]

Venice Municipal Airport airport codes|VNC|KVNC|VNC is a city-owned public-use airport located two miles (3 km) south of the central business district of Venice, a city in Sarasota County, Florida, United States.

History

The airport was built during the 1940s by the United States Army Air Force. It served as as a military flight training facility. It also was used by Air Transport Command to deliver US-built aircraft destined for Britain under Lend-lease from the factories on the West Coast or picked British pilots. Some of the aircraft were partially disassembled and prepared for being loaded onboard ships for the trip across the Atlantic Ocean.

After World War II, the U.S. government gave the airport to the City of Venice.

Facilities and aircraft

Venice Municipal Airport covers an area of 1,200 acres (486 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 4/22 and 13/31, both measuring 5,000 x 150 ft (1,524 x 46 m).

For the 12-month period ending August 26, 1999, the airport had 172,835 aircraft operations, an average of 473 per day: 99.6% general aviation, 0.3% air taxi and 0.1% military. At that time there were 230 aircraft based at this airport: 83% single-engine, 16% multi-engine, 1% jet and 1% helicopter.

It is also the base of FFTC (Florida Flight Training Center), that does pilot training as well as charter service within Florida and the surrounding states.

Triple Diamond is the main FBO and provides assistance to jet aircraft.

Sarasota Avionics International maintains its headquarters in a 10,000 SF hangar on the northwest side of the airport.

There are two restaurants located at the airport: Honoluana or the Cockpit Cafè.

ee also

* Florida World War II Army Airfields

References

External links

*US-airport-minor|VNC|VNC