Leesburg International Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Leesburg Inernational Airport

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image-width = 300
caption = 25 January 1999
IATA = LEE
ICAO = KLEE
FAA = LEE
type = Public
owner = City of Leesburg, Florida
location = convert|3|mi|km northeast of Leesburg, Florida
elevation-f = 76
elevation-m = 23.2
coordinates = coord|28|49|23.1|N|081|48|31.4|W|type:airport_region:US
website = [http://www.leesburgflorida.gov/airport/ LeesburgFlorida.gov/airport/]
r1-number = 13/31
r1-length-f = 5,000
r1-length-m = 1,524
r1-surface = Asphalt

r2-number = 03/21
r2-length-f = 4,957
r2-length-m = 1,511
r2-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 1999
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 114,061
stat2-header = Based aircraft
stat2-data = 186
footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA-airport|ID=LEE|use=PU|own=PU|site=03298.*A, effective 2007-10-25]

Leesburg International Airport Airport codes|LEE|KLEE|LEE, formerly known as Leesburg Regional Airport, is a public airport located three miles (5 km) northeast of the central business district of Leesburg, a city in Lake County, Florida, United States. It is owned by the City of Leesburg.

Facilities and aircraft

Leesburg International Airport covers an area of 769 acres (311 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 3/21 measuring 4,957 x 100 ft (1,511 x 30 m) and 13/31 measuring 5,000 x 100 ft (1,524 x 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending May 18, 1999, the airport had 114,061 aircraft operations, an average of 312 per day: 99.8% general aviation and 0.2% military. There are 186 aircraft based at this airport: 67% single-engine, 23% multi-engine, 5% ultralight, 3% jet and 3% helicopter.

Passenger Service:
*DayJet (nonstop service to Jacksonville, Lakeland, Tallahassee, Pensacola, Gainesville, Boca Raton, Opa-Locka/Miami Dade County, Naples, Sarasota/Bradenton, Savannah, Macon, and Montgomery with more nonstop cities being added)

History

The airport was constructed in 1942 and was commissioned in January 1943 as Leesburg Army Airfield (AAF). It was used as a United States Army Air Forces Third Air Force training airfield.

After the end of World War II, the facility was turned over to the City of Leesburg.

ee also

* Florida World War II Army Airfields

References

External links

* [http://www.leesburgflorida.gov/airport/ Leesburg International Airport] (official site)
*PDF| [http://www.cfaspp.com/FASP/AirportPDFs/leesburg%20intl%20_oct%202007_.pdf Leesburg International Airport] |308 KiB brochure from [http://www.cfaspp.com/airports.asp CFASPP] (October 2007)
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*FAA-diagram|06676
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