Orlando International Airport
airport in Orlando, Florida, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Orlando International Airport (IATA: MCO, ICAO: KMCO, FAA LID: MCO)[5] is a major international airport in Orlando, Florida. It is the second busiest airport in Florida. Miami International Airport is the busiest.[6] It is the 13th busiest airport in the United States and the 29th busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic.[7]
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Owner/Operator | Greater Orlando Aviation Authority | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Serves | Orlando, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Orlando, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1981 (1981) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 96 ft / 29 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 28°25′46″N 81°18′32″W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Aircraft operations: Federal Aviation Administration[2] Passengers: Airports Council International[3][4] |
The airport serves as a hub for AirTran Airways and as a focus city for Southwest Airlines and JetBlue Airways. The airport is the home of AirTran's corporate headquarters but the airline has its main hub at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia. Southwest Airlines is the airport's largest carrier in terms of passengers traveled. SWA carried one-fifth of all passenger traffic at the airport in 2006.[8]
The airport code MCO stands for the airport's former name, McCoy Air Force Base. It was named for Colonel Michael Norman Wright McCoy, USAF. In the early 1960s, with the creation of commercial jet airline service to the Orlando area, the installation became a civil-military facility. After the Vietnam War, McCoy AFB was to be closed. All Air Force flight operations ended in early 1975. The airport was known as Orlando-McCoy Jetport until being renamed as Orlando International Airport.
The Greater Orlando area is also served by Orlando Sanford International Airport (SFB). Daytona Beach International Airport (DAB), Melbourne International Airport (MLB), and Tampa International Airport (TPA) are also near by.