Kissimmee Gateway Airport | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Aerial view of Kissimmee Gateway Airport
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner/Operator | City of Kissimmee | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Greater Orlando | ||||||||||||||
Location | Kissimmee, Florida | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 82 ft / 25 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 28°17′23″N 081°26′14″W / 28.28972°N 81.43722°WCoordinates: 28°17′23″N 081°26′14″W / 28.28972°N 81.43722°W | ||||||||||||||
Website | www.KissimmeeAirport.com | ||||||||||||||
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Location of airport in Florida / United States | |||||||||||||||
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Sources: Airport website and FAA
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Aircraft operations | 150,388 |
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Based aircraft | 206 |
Kissimmee Gateway Airport (IATA: ISM, ICAO: KISM, FAA LID: ISM), formerly known as Kissimmee Municipal Airport, is a public airport in Kissimmee, a city in Osceola County, Florida, United States. The airport is located 16 nautical miles (30 km) southwest of the central business district of Orlando. It is owned and operated by the City of Kissimmee.
The airport does not offer scheduled passenger service. DayJet formerly provided "on-demand" service to 12 cities, but suspended all operations in September 2008.
Kissimmee Gateway Airport covers an area of 892 acres (361 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 6/24 measuring 5,001 x 150 ft (1,524 x 46 m) and 15/33 measuring 6,001 x 100 ft (1,829 x 30 m). Today it hosts a variety of general aviation aircraft operations, including a major facility for the restoration of classic military aircraft from the World War II era to flying condition. The airport has an operational control tower and a Category I instrument landing system (ILS) on its main runway. It is considered a general aviation reliever airport to Orlando International Airport.
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2001, the airport had 150,388 aircraft operations, an average of 412 per day: 98% general aviation, 2% air taxi, <1% military and <1% scheduled commercial. There are 206 aircraft based at this airport: 71% single-engine, 22% multi-engine, 4% jet and 3% helicopter.