Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Sarasota / Bradenton, Florida | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Manatee / Sarasota counties | ||||||||||||||
| In use | 1939-1945 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 30 ft / 9 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°23′44″N 082°33′16″W / 27.39556°N 82.55444°WCoordinates: 27°23′44″N 082°33′16″W / 27.39556°N 82.55444°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | srq-airport |
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| Aircraft operations | 103,411 |
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| Based aircraft | 247 |
Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport (IATA: SRQ, ICAO: KSRQ, FAA LID: SRQ) is in Sarasota County (terminal) and Manatee County (airfield), Florida. Owned by the Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority, it is three miles north of Sarasota (Sarasota County) and six miles south of Bradenton (Manatee County).
The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 called it a primary commercial service airport since it has over 10,000 passenger boardings per year.Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 657,157 enplanements in 2011, 2% less than in 2010.
Most airlines refer to the airport on maps and flight status displays as just "Sarasota", the more widely known city. The airport is referred to locally as "SRQ" (the airport code). Much of the airline service occurs during winter and spring, as the area is a tourist destination and home for snowbirds during winter and spring.
The airport's IATA airport code, "SRQ", is used as a general nickname for the city of Sarasota and Sarasota area, as exemplified by media outlets like SRQ Magazine,WSRQ radio, and numerous local businesses in the area that include SRQ in their names.
National was SRQ's first airline, moving from Sarasota's old airport by 1945; the April 1957 OAG shows six NA departures a day. Eastern arrived in 1961 and the airport's first jet flights were Eastern 727s in winter 1964–65 (though the longest runway was 5006 ft for a few years after that).
Air Force One was at the airport on September 11, 2001. George W. Bush was at the Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota when Andrew Card first informed him of the September 11, 2001 attacks at 9:05 AM. Bush returned to the airport. It taxied at 9:54 AM and lifted off at 9:55 AM flying first to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana.
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