Tallahassee International Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Tallahassee | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Tallahassee, Florida | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 81 ft / 25 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°23′48″N 084°21′01″W / 30.39667°N 84.35028°WCoordinates: 30°23′48″N 084°21′01″W / 30.39667°N 84.35028°W | ||||||||||||||
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| Aircraft operations | 100,420 |
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| Based aircraft | 136 |
| Total Passengers (2015) | 692,724 |
Tallahassee International Airport (IATA: TLH, ICAO: KTLH, FAA LID: TLH) is a city-owned airport five miles southwest of downtown Tallahassee, in Leon County, Florida. It serves the state capital of Florida, and its surrounding areas; it is one of the major airports in north Florida, the others being Pensacola International Airport, Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport, and Jacksonville International Airport.
International flights will be the next target for Tallahassee International Airport. A new International Arrivals Facility is being planned by the City of Tallahassee and will cost the city around 8.5 million dollars. The facility will be the first International Arrivals Facility in the Panhandle and surrounding areas of Alabama and Georgia. Construction of this facility could begin as early as 2017.
The airport began as Tallahassee Municipal Airport with a ceremony on April 23, 1961. The flag of the United States was presented to the City of Tallahassee by Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, World War I fighter ace and Chairman of the Board of Eastern Airlines. An aerial demonstration was performed by U.S. Army aircraft from Fort Rucker, Alabama. Tallahassee Municipal replaced the city's first airport, Dale Mabry Field, which closed that year.
Eastern Airlines opened the airport by ferrying city, state and chamber of commerce officials. Aboard the flight were Tallahassee Mayor Joe Cordell, State Comptroller Ray Green, Tallahassee City Commissioners Davis Atkinson, George Taff, Hugh Williams, Tallahassee City Manager Arvah Hopkins, Tallahassee City Clerk-Auditor George White, Airport Manager Flagg Chittenden, and Ernest Menendez, Frank Deller, James Calhoun, John Ward and Jeff Lewis, all of the Tallahassee-Leon County Chamber of Commerce.
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