Orlando International Airport
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| Orlando International
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| IATA: MCO - ICAO: KMCO | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type
| Public | ||
| Operator
| Greater Orlando Aviation Authority | ||
| Serves
| Orlando, Florida | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 95 ft (29 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Website
| http://www.orlandoairports.net | ||
| Parts of this article may come from Wikipedia | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 17L/35R | 9000 | 2743 | Concrete |
| 17R/35L | 10000 | 3048 | Concrete |
| 18L/36R | 12005 | 3659 | Concrete |
| 18R/36L | 12004 | 3659 | Concrete |
Contents |
General
Orlando International is a public airport located six miles southeast of the central business district of Orlando, a city in Orange County, Florida, United States. It is the busiest airport in Florida (by the number of passengers) owing to Orlando's popularity as a tourist destination and its enormous residential and commercial growth.
In 2005 it was visited by 34.1 million passengers, making it the 12th busiest airport in the United States and the 21st-busiest in the World. It is the nation's 15th busiest international gateway, behind Philadelphia International Airport; JFK International in New York City ranks first.
Floridians often joke that the airport code MCO stands for "Mickey's Corporate Office" or "Mickey and Co." – Orlando being the location of the Walt Disney World Resort – but it actually stands for the airport's former name, McCoy Air Force Base, named for Colonel Michael N. W. McCoy, who died during an annual competition held at the base.
Before 1974, the land the airport now sits on was largely owned by the United States Air Force who operated an airbase there. The base was known as McCoy Air Force Base and the civilian airport was known as the Orlando Jetport at McCoy. Commercial service to the Jetport began in 1962 as flights were migrated from the old Herndon Airport, now the Orlando Executive Airport. The airport was under control of the city of Orlando for just one year, and in 1975 the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA) was founded. Their mission was to manage and build the Orlando International Airport and the Orlando Executive Airport. The airport gained its current name and international airport status a year later in 1976.
In 1978, MCO handled 5 million passengers. By 2000, that number had soared to 30 million. Today, MCO covers 23 square miles, and is the third-largest airport in the United States by area (after Denver and Dallas). MCO also has North America's second tallest control tower.
MCO is a designated Space Shuttle emergency landing site. The west-side runways, Runway Complex 18/36, were designed to accommodate B-52 Stratofortress bombers; and due to their proximity to John F. Kennedy Space Center, were an obvious choice for an emergency landing should an attempt to land at KSC fall short.
Gate Assignment
MetroAir operates out of the Main Terminal at KMCO. All aircraft utilize gates 43 & 45. (FS9 Gate G5)
Flight Planning Resources
- Airport Diagram
- Terminal Procedures - contains SID, STAR and IAP
IFR Routes
Pilots should add their IFR route plans originating from KMCO here as a central repository for their fellow pilots.
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Available Sceneries
| FS version | pay-/freeware | developer | available updates |
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| FS9 | freeware | AVSIM - Watsup Sceneries - Orlando International Airport 'KMCO' v1 - december 2007 | none |
| FS9 | freeware | AVSIM - Steve Olwell - KMCO - Orlando International - february 2005 | none |
| FSX | payware | Cloud9 - Orlando International Airport v1.01 | none |
