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The next nearest airport to the resort, Kissimmee Gateway Airport, briefly offered passenger service through DayJet which suspended operations in 2008. As of 2024, most Walt Disney World guests arrive through Orlando International Airport and to a lesser extent, Orlando Sanford International Airport or Melbourne Orlando International Airport.
This is a list of airports in Florida (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
The Transportation and Ticket Center (commonly abbreviated TTC) is an intermodal transportation hub served by monorails, ferries, and buses at the Walt Disney World Resort. The station serves all three lines of the Walt Disney World Monorail System , as well as conventional bus and taxis in the Greater Orlando Region.
These are the airports served by American Airlines' American Eagle brand, composed of six FAA and DOT certificated regional airlines. Three regional airlines, Envoy Air , PSA Airlines , and Piedmont Airlines , are wholly owned subsidiaries of American, but whose aircraft are in American Eagle livery. [ 1 ]
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The Walt Disney World Resort is an American entertainment resort complex located about 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Orlando, Florida. Opened on October 1, 1971, the resort is operated by Disney Experiences, a division of the Walt Disney Company. The property covers nearly 25,000 acres (39 sq mi; 101 km 2), of which half has been developed. [4]
The 1971 opening of the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World led to a significant increase in air travel as Orlando became a major tourist destination. For much of the 1970s, Shawnee Airlines would directly link MCO with Walt Disney World using de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter commuter aircraft.
American Airlines ordered 25 DC-10s in its first order. [16] [17] The DC-10 made its first flight on August 29, 1970, [18] and received its type certificate from the FAA on July 29, 1971. [19] On August 5, 1971, the DC-10 entered commercial service with American Airlines on a round-trip flight between Los Angeles and Chicago. [20]