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The airport sits on 13,555 acres (5,486 ha, 21.2 sq.mi.) [5] [6] of land just southeast of Fort Myers, making it the third-largest airport in the United States in terms of land size (after Denver and Dallas/Fort Worth). 6,000 acres of the land has been conserved as swamp lands and set aside for environmental mitigation.
Page Field (IATA: FMY, ICAO: KFMY, FAA LID: FMY) is a public airport located in Fort Myers, in Lee County, Florida, United States. It is owned by the Lee County Port Authority; [ 1 ] the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a reliever airport .
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At first, the USAAF called the airport Fort Myers Army Air Base; eventually the field would be named Page Field to honor Captain Richard Page, a World War I aviator killed in a seaplane accident near Everglades, Florida on March 3, 1920. Captain Page was the first person from Florida to join the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps.
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Class C is a class of airspace in the United States which follows International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) air space designation. Class C airspace areas are designed to improve aviation safety by reducing the risk of mid-air collisions in the terminal area and enhance the management of air traffic operations therein. [ 1 ]
Buckingham Field [2] (FAA LID: FL59) is a private-use airport located seven nautical miles (13 km) east of the central business district of Fort Myers, in Lee County, Florida, United States. It is privately owned by the Lee County Mosquito Control District. [1] The Buckingham Air Park has deeded access to the airport. [3]