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Fort
Lauderdale Executive Airport
General Information
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Main
Entrance:
West Commercial Boulevard and NW 21st Avenue in the City
of Fort Lauderdale.
Boundaries:
Commercial Boulevard to the South; NW 64th Street to the
North; 31st Avenue to the West, and Powerline Road to
the East.
Physical Size:
Situated on approximately 1,200 acres.
Description:
General aviation facility, with the capacity to serve
all aircraft other than major airlines. Designated by
the Federal Aviation Administration as a general aviation
reliever facility for Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International
Airport.
Executive Airport Administration:
The Executive Airport is a Division of the Community and
Economic Development Department of the City of Fort Lauderdale.
The Division leases, develops, operates, maintains, and
promotes Executive Airport and Industrial Airpark to provide
the greatest benefit to the community and the highest
return of revenue with surplus revenue used for capital
improvements.
The Division also develops, operates and promotes the
Downtown Helistop.
Executive Airport Mission:
To attract businesses to the area, help tenants prosper,
and benefit the community.
Contact:
William H. Crouch, Airport Manager
1401 W. Commercial Boulevard, Suite 200
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309
(954) 938-4966 phone
(954) 938-4974 fax
Funding:
Executive Airport is a City-owned and operated facility;
however, no taxpayer dollars are used in its operation.
Revenues are generated by land leases and fuel flowage
fees. Surplus revenue is used for capital improvement
projects or placed in the Airport Enterprise Fund.
Economic Impact:
Aviation businesses employ more than 2,100 local residents
and generate approximately $149 million in economic impact
in the community each year.
Office and manufacturing businesses in the Airport's Industrial
Airpark generate $155 million a year in economic activity
and employ and additional 2,200 people.
Taxes:
Airport tenants pay $1.4 million a year in taxes. Twenty-two
percent of these taxes are paid to the City of Fort Lauderdale.
In addition, the Airport pays more than $500,000 a year
to the City in lieu of taxes.
Noise Abatement Hotline:
Residents can call a 24-hour Noise Abatement Hotline (766-6666)
to report excessively loud aircraft.
Number of Visitors:
Nearly 200,000 visitors arrive into the area through Executive
Airport each year.
Number of Operations:
Approximately 240,000 per year.
Hours of Operation:
The Airport is open 24 hours a day with a 24-hour FAA
Air Traffic Control Tower.
Runways:
Two asphalt runways with a maximum gross landing weight
of 60,000 pounds.
Runway 8/26 measures 6,000 feet by 100 feet and has an
Instrument Landing System. Runway 13/31 measures 4,000
by 100 feet.
Total Based Aircraft:
Single engine: 401
Multi-engine: 313
Jet: 84
Helicopter: 42
Total: 840
Number of Hangars:
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