Orlando International Airport facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Orlando International Airport
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January 6, 1999
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Greater Orlando Aviation Authority | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Orlando, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Orlando, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 96 ft / 29 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 28°25′46″N 81°18′32″W / 28.42944°N 81.30889°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 MCO
Location in Florida
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Location in the United States
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Source: Aircraft operations: Federal Aviation Administration
Passengers: Airports Council International |
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Orlando International Airport (IATA: MCO, ICAO: KMCO, FAA LID: MCO) is a major international airport in Orlando, Florida. It is the second busiest airport in Florida. Miami International Airport is the busiest. It is the 13th busiest airport in the United States and the 29th busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic.
The airport serves as a hub for AirTran Airways and as a focus city for Southwest Airlines and JetBlue Airways. The airport is the home of AirTran's corporate headquarters but the airline has its main hub at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia. Southwest Airlines is the airport's largest carrier in terms of passengers traveled. SWA carried one-fifth of all passenger traffic at the airport in 2006.
The airport code MCO stands for the airport's former name, McCoy Air Force Base. It was named for Colonel Michael Norman Wright McCoy, USAF. In the early 1960s, with the creation of commercial jet airline service to the Orlando area, the installation became a civil-military facility. After the Vietnam War, McCoy AFB was to be closed. All Air Force flight operations ended in early 1975. The airport was known as Orlando-McCoy Jetport until being renamed as Orlando International Airport.
The Greater Orlando area is also served by Orlando Sanford International Airport (SFB). Daytona Beach International Airport (DAB), Melbourne International Airport (MLB), and Tampa International Airport (TPA) are also near by.
Transportation
Disney's Magical Express
A complimentary motor coach transportation service to all twenty four Walt Disney World resort hotels. The motor coach service is operated by Mears Transportation and is available to Disney guests with resort reservations. An agreement with BAGS Incorporated also provides checked luggage pickup and delivery system for Disney guests utilizing the Disney's Magical Express service.
Cruiseline transportation
The airport serves as a major inbound gateway for cruise line passengers departing out of Port Canaveral on lines including Royal Caribbean International, Carnival Cruise Lines, Disney Cruise Line, SunCruz Casinos, and Sterling Casinos, all operating motorcoach transportation to Port Canaveral, primarily with partnerships with Mears Transportation.
Images for kids
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A Delta Air Lines Boeing 757-200s parked at MCO
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The inaugural Emirates flight at Gate 84, operated with an Airbus A380 aircraft (this was one-time as the flight is operated by a Boeing 777-300ER)
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Proposed design for the South Terminal (Terminal 3)
See also
In Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Orlando para niños
