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Orlando Executive Airport. / 28.54556°N 81.33306°W / 28.54556; -81.33306. Orlando Executive Airport ( IATA: ORL, ICAO: KORL, FAA LID: ORL) is a public airport three miles (6 km) east of downtown Orlando, in Orange County, Florida. It is owned and operated by the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA) [ 1] and serves general aviation .
23. On October 19, 2021, a corporate McDonnell Douglas MD-87, registered as N987AK, crashed and caught fire during take-off, 1,600 feet (500 m) from Houston Executive Airport. [ 1] Those on board, 19 passengers and four crew members, were safely evacuated out of the aircraft. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and was subsequently written-off.
George Bush Intercontinental Airport. / 29.98444°N 95.34139°W / 29.98444; -95.34139. George Bush Intercontinental Airport ( IATA: IAH, ICAO: KIAH, FAA LID: IAH) [ 3] is an international airport in Houston, Texas, United States, serving the Greater Houston metropolitan area. Initially named Houston Intercontinental Airport upon its ...
William P. Hobby Airport ( IATA: HOU, ICAO: KHOU, FAA LID: HOU) — colloquially referred to as Houston Hobby or other short names — is an international airport in Houston, Texas, located 7 mi (11 km) from downtown Houston. [ 4 ] Hobby is Houston's oldest commercial airport, and was its primary airport until the Houston Intercontinental ...
Source: Federal Aviation Administration [1] David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport ( IATA: DWH, ICAO: KDWH, FAA LID: DWH) is a public-use airport located near the city of Tomball in unincorporated Harris County, Texas. It is 23 miles (37 km) northwest of the central business district of Houston. It is the busiest general aviation airport in Texas ...
Houston Executive Airport ( ICAO: KTME, FAA LID: TME, formerly 78T) is a public-use airport in unincorporated Waller County, Texas, United States. The airport is located 28 nautical miles (52 km) west of Downtown Houston [1] and it is in proximity to Brookshire. [2] The airport is privately owned by WCF, LLC, which is based in Waller County.
The Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center ( JSC) is NASA 's center for human spaceflight in Houston, Texas (originally named the Manned Spacecraft Center ), where human spaceflight training, research, and flight control are conducted. It was renamed in honor of the late US president and Texas native, Lyndon B. Johnson, by an act of the United States ...
In the early 1960s, when jet airline flights came to Orlando, the installation became a joint civil-military facility. Early jetliners such as the Boeing 707, Boeing 720, Douglas DC-8 and Convair 880 required longer and sturdier runways than the ones at Herndon Airport (now Orlando Executive Airport).