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Page Field Airport
Airport Directory » United States » Fort Myers » Page Field AirportAirport information for Page Field AirportCountry: United StatesLocation: Fort Myers Coordinates: 26.35.00N / 081.52.00W IATA Code: FMY Timezone: GMT -5 Direct flights form Page Field Airport Direct flights to Page Field Airport Find connecting flights to Page Field Airport Find connecting flights from Page Field Airport |
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Coordinates: 26°35′12″N 081°51′48″W / 26.58667°N 81.86333°W / 26.58667; -81.86333
Page Field General Aviation Airport (FMY)Page Field General Aviation Airport (IATA: FMY, ICAO: KFMY, FAA LID: FMY) is a public airport turn up 3 land mile (five kilometre) southward of the central downtown of Fort Myers, a town in Lee County, Florida, United States. It is owned by the Lee County Port Authority.
Page Field hosted domestic airline service for Lee County until the opening of Southwest Florida Regional Airport (currently Southwest Florida International Airport) in 1983. The former depot construction currently assists as an office construction for law enforcement.
Facilities and aircraft
FMY RampPage Field covers an area of 670 acres (271 ha) which incorporates 2 asphalt paved landing track: 5/23 measure out 6,406 x 150 foot (1,953 x 46 m) and 13/31 measure out 4,912 x 150 foot (1,497 x 46 m).
For the 12-month time period finish December 31, 2008, the airport had 71,033 aircraft functioning, an mean of 194 per solar day: 96% civil aviation, 3% air cab and <1% armed forces.
History
Constructed in 1927 as a civilian airport, Page Field was reserved by the War Department at the start of World War II. Renamed Fort Myers Army Air Field, it was used by the United States Army Air Force's Third Air Force for both antisubmarine patrols and conventional bomber grooming in the B-24 Liberator. The installation was returned to the civilian command of the State of Florida and then Lee County shortly coming after the finish of World War II.
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