New Airport near MK at WDW ??

[Tasmanet]

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New Airport near MK at WDW ??

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=0ELdKCKbpm4

Tas
from Tasmania

 

[WDWTrojan]

Would never, ever happen. The noise concerns alone would be prohibitive.

A lot of people don't know, but there is a runway that use to fly commuter planes into WDW from the Orlando Airport and it would also play home to Disney company jet landings/takeoffs. It is located near the Wilderness Lodge/Fort Wilderness and is dubbed STOLPort (Short Takeoff and Landing).

 

[marni1971]

Nah - wishful thinking maybe. Walt proposed one south of 192 back in `66 but that was it.

The STOLport ran for a few years before being decomissioned. For more info and pics do a thread search for STOL.

 

[Tasmanet]

Mmmm

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The noise concerns alone would be prohibitive.

A380's are quieter than some of the planes that have landed at the STOL runway


Tas

 

[cblodg]

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New Airport near MK at WDW ??

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=0ELdKCKbpm4

Tas
from Tasmania

We'd probably see DisneyAir before there is an airport on WDW property.

 

[RiversideBunny]

You could always hire a helicopter and clear a landing zone near the Wilderness Lodge.

:animwink:

 

[blackthidot]

Disney Air...I can imagine screaming kids for 2 hours from Pittsburgh, and I dont want my pilot to be Goofy, or Donald...They would be fighting the whole time! :ROFLOL:

 

[Rob562]

There is at least one active (though I'm sure it's very infrequently used) helipad still on property. (With a number of other locations that can be used for a Med Flight, I'm sure).

The one that I know of is behind the Land and can be seen in most aerial/satelite photos, complete with windsock and loop driveway for waiting vehicles. (Surprisingly enough, it actually has the Living Seas logo on the pad, and I saw online somewhere it listed as being at Seas...)

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v...&scene=17482652&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&encType=1


-Rob