The formerly sleepy airport has evolved into a high-tech hub. Airport officials are pursuing commercial passenger service next.
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Aviation-Inspired Playground Planned for Southwest Lakeland
The Florida Air Museum hopes to inspire children with a playground featuring an airport layout, including taxiways and runways.
Posted inBusiness
Mutz: Lakeland Airport Focusing on Cargo Growth as Hopes for Passenger Service Fade
Amazon will add space to park two more jets and more trucks at its airport facility under an updated city lease.
Posted inPeople, Transportation
Air Force Veteran, Air Show Expert Takes Helm at Lakeland’s Airport
Kris Hallstrand, 46, served multiple tours of duty in Afghanistan as a C-130 crew chief and then director of the flight line at Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan, overseeing 30 aircraft and about 90 men and women.
Posted inBusiness
Airport Update Includes Latest Noise Mitigation Plan
Lakeland Linder International Airport’s latest plan to reduce aircraft noise over Lakeland neighborhoods is getting a final review this week before being submitted to the Federal Aviation Administration, the airport’s interim director told city commissioners on Monday.
Posted inCity Hall, Transportation
Lakeland Airport in Talks With an Unnamed Passenger Airline
The Lakeland City Commission Monday unanimously agreed to renew its contract with a company that specializes in bringing air passenger service to mid-sized airports despite failing to do so since it was hired by the city in 2018. But things are looking up — literally — for Lakeland’s decade-long quest to restore passenger airline service […]
Posted inBusiness, Transportation
Aviation Business Incubator Will Launch at Sun ‘n Fun Campus
As it prepares for next week’s Sun ‘n Fun Aerospace Expo, the Aerospace Center for Excellence announces it is launching ELEVATE, a business incubator on its Lakeland Linder Airport campus aimed at jump-starting aerospace and logistics enterprises.
Posted inCity Hall, Neighborhoods
Petition Makes Noise: FAA’s Approval of Amazon Expansion Set for Mediation
Traffic is a snarly issue in Lakeland with growth not only congesting a stressed road grid, but filling the skyscape with aircraft coming and going from city-owned Lakeland Linder International Airport.
Posted inBusiness, City Hall
With Lakeland Airport Spaces Filled, City Won’t Link Leases to Inflation
Space is getting increasingly rare – and, therefore, increasingly valuable – at Lakeland Linder International Airport with all 100-plus warehouse/office sites rented to private businesses and government agencies at the city-owned airport.
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Read It in the Morning Paper: Airport Restaurant, Stevin Newsletter
AIRPORT RESTAURANT: City commissioners are set to approve a contract Monday for restaurateur and aircraft company CEO Sven Lepschy to open a restaurant, Waco Kitchen, on the mezzanine at Lakeland Linder Airport. Lepschy’s company, DiMor Eats LLC, plans to invest $3 million to enlarge and renovate the existing restaurant space, which has been vacant for […]