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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City ofLeesburg, Florida | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Leesburg, Florida | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 76 ft / 23.2 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 28°49′23.1″N081°48′31.4″W / 28.823083°N 81.808722°W /28.823083; -81.808722 | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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Leesburg International Airport (IATA:LEE[2],ICAO:KLEE,FAALID:LEE), formerly known asLeesburg Regional Airport, is a publicairport located three miles (5 km) northeast of thecentral business district ofLeesburg, a city inLake County,Florida,United States. It is owned by the City of Leesburg.[1]
Leesburg International Airport covers an area of 818 acres (331 ha) which contains twoasphalt pavedrunways: 3/21 measuring 4,957 x 100 ft (1,511 x 30 m) and 13/31 measuring 6,300 x 100 ft (1,920 x 30 m).[1]
The airport has been designated as a "User Fee" airport by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security. Offering U.S. Customs and Border Protection service, Leesburg International Airport can serve as the first port of entry for aircraft returning to the continental United States from a foreign country.[3]
Leesburg International Airport has an Airport Rescue Fire Fighting (ARFF) Station that is staffed 7 days per week, 24 hours per day (24/7) with professionally trained and equipped firefighting personnel.[4]
The Air Traffic Control Tower is open 7 days a week from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (0700 to 1900 local) with the Tower Frequency (andCTAF when the tower is closed) being 119.35 and Ground Control being 121.725.[5]
For the 12-month period ending September 30, 2022, the airport had 82,296 aircraft operations, an average of 225 per day: 99%general aviation and <1% military. There are 128 aircraft based at this airport: 88 single-engine, 10 multi-engine, 6 jet and 24helicopter.[1]
Construction began on the airport on November 24, 1941 as aWorks Progress Administration (WPA) project.[6] The airport was commissioned in January 1943 asLeesburg Army Airfield (AAF). It was used as aUnited States Army Air Forces training airfield by theArmy Air Force School of Applied Tactics atOrlando Army Air Base.
The airfield was closed after the end ofWorld War II and turned over to the City of Leesburg.