Fly into Kissimmee Gateway Airport
If you’re a pilot or you want to learn how to fly, there’s really no better airport or place to learn than Kissimmee Gateway Airport. If you are looking for a short weekend break or for a few days away from it all, then flying into the closest airport to the Central Florida theme parks is something to consider.
If you’re learning to fly, what could be better than having some great landmarks like Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Blizzard Beach etc all around you to make sure you know where you are?
Kissimmee Gateway Airport formerly known as Kissimmee Municipal Airport is a public airport located near Orlando. The airport is just eight miles from Walt Disney World and ten miles from Sea World and Orlando-Orange County Convention Center. Universal Orlando is just a touch further away but wherever you are going to in the Orlando area, this is simply the most convenient place to fly into.
The airport accommodates general aviation air service 24 hours a day and has two paved airport runways at 5,000 and 6,000 feet. The actual dimensions of the runways are 5,000 x 150 ft and 6,000 x 100 ft. Kissimmee airport has an operational control tower and a Category I instrument landing system (ILS) on its main runway and is generally considered to be a general aviation reliever airport to Orlando International Airport.
The airport has a number of flight training schools, new T-hangars and box hangars and a variety of recreational activities including the historic Warbird Museum with T-6 Warbird adventure flights, P-51 Mustang pilot training and it even has an 18 hole golf course located nearby. The Orlando area airport is owned and operated by the City of Kissimmee and it’s air traffic control tower operates from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.
It’s a great place to fly into and what makes it even better is that Florida Leisure has many vacation homes just five minutes drive away which makes it the natural choice for a great stay.
Here’s a short video showing Kissimmee Airport…
