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| Announced | |
| June 28, 1971[1] | |
| Opening | |
| October 17, 1971[2] | |
| Closed | |
| December 28, 1972[1] (last scheduled flight) | |
| Number of Vehicles — 4 max planes |
| Length — 2000 ft (609.6 m)[3] |
The Walt Disney World Airport, also known as the STOLport or by the IATA code DWS, is a former runway owned and operated by the Walt Disney Company. The airport was to be used by Walt Disney World guests and employees with scheduled flights from Orlando Jetport at McCoy (now Orlando International Airport) by Shawnee Airlines. The airport could support four planes at a time but there was no hanger built.[3]
The first flights to the STOLport took place on October 22, 1971 where the State of Florida presented Walt Disney World Airport with the first STOLport license with the license number 1. Disney announced that there would be 26 flights daily.[1]
The last scheduled flight for the STOLport took place on December 28, 1972.[1] The airport was closed in the 1980s mainly due to the Walt Disney World Monorail beamway being installed along the runway. A no-fly zone was put in place around the park in 2003 eliminating any chance of using the runway.[4] The runway is currently used for staging or parking equipment on and can be seen from the Monorail and accessed from Vista Way near Disney's Fort Wildnerness.[3]
When Walt Disney's own private plane, Mickey Mouse One, was flown to Walt Disney World to be displayed in Disney's Hollywood Studios Backlot (then Disney-MGM Studios), it was not given clearance to land at the STOLport. Disney actually closed down World Drive and had the plane land on the road after it had been closed to traffic. There have been reports of flights still landing at the airport like a security team prior to President George W. Bush's arrival and company executives.[5]
Walt Disney had wanted an airport at Walt Disney World in his original plans but they were never built.[1]
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[edit] References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Michael. "Retroworlds – The Lake Buena Vista STOLport". Progress City, U.S.A.. Retrieved on February 22, 2010.
- ↑ "STOLport". Wikipedia. Retrieved on February 22, 2010.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Walt Disney World Airport". Wikipedia. Retrieved on February 22, 2010.
- ↑ "9/4985 NOTAM Details". Retrieved on February 22, 2010.
- ↑ Paul Freeman. "Florida: Southwestern Orlando area". Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields. Retrieved on February 22, 2010.
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