Airport in Ormond Beach, Florida
Ormond Beach Airport
(
ICAO
:
KOMN
,
FAA
LID
:
OMN
), also known as
Ormond Beach Municipal Airport
, is a
general aviation
airport located 3 miles (4.8 km) to the northwest of the city of
Ormond Beach
in
Volusia County
,
Florida
,
United States
.
History
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OMN was established in 1943 as
Outlying Field Ormond Beach
(OLF Ormond Beach), a
naval aviation
training field under the oversight of the Naval Air Training Center at
Naval Air Station Jacksonville
. As an OLF, it supported wartime training operations conducted at/from
Naval Air Station DeLand
,
Naval Air Station Daytona Beach
and
Naval Air Station Sanford
. Military operations were discontinued at the end of
World War II
and the airport was deeded to the city by the U.S. Government in 1959 for use as a civilian airport.
Facilities
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Ormond Beach Airport covers 1,128 acres (456 ha) and has two operational, fully illuminated asphalt
runways
, 4,005 feet (1,221 m) and 3,704 feet (1,129 m) in length, respectively.
The airfield is home to multiple fixed-base operators and aviation service & support companies offering services including aviation gasoline and jet fuel, aircraft flight instruction and hire, aircraft servicing and aircraft interior modification and repair.
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The airport also provides an additional location for flight training operations from nearby
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
at
Daytona Beach International Airport
and also sunrise Aviation academy.
In 2003, Ormond Beach Municipal Airport received nearly $500,000 as part of the federal
Airport Improvement Program
to help with aviation safety and other airfield improvements.
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As of 2009, the airport has an operational FAA Level 1 air traffic control tower under the FAA Contract Tower Program and a 1,000-square-foot (93 m
2
) passenger terminal building, with 45 on-airport parking spaces. There are about 50 tie-downs for general aviation aircraft. Between the airport's T-hangars and conventional hangars are 150 covered parking spaces for aircraft.
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See also
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References
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External links
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- Resources for this airport:
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