Leesburg International Airport , formerly known as Leesburg Regional Airport, is a public

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located three miles (5 km) northeast of the central business district of Leesburg, a city in Lake County,

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. It is owned by the City of Leesburg.

Facilities and Aircraft

Leesburg International Airport covers an area of which contains two

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s: 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). 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. 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. 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 (and

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when the tower is closed) being 119.35 and Ground Control being 121.725. For the 12-month period ending May 18, 1999, the airport had 114,061 aircraft operations, an average of 312 per day: 99.8%

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and 0.2% military. There are 186 aircraft based at this airport: 67% single-engine, 23% multi-engine, 5%

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, 3% jet and 3%

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History

The airport was constructed in 1942 and was commissioned in January 1943 as Leesburg Army Airfield (AAF). It was used as a

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training airfield by the Army Air Force School of Applied Tactics at

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. The airfield was closed after the end of

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and turned over to the City of Leesburg.

References

External links

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