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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas
Looking at that airport, one of the runways is lined up almost perfectly with downtown. It's no wonder it's causing trouble. At 2 1/2 miles west of the end of the runway, planes have to come to within 1,500 feet of the nearest highrise on the southern end of downtown. The end of the runway is less than 2 miles east of Lake Eola.
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What I believe you are seeing is a smaller airstrip next to downtown. I don't know how many small aircraft use that strip, but i'm sure it has more to do with the height restriction than the main airport.
The Orlando Int Airport is roughly 9-10 miles away from downtown
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