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Cecil Airport (VQQ) 2 Cecil Airport’S Facilities Airport History Environmental Issues News from the Florida Department of Transportation Aviation and Spaceports Office Special Edition Florida Flyer www.dot.state.fl.us/aviation Spring 2015 INSIDE Cecil Airport (VQQ) 2 Cecil Airport’s Facilities Airport History Environmental Issues 3 Economic Impact 4 Cecil Airport’s Tenants and Businesses Lans Stout Photography Cecil Airport serves general aviation, light corporate aviation, and large MRO 6 ( maintenance, repair, and overhaul) operations. Cecil Spaceport Strategically located in northeast Florida, 14 miles southwest of downtown Jack- sonville, Cecil Airport (VQQ) sits in the midst of a full spectrum of multimodal transportation links. With access to three major interstate highways, the airport is within eight hours of more than 33 million Americans. Cecil Airport is also 7 positioned close to three transcontinental rail arteries, one of the fastest growing Kelly Dollarhide, Airport deepwater ports in the Southeast United States, and Jacksonville International Manager Airport, a commercial service airport with more than 200 daily flights. Jacksonville Aviation Since 1999, more than $164.5 million has been invested in improving Cecil Air- Authority port’s infrastructure and facilities. The result is a general and industrial aviation public-use airport equipped to help businesses. With 6,081 acres of property, Ce- cil Airport offers aeronautical businesses plenty of room to grow. 8 Cecil Airport is also the first FAA-licensed horizontal launch commercial space- port on the East Coast and the ninth to be licensed in the U.S. Cecil Airport’s Accomplishments This special edition of the Florida Flyer focuses on Cecil Airport and its recent economic development. Cecil Airport Cecil Airport’s Facilities ecil Airport is a full-service, instru- Cment capable General Aviation Re- liever Airport owned and operated by the Jacksonville Aviation Authority (JAA) in Duval County. The JAA sys- tem of airports includes Cecil Airport (VQQ), Jacksonville International Air- port (JAX), Herlong Recreational Air- port (HEG), and Jacksonville Executive at Craig Airport (JAXEX). As a public-use airport serving gen- eral aviation and large MRO (mainte- nance, repair, and overhaul) operations, Lans Stout Photography Cecil Airport has one full-service Continual FBO, Jacksonville Jet Port, and an air- expansion of craft rescue and fire fighting facility Cecil Airport has (ARFF) operated by the Jacksonville assisted in em- Fire and Rescue Department. The air ployment growth traffic control tower is open seven days and economic a week from 7:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. impact. The airport’s aviation assets include 479 buildings and structures, 13 hangars with more than a million square feet of floor space, 150,000 square feet of of- fice space, and 537,000 square yards of apron space. Cecil Airport has four ac- tive runways, all served by full-length parallel taxiways: 9L/27R, 4,400 feet by 200 feet; 9R/27L, 8,000 feet by 200 Airport History feet; 18L/36R, 12,500 feet by 200 feet; and 18R/36L, 8,000 feet by 200 feet. The U.S. Navy first built and The Florida Army National Guard’s opened Cecil Field in the early Army Aviation Support Facility, the De- 1940s to help ease the heavy flight Environmental Issues partment of Homeland Security (DHS) training schedule at Naval Air U.S. Coast Guard’s Helicopter Interdic- Station Jacksonville. In February tion Tactical Squadron (HITRON), and The unspoiled land surrounding 1943, the field was commissioned U.S. Customs and Border Protection are Cecil Airport has always been a as the U.S. Naval Auxiliary Air located here, along with the Aviation rich source of natural beauty and Center of Excellence of Florida State Station (NAAS) Cecil Field in a source of community pride. The College at Jacksonville. Facilities oper- honor of U.S. Navy Commander Jacksonville Aviation Authority ated by major aerospace firms provide Henry Barton Cecil. (JAA) and the city of Jacksonville maintenance and overhaul services for a The Navy began a multi-million have set aside areas of Cecil Air- variety of aircraft. dollar construction program in port for conservation. They will The airport supports the Cecil the early 1950s, constructing four continue to preserve and protect Commerce Center, an adjoining large 8,000-foot runways and several the environmentally sensitive ecol- industrial commerce center that is lo- new buildings. The Navy operated ogy at Cecil Airport as it is devel- cated on-site and contains approximate- the airport until 1999 when owner- oped. Master planning efforts call ly 8,312 acres. ship transferred to the Jacksonville for ample land to be set aside for Learn more about Cecil Airport at Port Authority, predecessor to the additional parks, recreation, and www.cecilairport.com, and see www. current owner, the Jacksonville conservation in Duval and Clay jaxcecilcommercecenter.com for addi- Aviation Authority. counties as development occurs. tional development opportunities. u FLORIDA FLYER 2 Special Edition Spring 2015 Cecil Airport Economic Impact The total annual economic impact of Cecil Airport follows: • Total employment: 6,974 • Direct impacts: $424,511,000 (from the tenants/businesses at the airport and construction projects undertaken by the air- port or by on-site businesses) • Indirect impacts: $2,684,000 (associated with spending from visitors who arrive in the area by way of general aviation aircraft) Lans Stout Photography • Multiplier impacts: $293,311,000 The Jacksonville Aviation Authority is currently marketing Cecil Airport as a possible distribution hub for multimodal and intermodal transportation. • Total payroll: $353,581,000 • Total output: $720,506,000 —from the Florida Statewide An Economic Driver for a Aviation Economic Impact Study Dynamic Region Update, August 2014 ortheast Florida is a dynamic, fast- surface, and proximity to port facilities, • More than eight million tons of Ngrowing region with a population and to plan and develop a major, diversi- cargo move through the port facili- of more than 1.5 million. Located on the fied, multimodal manufacturing, ware- ties each year. St. Johns River, Jacksonville serves as housing, distribution, and transportation • More than 20 maritime facilities the hub of the seven-county region and center at the airport. in Jacksonville’s harbor are not offers a culturally diverse and skilled la- The airport is part of the vast trans- owned by JAXPORT. These facili- bor force. portation network that includes the ties include dry docks, petroleum Cecil Airport and airport tenants f o l l o w i n g : terminals, and the U.S. Navy’s provide a large number of jobs in Du- • Three railroads support Jack- Mayport Naval Station; these ports val County. Tenants provide jobs for ap- sonville’s intermodal infrastruc- move an additional 10 tons of cargo proximately 4,000 workers at the airport. ture: CSX, Norfolk Southern, and annually. College students and military members Florida East Coast Railway. • More than 100 trucking and who train on weekends account for an • Jacksonville is home to one of the drayage firms operate in and additional 837 workers. Additionally, largest commercial cargo ports around Jacksonville. 17 employees work directly for the air- on the East Coast. • Rail-to-truck and port-to-truck port as Jacksonville Aviation Authority • Along the 30-mile stretch of the facilities take advantage of the ex- employees, bringing the total to nearly St. John’s River from the Atlantic tensive highway system in the area. 4,900 employees on airport property. Ocean to downtown Jacksonville, • The city of Jacksonville, the Jack- Cecil Airport has a tremendous the Jacksonville Port Authority sonville Transportation Authority capacity for increased aviation activ- (JAXPORT) owns and operates (JTA), and the Florida Department ity in the aviation maintenance, repair, three public marine cargo ter- of Transportation (FDOT) have in- overhaul, and air cargo areas. The air- minals: Talleyrand, Blount Island, vested billions of dollars in current port’s vision is to capitalize on its trans- and Dames Point. Jacksonville roadway improvement portation network, including air, rail, projects. u FLORIDA FLYER 3 Special Edition Spring 2015 Cecil Airport Cecil Airport’s Tenants and Businesses Boeing Flightstar Aircraft Services LSI www.boeing.com/boeing www.flightstarjax.com www.lsijax.com The Boeing Company is part of the Located in Cecil’s largest hangar, Flight- LSI (originally Logistic Services Inter- company’s Aerospace Support Division; star specializes in maintenance, repair, national) provides training and technical its focus is primarily on the modifica- and overhaul of various types of heavy support services to the U.S. government, tion of F/A-18 aircraft Hornets for the aircraft. Flightstar services multiple foreign militaries, and the aerospace in- Navy and Marine Corps. The facility types of commercial aircraft including dustry. LSI offers its customers a wide recently became the national center of DC-10, MD-11, DC-9, MD-80, B-727, spectrum of technical training and pub- component structural repair for F/A-18 B-737, and B-757 aircraft. Federal Ex- lications services. LSI’s Cecil Training Hornets and Super Hornets after Boeing press currently contracts with Flightstar and Support Center provides computer- closed its Mesa, Arizona location. All for provision of Phase C and D main- based simulation and training support to of the next-generation F/A-18C and D tenance checks on its fleet of aircraft. the U.S. Department of Defense and the model Hornets to be used by the Navy’s Various air cargo companies contract commercial aviation industry. Blue Angels are to undergo conversion with Flightstar to convert passenger 757 at Boeing’s Cecil Airport facility. aircraft to a cargo configuration. Jacksonville Jetport www.jaxjetport.aero Jacksonville JetPort is Cecil Airport’s sole fixed base operator (FBO). A full- service FBO, Jacksonville JetPort offers various amenities and services to pilots and passengers traveling through Cecil Airport, including aircraft fueling, ba- sic aircraft servicing, rental cars, a pilot lounge, weather briefing/flight planning room, and tie-down locations.
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