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| Aviation in Florida |
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| Commercial – primary | 20 |
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| Commercial – non-primary | 22 |
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| General aviation | 58 |
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| Other public-use airports | 29 |
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| Military and other airports | 24 |
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- Balloon - 1878
- Heavier-than-air - 1914
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The first aeronautical event in Florida was presented on January 28, 1878, when a balloon flew over Jacksonville.[1] Florida has since hosted four major aviation events.[2]
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- Air Force Armament Museum, Valparaiso, Florida
- Air Force Space and Missile Museum, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
- Airport Museum (Melbourne, Florida)
- DeLand Naval Air Station Museum, DeLand, Florida
- Fantasy of Flight, Polk City, Florida
- Florida Air Museum, Lakeland, Florida
- Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Merritt Island, Florida
- Kissimmee Air Museum
- National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, Florida
- United States Astronaut Hall of Fame, south of Titusville, Florida
- US Space Walk of Fame, Titusville, Florida
- Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum, Titusville, Florida
- Wings of Dreams Aviation Museum, Keystone Heights, Florida
- Wings Over Miami, Tamiami Airport, Miami
- ^ Lynn M. Homan, Thomas Reilly. Wings Over Florida.
- ^ James C. Clark. 200 Quick Looks at Florida History. p. 73.
- ^ Lynn M. Homan. Wings over Florida. p. 46.
- ^ Lynn M. Homan. Wings over Florida. p. 43.
- ^ Scott Taylor Hartzell. Remembering St. Petersburg, Florida: More Sunshine City Stories. p. 83.
- ^ John Forney Rudy (November 1938). "Florida Sprouts Wings". Flying Magazine.
- ^ "FDOT". Archived from the original on 25 June 1998. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ^ "Aircraft Operations | Office of Marine and Aviation Operations". Archived from the original on 2017-09-04. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
