Facilities and Aircraft
Jacksonville International Airport covers an area of 7,911 acres (3,201 ha) which contains two concrete runways: 8/26 measuring 10,000 x 150 ft (3,048 x 46 m) and 14/32 measuring 7,701 x 150 ft (2,347 x 46 m). In December 2011 the runway numbers will change to 8/26 and 14/32 due to magnetic variation.
The airport's two runways are laid out in "V" configuration (with the bottom tip of the "V" pointing West). A long-range plan exists to build two additional runways, each paralleling one of the existing runways. A new runway alongside the existing southern runway will be built first. No date has been set for implementing the runway expansion plan (the expectation is that construction of the third runway would take place around 2015).
For the 12-month period ending August, 2009, the airport had 94,614 aircraft operations, an average of 260 per day: 58% scheduled commercial, 23% air taxi, 13% general aviation, and 6% military. There are 54 aircraft based at the airport: 15% single-engine, 13% multi-engine, 35% jet and 37% military.
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