Facilities and Aircraft
Melbourne International Airport covers 2,450 acres (990 ha) and has three asphalt runways: 9R/27L is 10,181 × 150 ft (3,103 × 46 m), 9L/27R is 6,000 × 150 ft (1,829 × 46 m) and 5/23 is 3,001 × 75 ft (915 × 23 m).
In the year ending June 30, 2009 the airport had 133,576 aircraft operations; 95% were general aviation, 3% scheduled commercial, 1% air taxi and <1% military. 248 aircraft are based at this airport: 77% single-engine, 16% multi-engine, 4% jet, 2% helicopter and <1% military.
The Airport Museum is in the terminal building.
The Florida Institute of Technology Research, Science and Technology Park covers about 100 acres (40 ha) surrounded by airport tenants such as Northrop Grumman Joint Stars, G.E Railway, Rockwell Collins, DRS Technologies, and L-3, and leases property to two hospitals and one hotel. A new Embraer Business Jet Assembly Facility, intended to employ 200 workers, is under construction. In 2010 AAR Corporation, intending to employ 225, and MidAirUSA, a small commercial jetliner service, intending to employ 300, have announced plans for facilities at the airport.
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—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)