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Weather center opens

May 23, 2010

Our new weather center is open, featuring animated color weather radar for Florida, the Southeast, and the continental US.
We’ll be adding more weather services in the future.

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New airport opening in panhandle on Sunday

May 22, 2010

The first flights from the new Northwest Florida Beaches Airport (ECP) in Panama City will take place on Sunday.
Grand opening ceremonies will be held Saturday.

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U.S. Customs promises to make eAPIS easier to use

May 19, 2010

If you fly to the Bahamas or anywhere else outside the U.S., you’re no doubt familiar with eAPIS (Electronic Advance Passenger Information System), which turned one year old yesterday. The system is used to electronically send passenger info for international flights to the federal government.
Customs officials say they are surprised at how well pilots have [...]

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Small airplane crashes in Clearwater

May 16, 2010

A small plane crashed into the back yard of a home in Clearwater today moments after taking off from Clearwater Air Park.
The pilot and two passengers suffered injuries but no one on the ground was hurt.

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Free webinar Wednesday

May 15, 2010

AOPA is holding a free webinar Wednesday, May 19 at 9 PM EDT on the subject of medical certification for pilots.
Join Gary Crump, AOPA director of medical certification; Dr. Bruce Chien, senior aviation medical examiner; and Talbot Martin, pilot and attorney with Yodice Associates.
Register here

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Space shuttle Atlantis launches

May 14, 2010

Space shuttle Atlantis launched successfully this afternoon from the Kennedy Space Center on its final voyage before the shuttle program is retired.

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Plane lands on Flagler Highway

May 13, 2010

A small plane made an emergency landing on Flagler Highway near Bunnell today. There were no injuries, according to this article from WESH-TV in Orlando.

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Airport database phase 1 finalized

May 8, 2010

We’re happy to announce that phase 1 of our Florida airport database is complete.
The database includes all the public-access airports in Florida, with the most recent FAA data (from April).
Each airport has a page which includes the following:

Airport name, identifier, location
Pattern altitude, airport elevation, etc.
Runway number(s), length, width, and type (asphalt, etc.)
CTAF, UNICOM, tower, and [...]