Walt E Disney Airport

[Robbie Cottam]

https://insidethemagic.net/2022/09/...4M_NdT0RJicRjtwAXPJqdWeatMtxiyob2MwyuC_CZEZFM

Has any one else heard about this?
Is it a real thing that Disney was considering?

Or is this a Reedy Creek is going away and Disney will never be able to do another thing story?

I’m kinda hoping it is real, it would help me win the new airplane discussion with management, if we did t have to get a town car from Kissimmee

 

[OKW Lover]

It's a hoax.

 

[wabbott]

Well, the site actually did have an airstrip, once upon a time. You can see it as you drive along World Drive headed for the TTC.

https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Walt_Disney_World_Airport

 

[HopperFan]

First mistake is reading that website.

 

[Robbie Cottam]

Well, the site actually did have an airstrip, once upon a time. You can see it as you drive along World Drive headed for the TTC.

https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Walt_Disney_World_Airport

Yes I know,
It published on The sectional and the Orlando TCA chart up until the mid 90s

Though they had to close it when they put up the EPCOT monorail

 

[Robbie Cottam]

First mistake is reading that website.

I actually didn’t read it at all.
It was sent to me.
But what is wrong with that website?
Your statement could be made about a lot of things on the internet.

 

[OKW Lover]

But what is wrong with that website?

It originally was a perfectly good website run by Ricky Brigante. However, several years ago Ricky sold the site and the new owners have turned it into a site for click bait. Just sensational headlines with little or no substance to them.

 

[BK2014]

I actually didn’t read it at all.
It was sent to me.
But what is wrong with that website?
Your statement could be made about a lot of things on the internet.

Just out of curiosity, why post links to articles/websites that you haven't actually read?

 

[KYMickey]

Face it, it's isn't going to happen, especially since it has to be completed by July 1, 2023!

 

[Robbie Cottam]

Just out of curiosity, why post links to articles/websites that you haven't actually read?

Real simple, my wife sent it to me and said “is this real, can we fly there”

any questions?

 

[Lewisc]

Disney will also lose the ability to build a nuclear power plant. Good material for click bait

 

[Scalemaster34]

I think some of the thing Disney had written into their charter had more to do with how people in the 50's view the future.... and less on the practical aspects of it as we know it today.

We should all be driving flying cars and have our own personal robots at this point...

 

[AvidDisReader]

This is laughable. The FAA would need to approve any airport. And before they would even consider, an environmental impact study would need to be done --which in of itself would take over a year. Like someone stated above, this is just click bait.

 

[Robbie Cottam]

This is laughable. The FAA would need to approve any airport. And before they would even consider, an environmental impact study would need to be done --which in of itself would take over a year. Like someone stated above, this is just click bait.

Actually, not completely true…..
not true at all.
although this may be click bate, the FAA only cares about public airports, and then they really only care about public airports that have received and still have current grants…

Privates airports are well private, it is in the land owners best interest to tell the faa about them to have them public as private on the selectional but it is not required

 

[The Jackal]

I would think they only have 9 months left to build the nuclear power plant too.

 

[Maistre Gracey]

This is, well.. just not realistic on many levels.

 

[Robbie Cottam]

I would think they only have 9 months left to build the nuclear power plant too.

That is really to bad, Disney really want green energy

 

[AvidDisReader]

Actually, not completely true…..
not true at all.
although this may be click bate, the FAA only cares about public airports, and then they really only care about public airports that have received and still have current grants…

Privates airports are well private, it is in the land owners best interest to tell the faa about them to have them public as private on the selectional but it is not required

Ok, technically you are correct. But realistically no. As long as the private airport is for use of its owner/owners the FAA does not need to approve. However if commercial airlines want to land there (the purpose of this airport) than yes the FAA would have to approve. I googled and here is the answer:

What makes an airport private?


A commercial airport is a publicly owned location at which flight operations take place, usually for commercial air traffic. A private, or executive airport is privately-owned location that maintains an airfield, air strip, or runway for private use by its owner or owners and isn't open for use by the public.

 

[Robbie Cottam]

Ok, technically you are correct. But realistically no. As long as the private airport is for use of its owner/owners the FAA does not need to approve. However if commercial airlines want to land there (the purpose of this airport) than yes the FAA would have to approve. I googled and here is the answer:

What makes an airport private?


A commercial airport is a publicly owned location at which flight operations take place, usually for commercial air traffic. A private, or executive airport is privately-owned location that maintains an airfield, air strip, or runway for private use by its owner or owners and isn't open for use by the public.

Also not correct, privates airports can be public use
What makes a private airport is the owner, it is not built on public land or with public money….

So if Disney built another airport it could very easily be private owned public use.

 

[Kennywood]

Well, this is all moot anyway, as we'll be getting our individual jet packs any day now.....lol