Airport pulls $11.5M New College land sale request

Recent FAA guidance on the future of vertical launch and landing aircraft indicates a halt on land transfers.

Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport.
Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport.
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Sensing that the Federal Aviation Administration’s recently released guidance regarding uncertainty of future airport needs to accommodate vertical take-off and landing vehicles will result in denial, the Sarasota-Manatee Airport Authority has withdrawn its request to sell 30 acres to New College of Florida.

 

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