Airports
ISM Touts NBAA Advantages
Who needs a static display? Kissimmee Airport is closer and a “more discreet” AOE to the convention.
The Kissimmee Gateway Airport’s exhibit (Booth 2007) at NBAA-BACE 2018 proved popular with attendees looking for an alternative to Orlando International or Executive Airports. Photo: Mariano Rosales
The Kissimmee Gateway Airport’s exhibit (Booth 2007) at NBAA-BACE 2018 proved popular with attendees looking for an alternative to Orlando International or Executive Airports. Photo: Mariano Rosales

It may not be hosting NBAA 2018’s static display, but Orlando’s Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM) nonetheless gets a fair share of attention as a port of entry to the convention. Airport director Terry Lloyd ticked off some of the reasons: “We are actually closer to the [Orange County] Convention Center than Orlando Executive [ORL] is.” ISM is also “a little more discreet” for attendees seeking to avoid hubbub and crowds when they fly in for the event. And when it’s time to leave on peak days, “We get permission from the FAA to extend the [control] tower hours”—normally 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.—to facilitate late-night departures.


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