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How much population justifies a new airport?

Asked by JLeslie (65452points) January 17th, 2022 from iPhone

I live an hour north of Orlando and The Orlando airport is an hour and fifteen minutes with no traffic and Tampa airport is an hour and a half with no traffic. In other words the airports are far.

North of me is Ocala and Gainesville. Ocala is well known for Equestrian and Gainesville has the University of Florida. I guess Gainesville uses Jacksonville airport? Could that be? That’s an hour and a half away.

People where I live travel constantly. It has me wondering how much population would warrant a new airport? I picture a small thing with 4 gates. Maybe airlines like Southwest, Spirit, and Delta.

I wonder how much it costs to build one for not very large commercial Jets. Maybe as large as a 737 though.

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