Lakeland Linder International Airport
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Lakeland Linder International Airport[2] (IATA: LAL, ICAO: KLAL, FAA LID: LAL) is a public airport five miles southwest of Lakeland, in Polk County, Florida.[1] The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021 categorized it as a national reliever facility for Tampa International Airport.[3] The airport has a Class 1 Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) Part 139 operating certificate allowing passenger airline flights.
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
Owner | City of Lakeland | ||||||||||||||||||
Serves | Lakeland, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
Time zone | EST (UTC−05:00) | ||||||||||||||||||
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−04:00) | ||||||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 142 ft / 43 m | ||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 27°59′20″N 082°01′07″W | ||||||||||||||||||
Website | http://www.flylakeland.com/ | ||||||||||||||||||
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Annually, around March–April, the airport hosts the Sun 'n Fun Aerospace Expo, a six-day fly-in, airshow and aviation convention. It is the second largest such event in the United States after the Experimental Aircraft Association's (EAA) annual "AirVenture" event each summer at Wittman Regional Airport (OSH) in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
The airport is home to the southeast regional air cargo hub for Amazon Air, which started operations at the airport in July 2020.