![]() When World War II broke out the US Navy took over and used the airport for training, calling it Naval Air Station Daytona Beach. Naval Air Station Daytona Beach, October 1944 National Airlines then referred to its service as being the "Buccaneer Route". ![]() ![]() National rerouted its flights to Jacksonville but Eastern became upset and called National's move an act of "buccaneers". In 1933, the airport was closed for repairs. In 1935 National Airlines won a bid on the cross-state route from Daytona Beach to St. After a few years Eastern did not re-bid, after the airmail route changes of 1934. Įastern Air Lines began passenger service, flying Kingbirds and Condors. Before long the name became Daytona Beach Municipal Airport. The airport began with two gravel runways, one 1,800 feet (550 m) long and one 2,100 feet (640 m). In late 1930 a 740-acre (299 ha) piece of land turned into the current airport, a few hundred feet from the main drag of Volusia Avenue (now International Speedway Blvd.) The first name it was given was Sholtz Field, after the then Governor of Florida, who was from Daytona Beach. The combination of Lindley's death and the depression soon ended most aviation activity in Daytona Beach. While on the descent, he never pulled out of the dive and went into Lake Worth at full throttle. In January 1930 Vice President of Operations, Bill Lindley, piloted a flight to Palm Beach. The airline carried passengers to other Florida cities and to the Bahamas on Ryan aircraft. įlorida State Airways, Inc was formed in early 1930 in Daytona Beach. The pilot was uninjured, and the mail was collected and sent out on another flight. The first flight crashed just after takeoff, due to a mechanical failure. Eastern Air Transport was the first airline at Daytona Beach, certified to fly mail to Tampa and Orlando. Bethune Point Īll flights were moved to the new location at Bethune Point, on the Halifax River. Many other pilots took to the skies above Daytona Beach before it was closed during the winter of 1929–30. Phillips Page has been credited for taking the first aerial photographs in Florida, while flying around the Hotel Clarendon in Daytona Beach. Numerous flights followed, including John Alexander Douglas McCurdy, the United States's 5th licensed pilot, in 1911, Phillips Page in 1912, and Ruth Law in 1913. He went as high as 150 feet (46 m) on his first attempt, and 250 feet (76 m) on the second, before crashing into a flagpole and surviving with a bruised knee. The glider was pulled by an automobile and actually took place in Ormond. The first flight on the beach was in 1906 by Charles K. The other, Old Orchard Beach in Maine, was the starting point for at least five transatlantic flights during the 1920s and 1930s. This former airport is one of only two beach airports that were successful. Hangars were built later and aircraft service was provided on beach. Pilots soon realized the effectiveness of the compact sand and began using the beach as a runway. Daytona Beach is the headquarters of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.ĭaytona Beach’s beach was known for having a smooth, hard, and relatively clean surface for motor vehicles which would frequently race on it. The airport has 3 runways, a six-gate domestic terminal, and an international terminal. © Copyright 2023 Destination NSW.Source: Federal Aviation Administration ĭaytona Beach International Airport ( IATA: DAB, ICAO: KDAB, FAA LID: DAB) is a county-owned airport located three miles (5 km) southwest of Daytona Beach, next to Daytona International Speedway, in Volusia County, Florida, United States. is the official tourism site for Destination NSW.
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