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1. SCENARIO 1: STRICT ADHERENCE AIRFIELD OVERALL RSA, ROFA AND RPZ (10 MB)

2. SCENARIO 1: STRICT ADHERENCE RUNWAY 5 RSA, ROFA AND RPZ (3 MB)

3. SCENARIO 1: STRICT ADHERENCE RUNWAY 23 RSA, ROFA AND RPZ (3 MB)

4. SCENARIO 1: STRICT ADHERENCE RUNWAY 13 RSA, ROFA AND RPZ (3 MB)

5. SCENARIO 1: STRICT ADHERENCE RUNWAY 31 RSA, ROFA AND RPZ (3 MB)

6. SCENARIO 1: STRICT ADHERENCE AIRFIELD OVERALL FAR PART 77 SURFACES (10MB)

7. SCENARIO 1: STRICT ADHERENCE RUNWAY 5 FAR PART 77 SURFACES (3 MB)

8. SCENARIO 1: STRICT ADHERENCE RUNWAY 23 FAR PART 77 SURFACES (3 MB)

9. STRICT ADHERENCE RUNWAY 13 FAR PART 77 SURFACES (3 MB)

10. STRICT ADHERENCE RUNWAY 31 FAR PART 77 SURFACES (3 MB)

11. SCENARIO 2: CITY'S REQUEST AIRFIELD OVERALL RSA, ROFA AND RPZ (11 MB)

12. SCENARIO 2: CITY'S REQUEST RUNWAY 5 RSA, ROFA AND RPZ (3 MB)

13. SCENARIO 2: CITY'S REQUEST RUNWAY 23 RSA, ROFA AND RPZ (3 MB)

14. SCENARIO 2: CITY'S REQUEST RUNWAY 13 RSA, ROFA AND RPZ (3 MB)

15. SCENARIO 2: CITY'S REQUEST RUNWAY 31 RSA, ROFA AND RPZ (3 MB)

16. SCENARIO 2: CITY'S REQUEST AIRFIELD OVERALL FAR PART 77 SURFACES (10 MB)

17. SCENARIO 2: CITY'S REQUEST RUNWAY 5 FAR PART 77 SURFACES (3 MB)

18. SCENARIO 2: CITY'S REQUEST RUNWAY 23 FAR PART 77 SURFACES (3 MB)

19. SCENARIO 2: CITY'S REQUEST RUNWAY 13 FAR PART 77 SURFACES (3 MB)

20. SCENARIO 2: CITY'S REQUEST RUNWAY 31 FAR PART 77 SURFACES (3 MB)

21. RUNWAY 5 C-II VS. B-II (12 MB)

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Venice Municipal Airport (VNC) was built in the early 1940s by the United States government to serve as a flight training facility during World War II. At the end of the war, the airport was given to the City of Venice with the stipulation that if it were not used as an airport it would revert back to the U.S. government.

Today it is a general aviation facility located 1.7 miles south of the downtown area, along the Gulf of Mexico shoreline, on approximately 835 acres. It has two 5,000-foot runways which intersect each other. They are both 150 feet wide, have medium intensity runway lighting (MIRL), runway end identifier lights (REILS) and precision approach path indicators (PAPI). VNC has an automated weather observing system (AWOS).

There are approximately 164,495 take-offs and landings made at VNC yearly.

Although the city leases some hangar and tie-down space on an annual basis, the Fixed Base Operators (FBOs) coordinate parking for visiting aircraft.

It is operated solely from the airport enterprise fund and receives no money from the city's general fund. Money for the enterprise fund comes from the airport's land leases.

There are about 234 aircraft based at VNC. About 80 aircraft owners are on a waiting list for hangar space.

The airport contributes about $22 million in direct economic activity to the Venice area.

The airport manager is Fred Watts, e-mail: fwatts@ci.venice.fl.us.

To contact the airport administration offices, call (941) 486-2711.