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Resident urges landing fees at Ormond Beach airport; staff says FAA, state guidance limit immediate action
Summary
A resident urged the commission to consider charging landing or operations fees at Ormond Beach Municipal Airport to generate revenue and reduce noise and lead exposure. City staff said Florida law and FAA nondiscrimination rules complicate implementing landing fees and the item remains with the Aviation Advisory Board pending guidance.
A resident told the Ormond Beach City Commission that the municipal airport operates as a long‑running net cost to the city and urged commissioners to consider charging landing or operations fees for flight training traffic.
"If you want a revenue stream, there's one that other cities are utilizing," resident Sean Daley said, proposing a $5 operations or landing fee that he estimated "would generate $10 each time they came and did another touch and go at our airport." Daley told the commission that flight‑training planes frequently fly before 8…
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