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How Orlando leaders secured McCoy Air Force Base and built Orlando International Airport, according to former councilor
Orlando City Commission / Orlando History Makers (podcast) · December 10, 2025
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Summary
George Stewart Jr. recounts local efforts to acquire McCoy Air Force Base property after the base closed and to create a larger airport authority ("GOA") that enabled major capital investment and shifted landing-fee arrangements to airline agreements.
In the interview, George Stewart Jr. described how, after learning McCoy Air Force Base would close, local officials and community leaders worked swiftly to secure the property and repurpose it as Orlando International Airport. "We got the base to become Orlando…
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