Page Field General Aviation Airport serves over 90 thousand aircraft operations per year, currently making it the one of the busiest general aviation airports in Florida. Over 300 aircraft, including jets, turboprops, twins, singles and helicopters make
Page Field their home on a full-time basis.
Page Field and its aviation-related businesses employ hundreds of local
residents and generates an annual economic impact of more than $50 million.
Airport operations generate salaries totalling $23.6 million and support 920 jobs. Airport tenants provide more than 230 jobs, and business generated by general aviation visitors create 350 jobs, and an additional 340 jobs in the community are supported by airport operations. Tenants have a total
economic impact of more than $27 million while private and corporate aircraft passengers using Page Field as a gateway to Southwest Florida add more than $23 million to the local economy each year.
(The study was conducted by Ricondo & Associates, Inc., Cincinati, Ohio, and is based on data collected for 2005.)
Awards
Florida Department of Transportation's General Aviation Airport of the Year 2002
ExxonMobil PremierSpirit Silver Award for outstanding service and quality control for three consecutive years
