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Record Group Number: 000715
Series/Collection Number: .S 176
Creator: Florida. Division of Public Transportation Operations.
Title, Dates: Airport licensing files, 1947-1987.
Amount: 17.00 cubic ft.
Medium Included: photographs
Organization/Arrangement: Alphabetical by name of airport; inactive airports are unarranged.
Restrictions: Restricted:  Any building plans, blueprints, schematic drawings, or diagrams of government facilities or structures in this series are exempt from public disclosure as per Florida Statutes Chapter 119.071 (Chapter 2002-67, Laws of Florida, HB 735, 2002).  This restriction does not apply to facilities or structures that no longer exist.
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Biographical/Historical:
Summary:     This series consists of airport records from 1947 to 1987 maintained by the Bureau of Aviation in the Division of Public Transportation Operations, and its predecessor agencies, the Division of Mass Transit Operations, the Florida Development Commission, and the Florida State Improvement Commission.  The records document the supervision and approval of licenses for public and private airports and helistops by the state and the Federal Aviation Administration.  The documents include correspondence, memoranda, licenses, fee receipts, transcripts, photographs, drawings, maps, blueprints, and supporting materials.
Finding Aids: Box listing available.
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Subject Access Fields: United States. Federal Aviation Administration.
Airports Florida
Maps. aat
Added Entries Florida State Improvement Commission.
Florida Development Commission.
Florida Division of Mass Transit Operations.
Florida Bureau of Aviation.