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Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport is a public airport in Sarasota County (terminal) and Manatee County (airfield), Florida. Owned by the Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority, it is three miles north of Sarasota (Sarasota County)〔 and six miles south of Bradenton (Manatee County).〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Distance and heading from Bradenton (27°29'N 82°35'W) to KSRQ (27°23'44"N 82°33'16"W) )〕 The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 called it a ''primary commercial service'' airport since it has over 10,000 passenger boardings per year.〔 〕 Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 657,157 enplanements in calendar year 2011, 2% less than in 2010.〔 〕 Most airlines refer to the airport on destination maps and flight status displays as just "Sarasota", as that is the more widely known city. The airport is referred to locally as "SRQ" (the airport code). Much of the airport's airline service occurs during winter and spring, as the area is a popular tourist destination and home for snowbirds during winter and spring. The airport's IATA airport code, "SRQ", is used as a shorthand nickname for the city of Sarasota and Sarasota area in general, as exemplified by media outlets like SRQ Magazine,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SRQ: Living Local in Sarasota and Bradenton Florida )〕 WSRQ radio,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=WSRQ Sarasota 98.9 FM 106.9 FM 1220 AM - Sarasota Talk Radio - )〕 and numerous local businesses in the area that include SRQ in their names. ==History== SRQ's first airline was National, in 1947; the April 1957 OAG shows six departures a day. Eastern arrived a few years later and the airport's first jet flights were Eastern 727s in winter 1964–65 (though the longest runway was for a few years after that). Air Force One was at the airport on September 11, 2001. George W. Bush was at the Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota when Andrew Card first informed him of the September 11, 2001 attacks at 9:05 AM. Bush returned to the airport. It taxied at 9:54 AM and lifted off at 9:55 AM flying first to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana.〔(Pool news report by Judy Keen and Jay Carney on September 11, 2001, posted on USA Today Sept. 11 Resources )〕 Like many American airports, Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport experienced financial woes after the September 11, 2001 attacks with airline ceasing service, an example being Canada 3000 In 2003 AirTran Airways began service as the result of a nationwide marketing poll sponsored by the airline. The poll indicated that Sarasota–Bradenton was one of several smaller airports that AirTran's customers would like the airline to serve. AirTran added service to Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, and Baltimore–Washington International Airport, and by 2011 the airline served six U.S. cities non-stop from SRQ. In September 2005 Delta Air Lines, the carrier with the largest market share out of SRQ,〔() 〕 filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. While initially there was concern regarding Delta's bankruptcy filing's effect on the financial stability of the airport, especially if Delta were to have reduced local operations, in fact Delta has since announced new service out of SRQ, with more flights to Atlanta and new service to New York LaGuardia Airport and Boston. All of that service was cut back or discontinued, but Delta recently announced new winter/spring seasonal service to Boston and LaGuardia. In January 2012 AirTran Airways announced that it would drop SRQ on August 12, 2012 as part of its merger with Southwest. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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