It’s no secret that here at Friends of Albert Whitted Airport (FAWA), there’s a lot of love for AWA. Our love for Albert Whitted Airport comes from recognizing it as an important place for medical, education, business, tourism, and historical reasons, plus a whole lot more.
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St. Pete hometown boy, Chris Dubois talks to us about his love for the Albert Whitted Airport as a boy, a pilot, and an instructor!
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Anthony and Ben share their stories with us! Albert Whitted Airport is loved throughout St. Pete.
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Right in the heart of downtown St. Petersburg, Albert Whitted Airport is known as the birthplace of commercial aviation. When you get to know its rich past you see that it’s so much more than a place for planes to land and take off: it’s a piece of history.
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Howard Johnson, who works for Sheltair Aviation, shared his story with us!
As a second-generation worker at Albert Whitted Airport, Howard grew up around the planes and the A.W.A. family. “I can’t imagine ever wanting to work anywhere else! This place is home.”
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Jan 4, 2023
[St. Petersburg, Florida] The economic impact of the Albert Whitted Airport (SPG) is $128 million, up 60% from $79.7 million in 2019, according to a new study by the Florida Department of Transportation.
The FDOT’s Statewide Aviation Economic Impact Study was recently released; a previous study was done in 2019.
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Jack Tunstill has spent 35 years as a flight instructor teaching future pilots.
“Once you take off and you’re in the air as a pilot..it’s hard to describe. I make a living here and I’ve been fighting for this airport for over 30 years. The near 100-year-old airport is critical to the entire Tampa Bay area as a relief site for smaller planes to come to instead of the bigger commercial ones. It’s not home to a bunch of playboys, it’s important to the city of St. Petersburg and it’s training future pilots!”
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