Sebring Airport Suffers Damage During Hurricane Irma | Aero-News Network
Aero-News Network
RSS icon RSS feed
podcast icon MP3 podcast
Subscribe Aero-News e-mail Newsletter Subscribe

Airborne Unlimited -- Most Recent Daily Episodes

Episode Date

Airborne-Monday

Airborne-Tuesday

Airborne-Wednesday Airborne-Thursday

Airborne-Friday

Airborne On YouTube

Airborne-Unlimited-10.06.25

AirborneNextGen-
10.07.25

Airborne-Unlimited-10.08.25

Airborne-FlightTraining-10.09.25

AirborneUnlimited-10.10.25

Sun, Sep 17, 2017

Sebring Airport Suffers Damage During Hurricane Irma

But Airport Staff Says The Airport Is Operating Normally

Sebring Airport was hit hard by Hurricane Irma, suffering damages estimated between $5 and $6 million to hangars and other facilities. But airport executives say the field is operating "like nothing ever happened."

The Gainesville Sun reports that airport CEO Mike Willingham said that there was damage to the terminal roof, but the building appears to be fully usable. There was also damage to the roofs of some hangars, but no airplanes appeared to have been damaged during the storm.

Willingham said that it will be six months to a year before that roof damage is completely repaired, but the airport reopened Monday after the storm passed, allowing both arriving and departing flights. Some of those delivered emergency relief supplies to south Florida and the Caribbean, he said.

The airport was still operating on generators at mid-week, as power had not been restored at that time. But the Runway Cafe at Sebring was reportedly doing a land-office business as one of the few restaurants that was open in Highland County.

Willingham said that all of the businesses at the airport were expected to recover. "We should be able to keep everyone in business," he said.

(Images provided by Sebring Airport)

FMI: sebring-airport.com

Advertisement

More News

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (10.13.25): Homing [ICAO]

Homing [ICAO] The procedure of using the direction-finding equipment of one radio station with the emission of another radio station, where at least one of the stations is mobile, >[...]

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (10.13.25)

Aero Linx: European Regions Airline Association (ERA) The European Regions Airline Association (ERA) represents a diverse membership of over 50 airlines and more than 150 associate>[...]

ANN FAQ: Q&A 101

A Few Questions AND Answers To Help You Get MORE Out of ANN! 1) I forgot my password. How do I find it? 1) Easy... click here and give us your e-mail address--we'll send it to you >[...]

NTSB Prelim: CubCrafters Carbon Cub

While On Short Final, About 300 Ft, The Pilot Performed A Forced Landing Near Trees On September 7, 2025, about 0932 eastern daylight time, a CubCrafters Carbon Cub EX airplane, N4>[...]

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (10.14.25): Severe Icing

Severe Icing The rate of ice accumulation is such that ice protection systems fail to remove the accumulation of ice and ice accumulates in locations not normally prone to icing, s>[...]

blog comments powered by Disqus



Advertisement

Advertisement

Podcasts

Advertisement

© 2007 - 2025 Web Development & Design by Pauli Systems, LC