Travel Tour To Europe - Florida's Major Airports

. . Here's a guide to some of the major airports. There are approximately 20 commercial service airports and over 70 municipal/regional airports in Florida.

Orlando International Airport (MCO) is one of the busiest airports in the world and is located right in the heart of Florida just about 14 kms to the southeast of downtown Orlando.

And of course many American airlines fly internally; from Frankfurt with Lufthansa; gatwick and Manchester with Virgin Atlantic; from Glasgow, from London Gatwick with British Airways; from Dublin with Aer Lingus; many airlines fly direct to this airport.

And a few water parks as well such as Wet'n'Wild and Typhoon Lagoon, the Kennedy Space Center, universal Studios Resort, sea World, orlando is sometimes known as the theme park capital of the world as many of Florida's main theme parks are in the Orlando area including Disney's Magic Kingdom.

About 10km west of the city centre, just at the edge of Tampa city, overlooking the Gulf of Mexico, tampa International Airport (TPA) is located on the west coast.

Dusseldorf and Eindhoven; brussels, bremen, and KLM which flies from Amsterdam, these include British Airways which flies from Gatwick; the airport is well served by the primary airlines.

A zoo/theme park blend which has the best roller coasters in Florida such as Kumba and SheiKra that features a vertical drop, and Busch Gardens Africa, florida Aquarium, lowry Park Zoo, adventure Island, tampa has plenty to keep you entertained such as Hillsborough River State Park.

It's home to Florida's busiest airport Miami International Airport (MIA) which serves the most destinations of any airport in the region. On the south west coast you'll find the hot-spot of Miami.

The airport is located just 12kms from the city centre and is very convenient to Miami's main expressways such as the Dolphin Expressway (the I95 which runs the length of Florida's east coast) and the Palmetto Expressway (to Miami Beach).

And Swiss International Air Lines from Zurich; lufthansa from Dusseldorf and Frankfurt; air Berlin from Dusseldorf and Munich; martinair which flies from Amsterdam; iberia Airlines which flies from Madrid; the airport is served by British Airways and Virgin Atlantic which fly from Heathrow.

The airport is definitely the preferred destination if you are wishing to explore southern Florida where you will find the Everglades National Park and the Florida Keys (an archipelago of over 1700 just off the coast of Florida).

The airport is located between the cities of Fort Lauderdale to the north and Hollywood to the south. Situated on the east coast north of Miami is Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) which is another excellent entry point to southern Florida.

The college town of Gainesville and experience the general 'Southern' culture of the area, augustine. From Jacksonville you can explore the city of St. Delta Airlines flies here from Heathrow. Which is Florida's largest city, the airport is just 14kms from Jacksonville city centre. Jacksonville International Airport is the main airport located in Northern Florida.

So you will have to get a connection in another US airport first, the airport for Tallahassee is a regional airport. The state capital of Florida, for the Florida Panhandle (north east of Florida) you can touch down in Tallahassee.

Popular with students on spring break, one of the top destinations in this area is the Panama City Beach.

So watch for these smaller airports while researching your destination. But you'll almost certainly have to get there through a connecting flight; note that there are many more airports throughout Florida which may get you closer to your chosen destination.