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36-477: Sanford Airport may refer to: Orlando Sanford International Airport serving Sanford, Florida, United States (FAA/IATA: SFB) Sanford Regional Airport serving Sanford, Maine, United States (FAA/IATA: SFM) Sanford-Lee County Regional Airport serving Sanford, North Carolina, United States (FAA: TTA) Joshua Sanford Field serving Hillsboro, Wisconsin, United States (FAA: HBW) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

72-407: A car onto the speeding plane (through the nose landing gear) before it takes off. Inside, Cutter deals with more of Rane's accomplices before getting into a fight with Rane. A bullet blows out one of the plane's windows causing explosive decompression, and a door blows out. Cutter manages to get Rane close to the open door and kicks him out of the plane, which sends Rane, screaming in terror, out into

108-503: A hangar and support facility for aviation elements of the agency's Special Operations Division. The airport covers 3,000 acres (1,214 ha) and has four runways: The dominant runway is 9L/27R. This was built from the naval air station's original Runway 9/27, which was 8,000 ft (2,400 m) x 200 ft (61 m) with overruns of 2,145 ft (654 m) and 1,985 ft (605 m). A project to extended runway 9L/27R by 1,400 ft (430 m) to 11,000 ft (3,400 m)

144-402: A package holiday company this brings passengers closer to their cruises, although it has angered many TUI passengers who fly with the company to visit Orlando for Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando Resort . In July 2021, Canadian low-cost carrier Flair Airlines announced they would launch service between Sanford and five Canadian destinations beginning in winter 2021. The airport

180-557: A small airport in Louisiana , filming took place in Snipes's hometown of Orlando, Florida , with Orlando-Sanford International Airport standing in for "Lake Lucille" airport in Louisiana. The airport's former combination main hangar and control tower from its time as Naval Air Station Sanford was used for many key scenes just prior to its demolition after filming. Passenger 57' s soundtrack

216-416: A transshipment point. Following a major drug interdiction by local and federal law enforcement agencies, Seminole County placed large speed bumps at various intervals across the runways to deter future illegal use. By the 1980s the county began to use the site as a landfill and dump, demolishing the remaining runways. In 1992, parts of the action film Passenger 57 , starring Wesley Snipes , were filmed at

252-458: Is a terrorist, and take him to the airport building. Rane contacts the field's tower and demands refueling, for which he promises half the passengers will be freed. For every three minutes of resistance or indecision, Rane will order five passengers to be executed. Rane also falsely asserts that Cutter is one of his own men turned against him. Biggs gives the go-ahead for refueling, and as the passengers are freed, Rane and some of his men escape from

288-467: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Orlando Sanford International Airport Orlando Sanford International Airport ( IATA : SFB , ICAO : KSFB , FAA LID : SFB ) is in Sanford, Florida , United States, near Orlando . It was built as Naval Air Station Sanford , a Master Jet Base for carrier-based attack and reconnaissance aircraft, and

324-407: Is home to L3 Harris Airline Academy, which underwent several company changes and several name changes. The academy used to be known as L3 Commercial Training Solutions , Aerosim Flight Academy, and Delta Connection Academy, a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines . It provides ab initio flight training for prospective regional airline and international pilots. The Seminole County Sheriff's Office has

360-463: Is outmatched and escapes with Marti to the cargo hold. Cutter dispatches another of Rane's men, Vincent, who is disguised as a caterer. Cutter trips circuitry to dump the plane's fuel, forcing Rane to order the surviving pilots to land at a small Louisiana airfield. As Cutter and Marti prepare to escape upon touchdown, Marti is caught by Forget and he kicks Cutter out of the plane. The local sheriff, Leonard Biggs, and his deputies arrest Cutter, thinking he

396-679: The Tarmac" has been re-used for the trailer of another action film , Sudden Death . A cover of Stevie Wonder 's " Too High " by Norman Brown also features in the film. The film was released on video in the United States by Warner Home Video in October 1993. It was released on DVD in Region 1 in the United States on May 27, 1998, and Region 2 in the United Kingdom on April 26, 1999. Passenger 57

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432-495: The airport codes NRJ and KNRJ . Commissioned on November 3, 1942, the base initially concentrated on advanced land-based patrol plane training. It was used by the United States Navy until it closed in 1969. The City of Sanford assumed control of the former NAS Sanford in 1969 and renamed the facility Sanford Airport, hiring the air station's recently retired Executive Officer, Commander J. S. "Red" Cleveland, USN (Ret.), as

468-458: The current Orlando Sanford International Airport. Through the 1980s and 1990s the oldest Navy buildings were demolished while those built in the 1950s and 1960s were renovated for civil use. New buildings and hangars were added. OLF Osceola was transferred to the control of Seminole County, Florida, but was never officially recommissioned as an active airfield. In the 1970s the former OLF began to be used by general aviation drug-smuggling aircraft as

504-553: The film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale. Marcus Trower, of Empire magazine, stated that Bruce Payne was "a brilliantly disconcerting madman. With his flowing blond Jesus locks, armor-piercing stare and casual sadism, he makes Hannibal Lecter look like a social worker – and like Sir Anthony Hopkins 's serial killer, part of the man's menace is in the apparent contradiction between his articulate, well-spoken English and his off-hand brutality." The Radio Times stated that Payne and Snipes both gave 'charismatic turns' in

540-663: The first Airport Manager. The city concurrently established the Sanford Airport Authority. For the next twenty-five years, the airport was a general aviation facility and periodically hosted civilian/military air shows and static displays. Initially an uncontrolled airfield, the control tower was reactivated in the early 1970s as a non-FAA facility, employing a number of retired enlisted Navy air traffic controllers who had served at NAS Sanford. Additional name changes followed, to include Sanford Regional Airport, Central Florida Regional Airport, Orlando Sanford Regional Airport and

576-460: The heavy British tourist demographic that had previously been using Orlando International Airport were offered greatly reduced landing fees at Sanford, and therefore many carriers relocated their operations. In 1996, Michael Jackson and his team did the first rehearsals of the HIStory World Tour between July and August 1996 before going to Prague . In 2010, Allegiant Air announced it

612-536: The largest international airline at the airport having served eight destinations around the UK. However, in November 2019, TUI Airways announced that from 2022, it would switch their Orlando operations from Sanford to Melbourne Orlando International Airport including the daily flights to/from those 8 British airports. This will bring their operations nearer to Port Canaveral where TUI Cruises will operate from in coming years. As

648-553: The media, is arrested by the FBI and local authorities in Miami, just as he is about to undergo plastic surgery in order to evade law enforcement. The FBI make plans to return Rane to Los Angeles to stand trial. Widowed law enforcement veteran John Cutter has served an honorable career as a reputable police officer, decorated soldier, and reliable Secret Service agent known for his tough stance on high-level crimes. Having constantly been haunted by

684-455: The memories of his wife's death in a convenience store robbery, Cutter has launched a course specializing in training flight attendants in self-defense. After one class, Cutter is approached by an old friend, Sly Delvecchio, who offers Cutter the vice presidency of a new antiterrorism unit for his company, Atlantic International Airlines. Cutter is reluctant, but Delvecchio and the company's president, Stuart Ramsey, eventually convince him to accept

720-470: The night sky where he falls 35,000 feet (11 km) to his death. The plane returns to the airfield, where the FBI agents secure Sabrina Ritchie, Rane's only remaining agent, and the remaining hostages are freed. Amid congratulations and celebration, Marti and Cutter make their escape into the distance hand-in-hand, but not before Chief Biggs offers them a ride. The film was based on a script by Stewart Raffill . It

756-451: The offer. Cutter boards as the 57th passenger on an Atlantic International flight to Los Angeles (a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar ), where one of his students, Marti Slayton, is one of the flight attendants. Rane and his two FBI escorts are also aboard. After the flight takes off, several henchmen in Rane's employ, posing as flight attendants and passengers, kill the FBI agents, release Rane, and secure

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792-455: The plane by also killing the captain. Cutter, in the lavatory at the time, manages to use the plane's on-board phone to warn Delvecchio of the situation, but Cutter is soon caught by one of Rane's henchmen. Cutter overpowers the henchman and takes his weapon; he then uses him (in a chokehold) as a shield to confront Rane, but an indifferent Rane shows his ruthlessness by murdering both a passenger and said henchman in cold blood; Cutter realizes he

828-469: The plane. Cutter recognizes the passenger release as a diversion, escapes from the sheriff, and chases Rane and his men into a local county fair, where he is able to kill one of Rane's men. As Cutter fights with Rane, police arrive and capture Rane, with FBI agents following and confirming Cutter's true identity to Biggs. Back at the tower, Rane announces that if he does not contact the plane and give flight clearance, his men aboard have been instructed to kill

864-404: The rest of the hostages. The FBI agents arrange to return Rane to the plane, escorted by two agents, with plans to have a sniper take down Rane and allow them to storm the plane to save the hostages. However, the sniper is Vincent, who kills the escorts but is shot dead by Cutter, and Rane makes it inside safely. Rane orders the pilots to take off, while Cutter, with Biggs' help, manages to jump from

900-455: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about airports with the same or similar names. If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended airport article, if one exists. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sanford_Airport&oldid=479134226 " Category : Airport disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

936-451: The termination of their flights to Sanford. All flights were operated using their Airbus A330 and served London Gatwick , Manchester and Glasgow International . In April 2016, Interjet operated flights to Mexico City . It later switched operations to the main Orlando airport from May 2018. In 2017, Thomson Airways (now TUI Airways ) began operating routes to UK airports. This was

972-482: The theaters." So I did a couple of re-writes for them, for Warner Bros. who owned it, then I got another picture and came back and then it became a black movie." Raffill says his work only remains in the first quarter of the resulting film. Raffill could not think of a title for the film but noticed a bottle of ketchup and was inspired by the Heinz 57 mark to call the film Passenger 57. Although supposedly set partly at

1008-462: The then-Orlando Sanford Regional Airport, where it represented a small airport in Louisiana. Shortly after filming, a new control tower was built and air traffic control operations assumed by the FAA. The Navy control tower and the large Navy hangar to which it was attached were demolished. In the mid-1990s, a new passenger terminal capable of accommodating jet airliners was built. Charter airlines catering to

1044-642: Was cast in lead roles of other features, including Money Train , Drop Zone , Demolition Man , The Art of War , and the Blade trilogy . The film received mixed reviews. Critics praised Wesley Snipes and Bruce Payne's performances, but panned the script. On Rotten Tomatoes it has an approval rating of 30% based on 27 reviews, with an average rating of 4.5/10. The consensus states: "Wesley Snipes tries to pilot Passenger 57 away from turbulence, but even he can't help this implausible coach-class action bomber from nose-diving." Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave

1080-668: Was completed on April 1, 2013. Parallel Runways 9C/27C and 9R/27L were built later, the former on a previous taxiway and the latter all-new, for small aircraft. The airport also has Runway 18/36, another Navy runway, for rare northerly fronts in the winter, but this 6000-ft runway is rarely used by airliners. On December 31, 2019, there were 326 aircraft based at this airport: 221 single-engine, 53 multi-engine, 48 jet and 4 helicopters. [REDACTED] Media related to Orlando Sanford International Airport at Wikimedia Commons Passenger 57 British international terrorist Charles Rane, whose career has been dubbed as "The Rane of Terror" by

1116-460: Was composed by jazz bassist Stanley Clarke , and features both jazz fusion and more traditional grand orchestral pieces. A soundtrack album was issued by Epic Records on CD and cassette to coincide with the film's release. However, the main title theme was strangely omitted from it, and can instead be found on the later collection, Stanley Clarke: At the Movies . The track "Chaos on

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1152-653: Was moving many flights to the larger and more centrally located Orlando International Airport in order to compete with AirTran Airways . Owing to passenger feedback, all flights have returned to Orlando Sanford. In 2014, Thomas Cook Airlines moved their operations back to Orlando International Airport after almost a decade of serving Orlando Sanford with the operations of Airtours , JMC Air & My Travel . In September 2019, Thomas Cook ceased all operations. Icelandair moved to Orlando International Airport in 2015. In October 2017, Monarch Airlines ceased operations, after entering administration, therefore resulting in

1188-438: Was once dominated by European charter services. Since 2008, however, a majority of its passenger traffic has been domestic; this is attributable to the entrance of Las Vegas –based Allegiant Air , for which Sanford is a focus city . Sanford was also a small focus city for the travel marketer Direct Air until the company's demise in 2012. Orlando Sanford International Airport started life as Naval Air Station Sanford with

1224-419: Was released on November 6, 1992, and opened at number one rank in 1,734 theaters. The opening weekend receipts were $ 10,513,925. The film's final US domestic gross receipts were $ 44,065,653. Internationally, the film grossed $ 22,437,000, for a worldwide total of $ 66,502,653. Passenger 57 is one of the films that launched Wesley Snipes's career in the action genre. Because of this film's success, Wesley Snipes

1260-418: Was used by the U.S. Navy until 1969. The airport is owned and operated by the Sanford Airport Authority. It serves as an operating base for Allegiant Air . Sanford is Orlando's secondary commercial airport, and is farther away from downtown Orlando and Walt Disney World than the primary airport, Orlando International Airport (MCO/KMCO). Because of the affiliation with Orlando, passenger traffic at Sanford

1296-602: Was written as an action film for a guy like Clint Eastwood , about a man going to bury his son in Spain who sat next to an Iranian terrorist on the plane. The terrorist hijacks the plane and takes the passengers to Iran. Then the Clint Eastwood type character escapes, captures the Mullahs and holds them as prisoners in exchange for American prisoners. Raffill says "The head of the studio said to me, "If I make that movie, they'll blow up

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