 tallahassee regional airport  is a city-owned public airport five miles southwest of tallahassee, in leon county, florida. == history == thumb|right|city commission at airport (1961)  the airport began as tallahassee municipal airport with a ceremony on april 23, 1961. the flag of the united states was presented to the city of tallahassee by captain eddie rickenbacker, world war i fighter ace and chairman of the board of eastern airlines. an aerial demonstration was performed by u.s. army aircraft from fort rucker, alabama. tallahassee municipal replaced the city's first airport, dale mabry field, which closed that year. eastern airlines opened the airport by ferrying city, state and chamber of commerce officials. aboard the flight were tallahassee mayor joe cordell, state comptroller ray green, tallahassee city commissioners davis atkinson, george taff, hugh williams, tallahassee city manager arvah hopkins, tallahassee city clerk-auditor george white, airport manager flagg chittenden, and ernest menendez, frank deller, james calhoun, john ward and jeff lewis, all of the tallahassee-leon county chamber of commerce. from the airport's opening until the early 1980s, the airport's primary runway was runway 18/36, a 6076-foot runway with an ils approach, enabling all-weather appr
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