Welcome to SRQ! At this location you will be able to see planes landing and taking off from runway 22.
Here is the link to live atc at SRQ: https://www.liveatc.net/hlisten.php?mount=ksrq1_app_dep&icao=ksrq
This cache could be a quick P&G if you know what to do. You are looking for a black bison container. Don't forget to take a picture with some planes and leave a like. Have fun and happy Caching!
The history of SRQ: The airport's beginnings date back to early 1939 when government and business leaders from Sarasota and Manatee counties agreed to construct an airport together, designed to serve the aviation needs of the two-county area. A 620-acre site was selected on the Sarasota-Manatee County line through a Federal WPA-CCA Grant. In May 1941, resolutions were passed creating the Sarasota Manatee Joint Airport Authority made up of one representative each from Sarasota County, Manatee County, the City of Sarasota and the City of Bradenton. A resolution also established the name of the new facility as the Sarasota Bradenton Airport. Aviation facilities were completed by early 1942 at a cost of nearly one million dollars. The Authority leased the land to the Army Air Corps later in 1942 as a fighter pilot training base during World War II. During the war, the federal government spent several million dollars in improvements at Sarasota Bradenton Airport and added another 250 acres to airport land. By late 1947, transfer of land and facilities back to the Airport Authority was completed.
Airport facilities began deteriorating rapidly during the early post-war years and the Authority recognized it could not properly operate the airfield under existing laws. In 1955, the Florida Legislature passed the Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority Act. This act gave Authority Members power to: maintain and improve the facilities as necessary; adopt bylaws, policies, and procedures to operate the airport; accept grants from any government entity or private agency or individual; sell bonds for airport purposes; and, make and enforce Airport Zoning Regulations. Following the adoption of the act, the Authority Members undertook several ambitious programs, including the opening of a new terminal building in 1959. Other improvements included parallel taxiway and runway overlay construction in 1963, and a runway extension (to 7,001') in the early 1970's. In 2002, the main runway was extended to 9,500 feet.
Although commercial airline service began as early as 1940 at Sarasota Bradenton Airport, it was not until 1965 that jet service was first provided to the area by National Airlines. Eastern Airlines began commercial service in 1961. General aviation service first appeared at the airport in the 1950's.
In 1970, the voters of Sarasota and Manatee counties opted for an elected - rather than appointed - Airport Authority, and enabling state legislation was adopted in 1972. Two Authority Members had to live in and represent Sarasota County and two were to live in Manatee County. No longer did the Members have to be previously elected officials of the surrounding local jurisdictions. In 1990, the state legislature added four new members (two from each county) to the Authority. In 2000, the voters of Sarasota and Manatee counties approved legislation that changed the Airport Authority selection process from public election of an eight-member commission to a six-member commission appointed by the Governor.
In the 1970s, airfield improvements continued with radar detection equipment, other buildings including shade hangars, a new safety/security building, and a new entrance from U.S. 301. Additional terminal facilities were built in 1979 and commuter facility added in 1983. By the mid-1980's, the Airport Authority owned over 1,100 acres.