The tragic crash involving a US Army helicopter and United Airlines plane in Washington DC is raising questions about the safety of military training exercises near civilian airports, including here in Jacksonville.

Jacksonville International Airport had its busiest year in 2024, breaking its record in passenger traffic with more than 7.6 million passengers flying through the airport, according to a news release.

More than 7.6 million passengers use the airport, a 2.8% increase over 2023, the previous top year for traffic.

A major winter storm that slammed Texas and blanketed the northern Gulf Coast with record-breaking snow moved east Wednesday, spreading heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across parts of the Florida Panhandle, Georgia and eastern Carolinas.

Jacksonville International Airport (JIA) is back open after being closed from 8 p.m. Tuesday night until noon Wednesday because of winter storm conditions.

JIA officials announced Wednesday that JIA broke records again as more than 7.6 million travelers passed through the airport in 2024. That’s up from the 7.45 million passengers who used the airport in 2023. The 2024 figure is a 2.4% increase over the 2023 number which also was the record for visitors at the time.

The Jacksonville International Airport announced it will close following its last departure around 8 p.m. Tuesday ahead of the rare winter storm that is set to impact North Florida and southern ...

particularly north and west of the city. And Jacksonville International Airport did record measurable frozen precipitation, 0.1 inches, the first time that's happened since 1989. In Southeast ...

The state bills itself as the "First in Flight" and PTI will be the home of the Boom Supersonic jet manufacturing facility called 'The Overture Superfactory." The company announced it was moving to North Carolina in 2022 and a year later, the groundbreaking was held in January 2023 at PTI.

Freshman Rep. Addison McDowell (R-N.C.) introduced legislation this week to rename the Dulles International Airport (IAD) near Washington after President Trump. McDowell, who represents

Rep. Addison McDowell, a freshman Republican representing part of central North Carolina, has introduced a bill that calls for renaming Dulles International Airport after President Donald Trump.