Aviation

Summary of Services

Airport Executive and Administration

• Manages and provides guidance and direction for all of the airport’s activities.

• Monitors and responds to federal, state, and local requirements.

• Manages community relations, governmental affairs, and strategic planning.

Airport Properties and Development

• Administers lease management, concessions, restaurant, and tenant relations.

• Responsible for business recruitment, marketing and research, and demographic reporting and analyses.

Finance and Administration

• Responsible for financial management, accounting, and budgeting.

• Grant administration, billing, and receiving.

• Manages airline rates and charges.

• Responsible for Payroll and Human Services.

Facilities Management

• Responsible for building and airfield maintenance.

• Maintains the terminal, airfield, the control tower, fire station, hangars, runways, taxiways, aprons, parking facilities, and all airport acreage.

Operations, Security and Information Technology

• Monitors and directs airfield operations.

• Responsible for enforcing and overseeing airport rules and regulations and minimum standards.

• Ensures compliance with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Regulations.

• Manages services provided by fire and police units located at the airport.

Capital Programs and Environmental Compliance

• Responsible for managing the department’s construction and capital improvement plan.

• Prepares and identifies capital program costs, design review, and environmental management.

• Provides accountability to the City, FAA, and Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT).

FY26

• In FY26, Aviation will continue to provide outstanding services to the community at their current staffing level.

FY27-30

Planning for future taxiway rehabilitation projects, along with additional facility capital improvements.

The Tallahassee International Airport (TLH) is the site of an emerging International Port of Entry and has received approval from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to be designated as a User-Fee Airport. Construction of a 40,000 square foot world-class Federal Inspection Services (FIS) facility, a $34.3 million investment, is substantially complete and will be operational in 2026. The FIS will meet all CBP design standards for processing up to 200 passengers per hour.
TLH will also be home to a fully operational Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) with CBP oversight that will span an eleven (11)-county Service Area between the I-75 corridor and Port St. Joe, Florida, subject to U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones Board approval. An FTZ is a secure, federally designated location in the United States that is considered to be outside of U.S. Customs’ territory for tariff purposes. TLH’s new Zone will support international commerce, stimulate the economy, and bolster the Northwest and North Central Florida Regions’ global market competitiveness. As a significant catalyst for economic growth, the FTZ is projected to create more than 1,600 jobs over the next 10 years and generate over $300 million in annual economic impact once full maturity is reached in 2036.