Abandoned Maguire Airport near Ocoee FL

This video contains shots of the abandoned Maguire Airport in Ocoee, FL. This small country airport was located 12nm due west of Orlando Executive Airport on Maguire Road in Ocoee surrounded by orange groves. The video was shot in 1990 before the airport disappeared completely and now there is nary a trace to be found. The land is now occupied by a shopping center and homes. The airport had a north/south 2,400 ft. turf runway, Runway 36/18. Some of my best flying days were spent at this airport under the watchful eye of Harold Maguire.

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[devon2576]

i fly at KORL.

[nbkc21d]

@devon2576 I flew for many yrs from KORL for Flight Express.

[devon2576]

@nbkc21d is that like a regional airline? i fly at AirOrlando for student pilots

[nbkc21d]

@devon2576 Naah! Its an air courier. When I was there the hangar was over behind Showalter. More recently the outfit move to the west ramp and is north of Air Orlando. Flying mostly C210's, BE 55's and BE 58's.

[draculus5]

Interesting video. I remember where Heller Bros used to be (before the Turnpike overpass) but forgot about this.

[nbkc21d]

@draculus5 Glad that I could bring back the airport's memory! I posted an revised, expanded version on my channed with pics from Google Earth with "then" and "now" images.

[devon2576]

@nbkc21d Sounds awesome, yeah, i fly Cesnna 172 SP's. hope i move up. but hey everyone started with the 172 i heard.

[nbkc21d]

Yeah. Just a small country airport. It was close to Disney World which we flew over often. The place is completely gone and you would never know it ever existed. It was small in size, but big in character. thanks for the comment!

[josh198869]

not much of a airport lol