- December 16, 2025
The Federal Aviation Administration training facility in Palm Coast, which employs about 115 people, could be in danger of leaving.
The lease on the facility, located on Palm Coast Parkway, is expiring, and the FAA wants to relocate it somewhere that is within 25 miles of a major airport. The Palm Coast facility is too far from Orlando, and so it doesn’t qualify.
City officials are working with their lobbyist and with U.S. Rep. John Mica to see if they can keep the facility here. Mica has proposed legislation that would require “economic distress” to be a factor in the decision to relocate the facility, thus giving Palm Coast a greater chance. But the legislation has become tied up in Washington, D.C.
Moreover, Kansas City officials are also working hard to attract the facility to fill a vacant building downtown, which ostensibly fulfills the requirements from the FAA. Kansas City made it onto a short list of finalists. Palm Coast didn't.
Read more on this story in the print edition of the Palm Coast Observer.
