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FLORIDA AIR LINES TIMETABLES

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Updated January 17, 2022
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Florida Air Lines 
June 1, 1966
Cities served: Fort Myers, Gainesville, Tampa
IATA code: FA
Equipment: Beech Bonanza, Beech 18 (C-45), Piper Apache

Credit: From the collection of David Henderson. 
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Florida Air Lines 
December 15, 1967
Cities served: Fort Myers, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Ocala, Tampa
IATA code: FA
Equipment: Beech Bonanza, Beech 18, Piper Apache

Credit: From the collection of David Henderson.
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Florida Air Lines 
December 1, 1968
Cities served: Fort Myers, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Ocala, Sarasota, Tampa, Titusville / Cocoa
IATA code: FA
Equipment: Beech Bonanza, Beech 18, Douglas DC-3

Credit: From the collection of David Henderson. 
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Florida Air Lines 
June 1, 1969
Cities served: Fort Myers, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Ocala, Sarasota, Tampa
IATA code: FA
Equipment: Beech Bonanza, Beech 18, Douglas DC-3

Credit: From the collection of David Henderson. 
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Florida Air Lines 
August 10, 1969
Cities served: Fort Myers, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Ocala, Sarasota, Tampa
IATA code: FA
Equipment: Beech Bonanza, Beech 18, Douglas DC-3​

Credit: From the collection of David Henderson. 
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Florida Air Lines 
February 15, 1971
Cities served: Fort Myers, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Ocala, Punta Gorda - Port Charlotte, Tampa
IATA code: FA
Equipment: Cessna 402, Douglas DC-3

Credit: From the collection of David Henderson. 
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Florida Air Lines 
January 20, 1972
Cities served: Fort Myers, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Ocala, Punta Gorda - Port Charlotte, Tampa
IATA code: FA
Equipment: Cessna 402, Douglas DC-3
Notes: 

Credit: From the collection of David Henderson. 
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Florida Air Lines 
July 1, 1972
Cities served: Fort Myers, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Ocala, Punta Gorda - Port Charlotte, Tampa
IATA code: FA
Equipment: Cessna 402, Douglas DC-3
Notes: 

Credit: From the collection of David Henderson. 
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Florida Air Lines 
April 15, 1973
Cities served: Fort Myers, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Ocala, Punta Gorda - Port Charlotte, Tampa
IATA code: FA
Equipment: Cessna 402, Douglas DC-3
Notes: 

Credit: From the collection of David Henderson. 
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Florida Air Lines 
October 1, 1973
Cities served: Fort Myers, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Ocala, Punta Gorda - Port Charlotte, Tampa
IATA code: FA
Equipment: Cessna 402, Douglas DC-3 

Credit: From the collection of David Henderson. 
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Florida Air Lines 
July 1, 1974
Cities served: Fort Myers, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Miami, Ocala, Punta Gorda - Port Charlotte, Sarasota, Tallahassee, Tampa
IATA code: FA
Equipment: Cessna 402, Douglas DC-3

Credit: From the collection of David Henderson. 
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Florida Air Lines 
September 1, 1974
Cities served: Fort Myers, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Miami, Ocala, Punta Gorda - Port Charlotte, Sarasota, Tallahassee, Tampa
IATA code: FA
Equipment: Cessna 402, Douglas DC-3

Credit: From the collection of David Henderson. 
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Florida Air Lines 
November 9, 1974
Cities served: Fort Myers, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Miami, Ocala, Punta Gorda - Port Charlotte, Sarasota, Tallahassee, Tampa
IATA code: FA
Equipment: Cessna 402, Douglas DC-3

Credit: From the collection of David Henderson. 
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Florida Air Lines 
February 15, 1975
Cities served: Fort Myers, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Miami, Ocala, Punta Gorda - Port Charlotte, Sarasota, Tallahassee, Tampa
IATA code: FE
Equipment: Cessna 402, Douglas DC-3 

Credit: From the collection of David Henderson. 
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Florida Air Lines 
June 15, 1975
Cities served: Ft. Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Miami, Ocala, Punta Gorda - Port Charlotte, St. Simons, Sarasota, Tampa
IATA code: FE
Equipment: Cessna 402, Douglas DC-3
Notes: Connecting flights to Atlanta via Air South are shown.​

Credit: From the collection of David Henderson. 
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Florida Air Lines 
September 15, 1975
Cities served: Ft. Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Miami, Ocala, Punta Gorda - Port Charlotte, St. Simons, Sarasota, Tampa
IATA code: FE
Equipment: Cessna 402, Douglas DC-3

Credit: From the collection of David Henderson. 
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Air South /  Florida Air Lines / Shawnee Airlines
December 15, 1975
Cities served: Atlanta, Ft. Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Freeport, Gainesville, Hilton Head Island, Jacksonville, Miami, Nassau, Ocala, Orlando, Punta Gorda - Port Charlotte, St. Simons, Sarasota, Tampa, West Palm Beach
IATA code: FE
Equipment: Douglas DC-3
Notes: Air South, Florida and Shawnee were now under common ownership and combined schedules are shown here.

Credit: From the collection of David Henderson. 
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Air South /  Florida Air Lines / Shawnee Airlines
March 1, 1976
Cities served: Atlanta, Charlotte, Ft. Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Freeport, Gainesville, Hilton Head Island, Jacksonville, Miami, Nassau, Ocala, Orlando, Punta Gorda - Port Charlotte, St. Simons, Sarasota, Tampa, Vero Beach, West Palm Beach
IATA code: FE
Equipment: Douglas DC-3
Notes: Air South, Florida and Shawnee were under common ownership.

Credit: From the collection of David Henderson. 
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Air South /  Florida Air Lines / Shawnee Airlines
April 25, 1976
Cities served: Atlanta, Charlotte, Ft. Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Freeport, Gainesville, Hilton Head Island, Jacksonville, Miami, Nassau, Ocala, Punta Gorda - Port Charlotte, St. Simons, Sarasota, Tampa, Vero Beach, West Palm Beach
IATA code: FE
Equipment: Douglas DC-3
Deleted city: Orlando
Notes: Air South, Florida and Shawnee were under common ownership.

Credit: From the collection of David Henderson.
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Air South /  Florida Air Lines / Shawnee Airlines
July 1, 1976
Cities served: Atlanta, Charlotte, Ft. Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Freeport, Gainesville, Hilton Head Island, Jacksonville, Miami, Nassau, Ocala, Punta Gorda - Port Charlotte, St. Simons, Sarasota, Tampa, Vero Beach, West Palm Beach
IATA code: FE
Equipment: Douglas DC-3
Deleted city: Charlotte, NC
Notes: The combined companies claimed to operate the world's largest DC-3 fleet during 1976.

Credit: From the collection of David Henderson. 
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Air South /  Florida Air Lines / Shawnee Airlines
December 15, 1976
Cities served: Atlanta, Ft. Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Freeport, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Miami, Nassau, St. Simons, Sarasota, Tampa, West Palm Beach
IATA code: FE
Equipment: Douglas DC-3
Deleted cities:  Hilton Head, Ocala, Punta Gorda, 
Vero Beach 
Notes: The combined companies were advertised as "The Connection" during this time.
Credit: From the collection of David Henderson. 
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Air South /  Florida Air Lines 
June 1, 1977
Cities served: Atlanta, Ft. Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Miami, St. Simons Island, Sarasota, Tampa
IATA code: FE
Equipment: Douglas DC-3, Martin 404
Deleted cities: Freeport, Jacksonville, Nassau
Notes: Shawnee Airlines Bahamas routes were sold by Florida Airlines in 1977. 

Credit: From the collection of David Henderson. 
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Air South /  Florida Air Lines 
August 1, 1977
Cities served: Atlanta, Ft. Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Miami, St. Simons Island, Sarasota, Tampa
IATA code: FE
Equipment: Douglas DC-3, Martin 404

Credit: From the collection of David Henderson. 
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Air South /  Florida Air Lines 
March 15, 1978 & March 1, 1978
Cities served: Atlanta, Ft. Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Miami, St. Simons Island, Sarasota, Tampa
IATA code: FE
Equipment: Douglas DC-3, Martin 404

Notes: Different effective dates for each airline's schedules.
Credit: From the collection of David Henderson. 
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Air South /  Florida Air Lines 
April 4, 1978
Cities served: Atlanta, Ft. Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Hilton Head Island, Miami, St. Simons Island, Sarasota, Tampa
IATA code: FE
Equipment: Douglas DC-3, Martin 404
Added city: Hilton Head Island

Credit: From the collection of David Henderson. 
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Air South /  Florida Air Lines 
May 1, 1978
Cities served: Atlanta, Ft. Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Hilton Head Island, Miami, St. Simons Island, Sarasota, Tampa
IATA code: FE
Equipment: Douglas DC-3, Martin 404

Credit: From the collection of David Henderson. 
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Air South /  Florida Air Lines 
June 1, 1978
Cities served: Atlanta, Ft. Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Hilton Head Island, Miami, St. Simons Island, Sarasota, Tampa
IATA code: FE
Equipment: Douglas DC-3, Martin 404

Credit: From the collection of David Henderson. 
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Air South /  Florida Air Lines 
September 15, 1978 & September 6, 1978 (brown cover)
Cities served: Atlanta, Ft. Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Hilton Head Island, Miami, St. Simons Island, Sarasota, Tampa, Waycross
IATA code: FE
Equipment: Douglas DC-3, Martin 404
Added city:
Waycross
Notes: Different effective dates for each airline. Someone hand wrote the equipment types next to the flight numbers.
Credit: From the collection of David Henderson. 
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Air South / Florida Air Lines
September 15, 1978 & September 6, 1978 (red cover)
Cities served: Atlanta, Ft. Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Hilton Head Island, Miami, St. Simons Island, Sarasota, Tampa, Waycross
IATA code: FE
Equipment: Douglas DC-3, Martin 404
Added city: 
Waycross
Notes: Different effective dates for each airline. 
Credit: From the collection of David Henderson. 
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Air South / Florida Air Lines
Air South - December 15, 1978 / Florida Air Lines - December 13, 1978
Cities served: Atlanta, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Hilton Head Island, Miami, St. Simons Island, Sarasota, Tampa, Waycross 
IATA code: FE
​Notes: Combined timetables with different effective dates. Martin 404 on cover. Douglas DC-3s were also still in use. (Somebody wrote the equipment types next to the flight numbers!)
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Air South / Florida Air Lines
Air South - March 15, 1979 / Florida Air Lines - December 13, 1978
Cities served: Atlanta, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Hilton Head Island, Macon, Miami, St. Simons Island, Sarasota, Savannah, Tampa
IATA code: FE
​Added cities: Macon, Savannah
Deleted city: Waycross
Notes: Combined timetables with different effective dates. Martin 404 on cover. Douglas DC-3s were also still in use.
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Air South / Florida Air Lines
Air South - April 15, 1979 / Florida Air Lines - December 13, 1978
Cities served: Atlanta, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Hilton Head Island, Macon, Miami, St. Simons Island, Sarasota, Tampa
​
IATA code: FE
​Notes: Combined timetables with different effective dates. Martin 404 on cover. Douglas DC-3s were also still in use.
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Air South / Florida Air Lines
April 29, 1979 
Cities served: Atlanta, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Hilton Head Island, Macon, Miami, St. Simons Island, Sarasota, Tampa
​
IATA code: FE
​Equipment: Martin 404
Notes: Combined timetables.
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Air South / Florida Air Lines
June 15, 1979 
Cities served: Atlanta, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Hilton Head Island, Macon, Miami, St. Simons Island, Sarasota, Tampa
​
IATA code: FE
​Equipment: Martin 404
Notes: Combined timetables.
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Air South / Florida Air Lines
September 1, 1979 
Cities served: Atlanta, Columbus, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Macon, Miami, St. Simons Island, Sarasota, Tampa
​
IATA code: FE
​Equipment: Martin 404
New city: Columbus, GA
Deleted city: Hilton Head Island, SC
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Air South / Florida Air Lines
December 15, 1979 
Cities served: Atlanta, Columbus, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Macon, Miami, St. Simons Island, Sarasota, Tampa
​
IATA code: FE
​Equipment: Martin 404
Notes: This was the last timetable before both airlines shut down on January 11, 1980. Air South's routes and assets would be taken over by Ocean Airways and Florida would re-emerge later in the year.
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Florida Air Lines
October 1, 1980 
Cities served: Fort Myers, Miami, Sarasota
​
IATA code: FE
​Equipment: Martin 404
Notes: A two-sided timetable printed on textured orange paper showing 
Florida Airlines as a considerably smaller company following the bankruptcy in January 1980.
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Florida Air Lines
November 1, 1980 
Cities served: Miami, St. Petersburg​
​
IATA code: FE
​Equipment: Martin 404
Notes: A single-sided timetable printed on textured yellow paper.
Credit: From the collection of David Henderson. 
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Florida Air Lines
November 15, 1980 
Cities served: Fort Myers, Miami, Sarasota
​
IATA code: FE
​Equipment: Martin 404
Notes: 
This timetable makes no mention of the St. Petersburg service shown in the timetable from 2 weeks earlier.
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Florida Air Lines
April 1, 1981
Cities served: Fort Myers, Miami, Sarasota
IATA code: FE
Equipment: Martin 404
Notes:
This is the final Florida Airlines timetable. The company was reorganized as Southern International in August 1981.
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