Manatee County Transportation


 
 Domestic/International Air Transportation
Major Area Airports
Three international airports can be found within 50 miles of Manatee County. Sarasota Bradenton International Airport (SRQ) is a mere 10 minutes from downtown Bradenton and provides commercial flights and general aviation services to more than 1.5 million passengers annually.  Further domestic and international air transportation options can be accessed through Tampa International Airport (TPA) within 47 miles and St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport (PIE) within 36 miles of Bradenton.
Sarasota Bradenton International Airport (SRQ):
Main air carrier runway length 9,500 ft.
Terminal complex 240,000 sq. ft.
Air cargo building 19,200 sq. ft.
Public parking spaces 1,450
Land 1,102 acres
(738 acres - Manatee County / 364 - Sarasota County)
Scheduled Carriers:
Air Canada JetBlue
Air France KLM
AirTran  Northwest
Alitallia US Airways
Delta
Sample list of non-stop SRQ flights*
Atlanta, GA Indianapolis, IN
Baltimore, MD Memphis, TN
Boston, MA New York, NY
Charlotte, NC Toronto, Canada
Cincinnati, OH Washington, DC
Detroit, MI
*Subject to change
SRQ General Aviation Fixed Base Operations Website:
Dolphin Aviation www.srq-airport.com
Jones Aviation
Rectrix Aviaton
Source:  Sarasota Bradenton International Airport
Tampa International Airport
Tampa International Airport is the largest airport in the region with 21 carriers.   The airport had over 18 million passengers in 2008 with 260 daily departures.
St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport
St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport provides access to commercial airliners, and smaller charter craft.  The airport had over 740,000 passengers in 2008.
 Water Transportation
Port Manatee
Located in the eastern Gulf of Mexico at the entrance of the Tampa Bay, Port Manatee is one of Florida's largest ports and is the closest U.S. deepwater seaport to the Panama Canal.  Eight million Floridians live within two hours of Port Manatee.  The port is a prime location with nearly 5,000 acres of surrounding green space ripe for development and features 40-foot deep facilities.  Port Manatee handles approximately 9 million tons of cargo each year. Located in Foreign Trade Zone 169.  Port Manatee offers exceptional highway and interstate connections with 60-mph access to Interstate 75 and Interstate 275. Trucks leaving Port Manatee reach I-75 and I-275 in less than four minutes via U.S. Highway 41.
Primary Cargoes
Tropical fruits and vegetables
Citrus juices and beverages
Forestry products
Refined petroleum products
Finished phosphate fertilizers
Non-ferrous metals
Cement and cement clinker
Steel
Project cargo
Top Imports and Exports
Petroleum products - import
Cement products - import
Fertilizer - export
Forestry products - import
Fruit - import
Orange juice - import and export
Natural gas - import
Automobiles - export
Port Manatee has more than one million square feet of public warehouse and office space, featuring 202,000 square feet of refrigerated space, including 30,000 square feet of freezer space. The port offers nearly one-and-one-half miles of berthing for ships. Another 1,584 feet of deepwater berthing is set for completion in 2010 with the opening of Berth 12.
Crane
Gottwald HMK 6407 Mobile Harbor Container Crane
Lifting capacity: 100 tons at 80 feet
Reach: 13-container-wide reach
Container moves: up to 25 containers per hour
Height: 131 feet
Eye view from operator’s cab: 85 feet
Crane weight operational: 420 tons
Maximum radius: 167 feet
Height from ground with boom elevated to 36 feet radius point: 257 feet
Hoisting speed: 100 tons – 66 feet per minute; 45 tons – 132 feet per minute
Multi-purpose crane handling containers, project, heavy-lift, bulk, breakbulk and general cargo
Port Manatee’s Class III railroad connects to CSX rail lines with two switch engines (1,600 and 1,700 horsepower) and nine miles of standard gauge track, 20 switches, nine crossings and 300-car capacity.  The railroad operates 24 hours a day to accommodate customer needs, 
Source:  Port Manatee
 Ground Transportation
Motor Freight Carriers Bus Service
ABF Freight System Local Mass Transit
CRST Logistics Inter City Service
GTI Logistics Greyhound Lines:  15 Daily Arrivals / Departures
Gator Freightway
Gingerich Trucking Shipping & Receiving
Interstate Truckers Regional Mail Handling Facility:
Landstar Inway Manasota Mail Processing Center
Lee Transport Service Sorting Capacity: 2.8 million daily
Pollywog Transportation
Roadway Express Major Overnight Express Service (sampling)
Specialized Maerial Airborne Express Federal Express
Target Interstate DHL Greyhound
WES-FLO Co. Delta Airlines UPS
Yellow Transportation Emery Worldwide U.S. Postal Service
Source:  Economic Development Council Research
Railroad Service
CSX Transportation
u Connects to Port Manatee's railroad & all U.S. markets
u Carload Shipments reach major eastern U.S. cities in 3-6 days
Source:  CSX Transportation
             Source: Port Manatee
Port Manatee’s Class III railroad connects to CSX rail lines with two switch engines (1,600 and 1,700 horsepower) and nine miles of standard gauge track, 20 switches, nine crossings and 300-car capacity.  The railroad operates 24 hours a day to accommodate customer needs,