US (FL): Airglades Airport could become major perishables hub
If everything goes to plan, a handling facility as large as 1 million square feet will be constructed that could bring more than 1,000 jobs to the 2,850-acre airport.
All that’s according to Fred Ford, an airport executive and consultant with five decades of experience who has been the force behind the effort since its inception in 2008.
The all-under-one-roof perishable building would include space for loading the cargo and be built for ease of inspections. Airplanes would fly into a cool building, which is important to preserve the quality of the fragile flowers flown in from Colombia and Ecuador.
Once on American soil, flowers and other commodities are trucked to destinations all over the country, as well as Canada.
As Miami International Airport becomes busier, Ford said, the amount of perishable items it can handle is approaching capacity. Airglades is seen by Ford and others as a way to relieve some of that traffic.
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