Sebring Regional Airport is a public use airport located six nautical miles (7 mi, 11 km) southeast of the central business district of Sebring, a city in Highlands County, Florida, United States. It is owned by the Sebring Airport Authority. This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility. A portion of the old runway system is now Sebring International Raceway, home to the 12 Hours of Sebring, a WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series race which has been held annually since 1952. The airport is also home to a business park and is a Department of Commerce-certified Foreign Trade ZoneFTZ No. 215. DayJet formerly flew into Sebring Regional Airport through an on-demand system, providing direct flights to approximately one dozen cities. DayJet suspended operations on September 19, 2008; there is no regularly scheduled passenger service into the airport. Facilities and aircraft Sebring Regional Airport covers an area of 1,768 acres (715 ha) at an elevation of 62 feet (19 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways with asphalt surfaces: 01/19 is 5,234 by 100 feet (1,595 x 30 m) and 14/32 is 4,990 by 100 feet (1,521 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending November 19, 2009, the airport had 103,087 aircraft operations, an average of 282 per day: 99.6% general aviation and 0.4% military. At that time there were 46 aircraft based at this airport: 67% single-engine, 20% ultralight, 9% multi-engine, 2% jet, and 2% helicopter. The airport is also the home of the Light-sport aircraft Expo held annually since 2004. Governing body The governing body of the airport is the Sebring Airport Authority. It consists of a board of seven members selected by the City Council of the City of Sebring. The terms of board members is four years, and two members are selected each successive year for three years and the remaining member is selected in the fourth year. History For the World War II use of the airport, see Hendricks Army Airfield Sebring Regional Airport was originally constructed in 1940 as Hendricks Field, a B-17 Flying Fortress crew training base of the US Army Air Corps, later the US Army Air Forces. In 1940, Sebring officials and citizens contacted their Florida congressional delegation to see about getting an Army base in the area. In the summer of 1940, and in early