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Comprehensive Plan Transportation Element <br />Municipal Airport no longer existed, having been discontinued in 1996 due to low demand. <br />While non-scheduled charter flights were still available, the number of passengers taking <br />advantage of this service was low. Total operations at Vero Beach Airport, Sebastian Airport, <br />and New Hibiscus Airpark were 179,664, 48,684, and 20,300, respectively, in 2006. <br />Figure 4.6 depicts the location of Indian River County's Airports, while Figures 4.6.1 and 4.6.2 <br />show current land uses surrounding the airports. In 20052019, the land uses surrounding the <br />Vero Beach airport included parkland, mobile home parks, and conservation areas, as well as <br />commercial, government, industrial, residential, and mixed uses. Surrounding land uses at the <br />Sebastian Airport were mobile home parks, as well as conservation, commercial, industrial, <br />institutional, single and multifamily residential, recreational and riverfront mixed uses. The <br />roadways accessing these airports all operate at level -of -service "D" or above. In 2019 Tthe <br />existing locations of the county's waterway and railway networks are depicted on Figure 4.6.3:, <br />although improvements to Aviation Blvd. intersections are being planned and segments of <br />Aviation Blvd. are being considered by the city of Vero Beach for expansion. <br />Community Development Department Indian River County 54 <br />APPENDIX A — Transportation Amendments <br />