Car hire Gainesville Airport

The public Gainesville Regional Airport lies three miles northeast of the city it serves, in the middle of northern Florida with car rental in Gainesville Airport. Three new passenger boarding bridges have recently opened at this airport, whose terminal is currently being renovated. In 2006, more than 133,000 passengers entered the former JR Alison Airport.

Gainesville Airport facilities

Although general aviation forms 84 per cent of the airport's total traffic, its direct commercial destinations include Miami with American Eagle, Atlanta with Delta Connection and Charlotte with US Airways Express. The passenger terminal includes two places to eat, an ATM near the Baggage Claim are and six companies where people may compare car hire.

Gainesville Airport excursions

It takes no more than two hours to make the journey south to Orlando with car hire in Gainesville Airport. This inland Florida city is just 90 minutes' drive from Jacksonville as well as 2 hours, 30 minutes by car from Daytona Beach and Tallahassee. Attractions even closer to Gainesville include Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, Ginnie Springs Outdoors and the unique Devil's Millhopper Geological State Park. A miniature rainforest grows in this unusual bowl-shaped cavity.

Best time to visit

Gainesville's latitude and climate are fairly similar to Houston, Texas. Although the city, like most cities of Florida, usually enjoys warm and sunny weather, Gainesville's temperature fluctuations are more dramatic than Floridan cities situated farther south and closer to the water. Temperatures plummet by as much as 20°C at night in summer and below the freezing level on winter nights. The dogwood trees are in full bloom by spring and leaves even briefly change colour in November and December.

Car rental in Gainesville Airport

Gainesville's main freeway, Interstate 75, runs west of the city, while US Route 301 leads to Jacksonville and Orlando. The majority of Gainesville streets run from north to south, except for many of the roads with the words avenue, place, road or lane in their names. Most Gainesville streets are numbered, except for the busiest roads, which are named after the communities to which they lead.