A Florida airport where residents can taxi to a private runway from their estates is running into some turbulence.
And celebrity John Travolta, a longtime resident of Jumbolair, is wading into the controversy. Travolta owns a 6,600-square-foot home on 20 acres at Jumbolair, located in Ocala.
The world-famous actor is adding his voice with those who oppose rezoning land around Jumbolair that has been proposed by Jumbolair manager Robert Bull. If approved, the proposed zoning change would allow more residential and commercial/industrial development.
“Compared to the existing low-density neighborhoods surrounding the area, Bull’s proposals would irrevocably alter the complexion of north central Marion County from a quiet, rural farmland community to a bustling airfield surrounded by dense residential development and commercial development,” according to a letter sent to the Marion County Board of County Commissioners on behalf of Travolta and several others.
Travolta is no stranger to controversy when it comes to his plane. While living in another private community near Daytona Beach in the 1990s, he clashed with the homeowner’s association over the weight and noise of his plane.