Near RSW
Land at RSW, drive your own car in ten minutes.
Three miles from the I-75 off-ramp to RSW, roughly a ten-minute drive. For an owner who flies in, commercially or privately into Base Operations, that means the walk from the aircraft to your own car in your own building is roughly ten minutes of driving, at any hour.
No rental counter, no shuttle, no queue at Christmas, and no car of unknown history with somebody else's key fob.
Getting here from RSW Airport
13461 Shire Lane
About 10 minutes from the terminal
About 10 minutes from the terminalTerminal Access Road to Daniels Parkway west, then to Shire Lane.
- Inland from the open Gulf
- 9 miles
- FEMA flood zone
- Zone X
- Wind design
- 170 mph
Flood
The flood zone in RSW Airport, and the flood zone here.
Zones are assigned parcel by parcel. Check your own address before relying on any general description.
Current exposure
RSW Airport
- FEMA flood zone
- The airport corridor and the industrial area along Daniels Parkway are largely FEMA Zone X, consistent with this parcel.
- Surge pathway
- No coastal surge pathway reaches this corridor directly; inland flooding is rainfall-driven.
The Excalibur position
Excalibur, Fort Myers
- FEMA flood zone
- FEMA Flood Zone X, outside the Special Flood Hazard Area
- Surge pathway
- Roughly nine miles inland from the open Gulf
Verify your own address
Flood zones are assigned parcel by parcel. The figures above describe each community in general terms and must be checked against Lee County GIS and the FEMA Flood Map Service Center for any specific address.
What Hurricane Ian did along the airport corridor.
RSW closed before the storm and reopened to commercial traffic several days afterwards. Along the Daniels Parkway corridor the damage was overwhelmingly wind-driven, roofing, signage, screens, tree loss and extended power outages, rather than the storm surge that devastated the coastal communities and the barrier islands.
That distinction between a wind event and a water event, nine miles apart, is the plainest single argument for storing inland.
Land, unlock your own gate and drive.
The fly-in car, ready when you land
Second-home owners who spend part of the year here, private aircraft owners based at Base Operations or at Page Field, and out-of-state collectors who want a Florida car that lives in Florida.
The pattern is simple: the car sits on a tender, in conditioned air, behind a gate, in a unit on your deed.
You land, you drive, and when you leave you put it back. 24/7 access means it works for a red-eye as well as a midday flight.
It is also the practical base for owners on Sanibel, Captiva, Fort Myers Beach and Marco who would rather not leave a vehicle at the airport for three months or at a house that is empty half the year.
The plans RSW Airport owners choose for serious storage.
Baron
1,350 sq ft · 320 sq ft second floor · From $399,000
1,350 sq ft with a 320 sq ft second floor. More than enough for the fly-in car and a second vehicle, at the lowest entry price, with a room upstairs to change and work before you leave.
Baron plans
Knight
1,800 sq ft · 450 sq ft second floor
1,800 sq ft, for the out-of-state collector building a Florida collection rather than keeping a single car.
Knight plansWhat discerning RSW Airport buyers ask before they own.
The site-wide facts, stated once: 170 mph ultimate design wind speed, FEMA Flood Zone X, outside the Special Flood Hazard Area, roughly nine miles inland from the open Gulf, and an association fee of $1,000 per quarter on a 1,350 sq ft unit, increasing pro rata with size. RV dump station on site, included in the association fee. How the building is engineered and what it costs to own are explained in full on their own pages.