Spruce Creek town, where residents commute to work by flying planes every day

Spruce Creek town, located in the northeastern part of Florida, USA. It is considered one of the most unique communities in the world, renowned as a 'airplane town.'

Spruce Creek town, where residents fly planes to work every day

Spruce Creek town is seen as one of the most unique residential communities in the world. It is home to about 5,000 people with 1,300 houses, but remarkably, it has 700 houses with private airplane hangars in front of each mansion.

Most families here own at least 1 airplane and have specially built areas for airplanes and pathways leading to the runway. So, in Spruce Creek town, opening the door reveals the runway instead of the usual street. Instead of driving cars, families choose airplanes as their mode of transportation. They build private runways directly connected to the highway positioned by GPS. For aviation enthusiasts, life in Spruce Creek can be likened to paradise.

It is known that the concept of 'airplane towns' emerged after World War II when many military airports, no longer used for military purposes, were transformed, with local aviation authorities stepping in to develop them into residential airports for retired military pilots. For Spruce Creek town in particular, the residents of this town all have high incomes. They own real estate worth millions of USD. More remarkably, the residents here are either professional pilots or individuals engaged in real estate, law, medicine, and more.

As per Mytour

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Reference: Travel guide from Mytour