This course has a very attractive natural setting with many unique twisty oaks. The course provides a good amount of variety and challenge. This is more of a technical course than a power course. Hitting lines, shot shaping, and a bit of strategy are all required to score well.

There is minimal schule and virtually no chance of losing discs. The course needs very little in terms of break in. Most of the holes have a nice canopy to provide a break from the heat in the summer.

Each hole has two tees and two baskets, making for enough variety to keep players coming back. As with all WCDGD courses, the cement tee pads have plenty of grip and the signage is top-notch. The two sets of baskets on each hole are easily differentiated by red or gold colored poles.

Long-long plays to a blue level challenge.

Long-short and short-long plays to a white level challenge.

Short-short plays to a red level challenge.

There's plenty to work your game and keep you having fun at Airport Lakes. The course appeals to a wide range of skill levels.

The course feels a bit cramped and the routing is somewhat awkward. Drives from tee 3 can get into hole 5's fairway. Drives from tee 4 can get into hole 3's fairway. Drives from tee 6 can get into hole 8's fairway and vice-versa.

Overall, Airport Lakes is an average disc golf course that is enjoyable and provides good challenge to a wide variety of players. It's great to finally have a decent course on the east side of Orlando.

Don't be a dirty discer! Leave the course cleaner than you found it.

Very convenient to the airport and the only viable dgc on the east side of Orlando.
2 sets of tees and 2 sets of pins, which gives you a choice of 4 ways to play your rounds.
6 holes are very shady for summer play.
No LIVING trees were cut down by WCDGD to build this course.

Still new and has quite a few ground vines that can snag or trip you. Baskets are recycled Mach 2s. Still fine for casual play and low-level competitions.

The west side of Orlando has two 36-hole disc golf complexes within 10 minutes of each other.
The east side of Orlando has two 9-holers designed by people who do not play disc golf, hence, NOBODY plays them.

After 14 months of negotiation The City of Orlando agreed to install a 9-hole course, although 18 was disc-ussed (and designed), at Airport Lakes park, which is located, as one might guess, very near the Orlando International Airport on the Southeast side of town.

The impetus for the push for a course at A.L. was the 18 Mach 2 targets sitting idly at Bill Frederick Park at Turkey Lake, which had been replaced with newer Chainstars so that TL's "Original" course could host A-Tiers, NT's and PDGA Majors.

Although the 18 hole layout was not approved for reasons of ecological sensitivity, World Champion Disc Golf Design, LLC gained permission to use two targets per fairway on the 9-holer. What the heck...they already owned all 18 anyway. Two pins per fairway also bring into play the part of "51" that disc golfers don't like to talk about...'THE BLACK ACE". Although maybe it should be called a gray ace, since both targets belong to that fairway. The other disadvantage is people forgetting which basket they are supposed to shoot for...red? Or gold?

Two sets of tees further increases the course's versatility.

The shorter tees are red, the longer are blue.
The shorter targets are also red, the longer baskets are gold...easier to see!

Red Pad to Red Basket= 2130 ft
Red Pad to Gold Basket= 2575 ft
Blue Pad to Red Basket= 2560 ft
Blue Pad to Gold Basket= 3010 ft

Hole by hole:

#1- The red tee provides the only wide-open, grassy, forgiving tee shot on the course, and with that, the only real roller-drive possibility.
The blue tee (blind) forces a clear choice of hyzer or anhyzer around a small oak and into the grassy area.
The red pin sits atop a birm that surrounds a retention pond, which remains dry over 90% of the year.
The blue pin sits behind the birm as it curves to the left. Sidewalk and beyond is OB. Major cranks that hyzer out stand a chance of becoming lake fodder. On the rare occasions when water is in the retention pond, it will be considered 'casual'. Play in it or from behind it.
The wind on #1 can be almost Oklahom-ish in intensity. Putting on the red pin can be frustrating with the wind whipping upward out of the retention pond. Putting at the gold pin may, at times, have to go over the birm or from atop the birm, giving a rare opportunity for a downhill putt.

#2- The Red & Blue tees share a similar line down the mulchy fairway, which splits into a "Y". The red pin sits on a soft hyzer line, while the gold requires a strong flick or anhyzer. Both pins are very visible from both tees.

#3- The Red & Blue tees are aligned on a tight, but reasonable hyzer alleyway to a more open area in an oak canopy. The pins are fairly close to aligned, primarily for visuals off the tee. Hyzer skip ace runs are the norm. Both pins can be seen from both tees, though the blue tee requires some neck craning to do so.

#4- The Red tee allows for a slow inside turn-over or a wider arching flick. The Blue tee forces a restricted tee through a 5' wide gate, about 15' in front of the tee.
The red pin sits early right, the gold pin requires a good turnover glide. Some nasty shule on the left side of the gold green. An OB fence borders the left side of the fairway. Neither basket can be seen from the tees.

#5. The Blue tee requires a straight release that should hyzer for the short pin and just slightly stand-over for the gold. The Red tee is a longer walk, but the liberal fairway is fairly neutral, with lines directly at both targets. This is the shortest hole on the course and both pins are visible from both tees.

#6- The Red tee is a solid par 3 to the red pin and a very challenging par 3 to the gold.
The Blue tee is the first par 4, which suggests a 240' soft hyzer placement shot to a fairly straight approach for the red pin and a longer turn-over for the gold. Only the red basket is visible and only from the red tee.

#7- The Red and Blue tees are the same length, Blue being a tougher angle. Both are more open on the anhyzer line, but another OB fence runs along the left side. Alternate tight hyzer routes are available to those who know how to throw a hyzer that stands up flat. This fairway runs down toward Lake Warren.

#8- The red tee sits beside a tall growth of trees for protection from errant throws on #6 or 7. The Blue sits straight back, also protected, making the red's liberal window substantially more challenging. The tight alley opens up into a sparsely treed area.
An OB fence runs along the right side of the fairway, but is well protected by the trees.
The red pin splits off to the right and the gold is straight-forward but can be approached numerous ways.
A small patch of palmettos guards the gold pin about 30' beyond. A par 4 from either tee to either basket.

#9- In a slightly sadistic twist, the red tee to the red pin is actually the most difficult combination, requiring a solid flick or an impeccable turnover shot. However prevailing winds tend to knock the anny's down before they can stable-out and glide. The longer pin is a softer right turn but still demands a well executed shot to get within range.
The Blue tee is a scenic straight shot under an oak and into a Cypress Hammock. The gold pin is clearly visible on a straight and well defined line. The red pin requires a straight shot with a right hook at the end. Both baskets are visible from both tees, tho the sight lines are not always the flight lines.

The Airport Lakes disc golf course provides great opportunities for various types of shots. There may be a slight 'lefty' bias. While Red to Red should provide a solid challenge for the newer players, Blue to Gold should be enough challenge for a top-level pro. It is expected that the lion's share of players will favor 9 holes from Blue to Red and then 9 from Red to Gold (or vice versa) for their standard 18-hole rounds.

When taking a cab from the Airport, be sure to tell the driver that you are taking a short-fare, so they can get back near the front of the line back at the airport.