Weekend trips to Key West? Lakeland charter starts Memorial Day weekend

LAKELAND, Fla. — An air charter in Lakeland claims to have an alternative to driving for hours to get to Key West.

Lakeland-based Legacy Flights will offer roundtrip day trips to Key West from Lakeland Linder Regional Airport starting Memorial Day weekend.

It costs $199 for Florida residents and $229 for others.

The company is calling them “daycations,” and the Key West flight is the first of similar flights the growing company plans to offer in the future, company spokesman Mitch Pizik said.

Possible future "daycations" include Bimini, Bahamas; Gatlinburg, Tennessee; and Savannah, Georgia.