The competition for airspace is just beginning as the space age kicks into high gear on the Space Coast.

At the center of it all is SpaceX, which seeks to bring its game-changing Starship to Florida but with a sobering cost, delaying as many as 12,000 commercial flights each year.

The company’s target of as many as 120 Starship launches and landings annually could cause regular conflicts with takeoffs and landings at surrounding airports, according to two recent studies, the FAA’s draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for proposed SpaceX Starship activity from Kennedy Space Center and a similar EIS from the Department of the Air Force for a second Starship launch site at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station .

Elon Musk’s rocket company insists the concerns are overblown.

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