[1] The facility is connected to the main airport terminal roughly 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north via an automated people mover (APM) system.

The Greater Orlando Aviation Authority had already invested considerably in improvements to accommodate the station and high-speed rail line, such as the extra length of the south taxiway bridges over the southern airport access road, which is now used by Brightline.

The extension would travel 3.5 miles (5.6 km) from the existing SunRail line along an Orlando Utilities Commission rail spur, which runs along the southern boundary of the airport's property.

The route is used exclusively by coal trains to serve the Curtis H. Stanton Energy Center in eastern Orange County.

plan is for a light rail line that would most likely connect the airport and with the Orange County Convention Center, Florida Mall, and the Sand Lake Road SunRail station before reaching International Drive.