Indoor skydiving coming to San Antonio

iFly, an Austin-based company with 34 locations worldwide, will break ground on a facility near Interstate 10 and Loop 1604 in March or April 2015, company spokesman Stuart Wallock said. The facility will be completed roughly six months later will include a vertical wind tunnel that "generates a wall-to-wall cushion of air," according to the company's website. less iFly, an Austin-based company with 34 locations worldwide, will break ground on a facility near Interstate 10 and Loop 1604 in March or April 2015, company spokesman Stuart Wallock said. The facility will be ... more Photo: Courtesy Of IFly Photo: Courtesy Of IFly Image 1 of / 33 Caption Close Indoor skydiving coming to San Antonio 1 / 33 Back to Gallery

San Antonio residents will soon be able to skydive without throwing themselves out of an airplane.

iFly, an Austin-based company with 34 locations worldwide, will break ground on a facility near Interstate 10 and Loop 1604 in March or April, company spokesman Stuart Wallock said. He said the location does not yet have a fixed address.

Construction on the facility — which could measure from 5,000 to 7,000 square feet — will be completed roughly six months later, Wallock said.

The facility will cost about $4.5 million to build, the San Antonio Business Journal reported, and will include a vertical wind tunnel that "generates a wall-to-wall cushion of air," according to the company's website.

The company charges $70 per person for two flights in the tunnel, Wallock said.

The San Antonio location will be the company's fifth in Texas: Wallock said the company plans to open facilities in The Woodlands and Memorial within the next few weeks.

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