Miami Homestead General Aviation Airport

Miami Homestead General Aviation Airport (FAA LID: X51) is a county-owned public-use airport in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States,[2] located 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of the central business district of Homestead.[1]

"Homestead Airport" redirects here. Not to be confused with Homestead Air Reserve Base.
Miami Homestead General Aviation Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerMiami-Dade County
OperatorMiami-Dade Aviation Department (MDAD)
ServesHomestead, Florida
LocationMiami-Dade County, Florida
Elevation AMSL9 ft / 3 m
Coordinates25°30′2″N 80°33′20″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 3,999 1,219 Asphalt
10/28 3,000 913 Asphalt
9U/27U 2,500 762 Turf
Statistics (2002)
Aircraft operations82,086
Based aircraft82

History

The airport was renamed from "Homestead General Aviation Airport" to "Miami Homestead General Aviation Airport" in December 2014 by the Miami-Dade County Commission.

Facilities and aircraft

Homestead General Aviation Airport covers an area of 960 acres (390 ha) at an elevation of 9 feet (2.7 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 18/36 is 3,999 by 100 feet (1,219 x 30 m) and 10/28 is 3,000 by 75 feet (913 x 23 m). It also has one turf runway: 9U/27U is 2,500 by 150 feet (762 x 46 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending June 18, 2002, the airport had 72,084 aircraft operations, an average of 197 per day: 70% general aviation, 1% air taxi and 1% military. At that time there were 64 aircraft based at this airport: 66% single-engine, 13% multi-engine, 19% ultralight, 3% helicopter and 43% glider

There is extensive glider activity due to the presence of Miami Gliders, a glider flight school, operating out of runway 9 turf.[1] Homestead is also the home of Skydive Miami.

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for X51 PDF, effective 2008-07-31.
  2. "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Miami-Dade County, FL" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 80 (PDF p. 81/154). Retrieved 2022-08-13. Homestead General Aviation Arprt
FBO
Runways


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.