Miami Homestead General Aviation Airport
Miami Homestead General Aviation Airport | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Miami-Dade County | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Miami-Dade Aviation Department (MDAD) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Homestead, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Miami-Dade County, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 9 ft / 3 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°30′2″N 80°33′20″W / 25.50056°N 80.55556°W | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Statistics (2002) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Miami Homestead General Aviation Airport (FAA LID: X51) is a county-owned public-use airport in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, located four nautical miles (7 km) northwest of the central business district of Homestead.[1]
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 (3 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 18/36 is 4,000 by 100 feet (1,219 x 30 m) and 10/28 is 2,997 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 south Florida's oldest and best known skydiving center, Skydive Miami.
References
External links
- Miami Homestead General Aviation Airport page at Miami International website
- FAA Terminal Procedures for X51, effective April 18, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for X51
- AirNav airport information for X51
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for X51
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