Miami Homestead General Aviation Airport Explained

Miami Homestead General Aviation Airport
Faa:X51
Type:Public
Owner:Miami-Dade County
Operator:Miami-Dade Aviation Department (MDAD)
City-Served:Homestead, Florida
Location:Miami-Dade County, Florida
Elevation-F:9
Elevation-M:3
Coordinates:25.5006°N -80.5556°W
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:10
Mapframe-Wikidata:yes
R1-Number:18/36
R1-Length-F:3,999
R1-Length-M:1,219
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R2-Number:10/28
R2-Length-F:3,000
R2-Length-M:913
R2-Surface:Asphalt
R3-Number:9U/27U
R3-Length-F:2,500
R3-Length-M:762
R3-Surface:Turf
Stat-Year:2002
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:82,086
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:82
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Miami Homestead General Aviation Airport is a county-owned public-use airport in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States,[2] located 4miles northwest of the central business district of Homestead.

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 960acres at an elevation of 9feet 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).

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. Homestead is also the home of Skydive Miami.

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Notes and References

  1. , effective 2008-07-31.
  2. Web site: 2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Miami-Dade County, FL. U.S. Census Bureau. 2022-08-13. 80 (PDF p. 81/154). Homestead General Aviation Arprt.