Miami Homestead General Aviation Airport

Airport in Miami-Dade County, Florida
25°30′2″N 80°33′20″W / 25.50056°N 80.55556°W / 25.50056; -80.55556Websitewww.miami-airport.com/homestead.aspMapMapRunways
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
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

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]

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.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d 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

External links

  • Aviation portal
  • Miami Homestead General Aviation Airport page
  • 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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