Miami Seaplane Base
| Miami Seaplane Base | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: MPB – ICAO: none – FAA LID: X44 | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public use | ||
| Owner | City of Miami Property Mgmt Section | ||
| Operator | Dimitri Iturria | ||
| Serves | Miami, Florida | ||
| Location | Dade County, Florida | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 0 ft / 0 m | ||
| Coordinates | 25°46′42″N 080°10′13″W / 25.77833°N 80.17028°W | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| NW/SE | 15,000 | 4,572 | Water |
| Statistics (2002) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 1,950 | ||
| Based aircraft | 0 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Miami Seaplane Base (IATA: MPB, FAA LID: X44) is a public-use seaplane base located 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the central business district of Miami on Watson Island in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The seaplane base is publicly owned.[1]
History
In 1926, Chalk's International Airlines built an air terminal on a landfill island, Watson Island, where it has continued to operate for 83 years. Its scheduled and other flights by flying boats and amphibian aircraft served many points in the Bahamas and other nearby destinations. Chalk's moved its main base to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport after the attacks of September 11, 2001, because of security concerns around the Port of Miami-Dade and increased helicopter traffic around Watson Island.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 FAA Airport Master Record for X44 (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-12-20
External links
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for X44
- AirNav airport information for X44
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for X44