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.

References

External links

• Miami Homestead General Aviation Airport page
• FAA Terminal Procedures for X51, effective September 8, 2022
• 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