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 / 25.77833; -80.17028
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. ^ ^{a b} FAA Airport Master Record for X44 (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-12-20

External links

	Miami portal
	Aviation portal

• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for X44
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for X44