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27-DEC-1963 SUS of Florida

1963 - aerial view of the original Tamiami Airport on the Tamiami Trail (US 41) in Dade County

Tamiami Trail (US 41), Miami, Florida view map


This site is now occupied by Florida International University which opened in 1972. "FIU in '72!" was the slogan on the bumper stickers and other promotional items.

Some area airports that were given up or given to the county include:

Tamiami Airport - now FIU and Tamiami Park
Master's Field - now Miami-Dade College North Campus plus commercial warehouses west of 37th Avenue
Amelia Earhart - now Hialeah Police Department headquarters and a huge UPS sorting facility
Richmond NAS - a part of it is now MetroZoo


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Mark Lincoln 03-Nov-2016 21:52
I did a touch and go in a Citabria with Al Stewart the last day Old Tamiami was open. I have fond memories of visiting it with the Sweetwater squadron of the Civil Air Patrol a year or two before.
Andre Swygert 13-Mar-2013 22:21
For a personal research project on aviation in South FL in the 1950s-1960s, I'm looking for any images of aircraft and buildings at the field before it closed. Please contact me at cruise.swygert@verizon.net with any information.