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16-MAR-1952 SUS of Florida

1952 - aerial image of Marine Corps Air Station Miami at what later became Opa-locka Airport

Marine Corps Air Station Miami, Florida


Naval Air Station Miami became Marine Corps Air Station Miami in February 1952, a month before this photo which identified it as Naval Air Station Miami.

I never realized how screwy the runways were at what became Opa-locka Airport in the 1960's until viewing this image. It appears to be two separate airfields with no taxiways for aircraft to get from one side to the other.


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Mark Lincoln 16-Oct-2016 19:16
What you see is really a divided airport. The runways on the left were on what was originally the dirigible mooring site. You can see the arc of the old rail line for the stern beam holding the airship's tail between the horizontal runway and the one running to the upper left. The mooring mast was just to the right of the runway junction. Traces pf the mooring site existed into the 1960s. The runway complex to the rift was the original heavier than air (airplane) base.