# Miami Homestead General Aviation Airport (X51)

**Miami Homestead General Aviation Airport** (FAA: X51) is a medium airport in Homestead, Florida, United States. It opened in Apr 1963. It has 3 runways; the longest is 4,001 ft (1,220 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kx51

## At a glance

- FAA: X51
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Homestead, Florida, United States
- Opened: Apr 1963
- Elevation: 7 ft / 2 m
- Coordinates: 25.4992, -80.5543
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 4,001 ft / 1,220 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches, 9 departures, 8 arrivals
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: https://www.miami-airport.com/homestead.asp
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Homestead_General_Aviation_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3206994
- Weather station: KHST
- Ident: KX51

## Timeline

- Apr 1963: Miami Homestead General Aviation Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 4,001 ft / 1,220 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 179° / 359° | yes |
| 10/28 | 3,000 ft / 914 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 090° / 270° | yes |
| 09U/27U | 2,500 ft / 762 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,001 ft / 1,220 m | =9,600 of 29,858 | =3,783 in North America | =3,166 in US |
| Elevation | 7 ft / 2 m | =42,809 of 43,403 | =19,248 in North America | =15,667 in US |
| Age | Opened 1963 | =5,069 of 15,079 | =3,512 in North America | =3,434 in US |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =83 in North America | =81 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [HST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khst.md) Homestead Air Reserve Base · 11 mi / 17 km
- [TMB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktmb.md) Miami Executive Airport · 13 mi / 21 km
- [OCA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/07fa.md) Ocean Reef Club Airport · 21 mi / 34 km
- [MIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmia.md) Miami International Airport · 26 mi / 42 km
- [OPF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kopf.md) Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport · 33 mi / 53 km
- [HWO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khwo.md) North Perry Airport · 40 mi / 64 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kx51/data