# Miami Seaplane Base (MPB / X44)

**Miami Seaplane Base** (IATA: MPB, FAA: X44) is a seaplane base in Miami, Florida, United States. It opened in Mar 1948. It has one runway, 14,000 ft (4,267 m) long, water. In 2025 it handled 116 passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/x44

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MPB / —
- FAA: X44
- Type: Seaplane base
- Serves: Miami, Florida, United States
- Opened: Mar 1948
- Elevation: 6 ft / 2 m
- Coordinates: 25.7831, -80.1775
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 14,000 ft / 4,267 m
- Passengers: 116 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Seaplane_Base (4 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3565275
- Weather station: KMIA · WMO 72202
- Ident: X44

## Timeline

- Mar 1948: Miami Seaplane Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12W/30W | 14,000 ft / 4,267 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Water | 120° / 300° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2019 | 5,157 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 1,139 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 196 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 479 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 116 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [NSB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bs-nsb.md) Bimini North Seaplane Base · Bahamas · 58 mi / 93 km · Tropic Ocean Airways

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from MPB, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- [Tropic Ocean Airways](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tropic-ocean-airways) · 1

Former hub of [Chalk's International Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/chalks-international-airlines).

## Nearby airports

- [MIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmia.md) Miami International Airport · 7.0 mi / 11 km
- [OPF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kopf.md) Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport · 11 mi / 17 km
- [HWO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khwo.md) North Perry Airport · 16 mi / 25 km
- [TMB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktmb.md) Miami Executive Airport · 18 mi / 30 km
- [FLL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfll.md) Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport · 20 mi / 32 km
- [HST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khst.md) Homestead Air Reserve Base · 24 mi / 39 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [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)
- [Wikipedia: “Miami Seaplane Base”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miami_Seaplane_Base&oldid=1362785009), revision of 6 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/x44/data