Opa-locka West Airport

Opa-locka West Airport (closed)
Aerial view of Opa-Locka West Airport in 1985
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: X46
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Miami-Dade Aviation Department (MDAD)
Serves	Miami, Florida
Location	Hialeah, Florida
Elevation AMSL	8 ft / 2 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 9/27 3,000 914 Asphalt 18/36 3,000 914 Asphalt
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Coordinates: 25°56′56″N 080°25′24″W / 25.94889°N 80.42333°W / 25.94889; -80.42333

Opa-locka West Airport (FAA LID: X46) was a county-owned public airport located 12 miles (19 km) northwest of the central business district of Miami, a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. It covered an area of 420 acres (170 ha) which contained two asphalt paved runways: 9/27 measuring 3,000 x 60 ft (914 x 18 m) and 18/36 measuring 3,000 x 60 ft (914 x 18 m).

The airport opened in 1970 and was designed to relieve congestion at the nearby Opa-locka Airport. There was no public access to the airfield by land and it served as a remote area for touch-and-go training. Light twin-engine aircraft such as the Cessna 310 were the largest used at this airport. There were no storage facilities and no aircraft based at the airport. Expansion was limited due to the presence of wetlands. The airport had 12,100 general aviation aircraft operations in the year 2002.