West Palm Beach International Airport
| Palm Beach International Airport | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Palm Beach County | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Palm Beach County Department of Airports | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Greater Miami | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 19 ft / 6 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°40′59″N 80°05′44″W / 26.68306°N 80.09556°W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.pbia.org | ||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration; www.pbia.org
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| Aircraft operations (2009) | 153,056 |
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| Based aircraft (2009) | 126 |
| Passengers (2015) | 6,265,530 |
Palm Beach International Airport (IATA: PBI, ICAO: KPBI, FAA LID: PBI) is a public airport three miles west of Palm Beach, Florida, in West Palm Beach. It serves Greater Miami. The airport is operated by Palm Beach County Department of Airports. Road access to the airport is direct from I-95, Southern Boulevard, and Congress Avenue. The airport is bordered on the west by Military Trail.
Palm Beach International Airport (KPBI) began operations in 1936 as Morrison Field. Morrison Field was named in honor of Miss Grace K. Morrison, a key participant in the planning and organization of the airfield. The first flight departing the field was a New York bound Eastern Air Lines DC-2 in 1936. The airport was dedicated on December 19, 1936.
In 1937 the airport expanded beyond an airstrip and an administration building when the Palm Beach Aero Corporation obtained a lease, built hangars and the first terminal on the south side of the airport. The new terminal was known as the Eastern Air Lines Terminal. The field was used by the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor Morrison Field was used for training and later as a staging base for the Allied invasion of France, with numerous aircraft departing Morrison en route to the United Kingdom to take part in the D-Day invasion of Normandy.
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