Opa-locka West Airport
25°56′56″N 080°25′24″W / 25.94889°N 80.42333°W
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Opa-locka West Airport (
The airport opened in 1970 and was designed to relieve congestion at the nearby
The airport was badly damaged by Hurricane Wilma in October 2005. Miami-Dade County announced that the airport would be decommissioned in June 2006. The county planned to use the land as a quarry, with an estimated yield of 47 million cubic feet (1,300,000 m3) of limestone worth between $500 million and $1.2 billion.[3][4]
Countyline Dragway, a one-eighth mile drag racing strip sanctioned by the International Hot Rod Association (IHRA), operated at the former airport site from January 2007 to May 2014. It was located at the intersection of U.S. Route 27 (Okeechobee Road) and Krome Avenue, just south of the Miami-Dade/Broward county line.[5][6]
References
- ^ PDF, effective 2006-06-08
- (April 2005)
- ^ Meg Godlewski (2006-06-09). "Florida's Opa-Locka West Airport to close". The Southern Aviator. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-11-06.
- ^ "EAA Opposes Closing Opa-locka West Airport". Experimental Aircraft Association press release. 2006-05-24. Archived from the original on 2007-05-19.
- ^ "Drag Racing Strip Opens at Former Airport Site". 2007-01-26. Archived from the original on 2007-12-11. Retrieved 2007-11-06.
- ^ Ted Hutton (2007-09-16). "Former street racers flock to old airport site to satisfy need for speed". South Florida Sun-Sentinel.[permanent dead link]
External links
- Countyline Dragway
- Aeronautical chart and airport information for X46 at SkyVector