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Welcome
to
the
Airport
Photo
Shelf
of
the
Florida
Keys
(Photos
scanned
from
the
Florida
Keys
Star,
1960)
Aviation
history
for
Monroe
County
began
in
Key
West
in
1913
when
Augustin
Parla
flew
a
bi-wing
seaplane
to
Muriel,
Cuba.
The
US
Navy
dredges
a
seaplane
base
at
Trumbo
in
1917,
also
used
for
dirigibles
during
World
War
I.
In
May
1918,
a
two
motored
Navy
seaplane
flew
to
Cuba.
Aeromarime
Airways
was
the
first
commercial
airline
to
use
Key
West
followed
by
Pan
American
on
Jan.
6,
1928.
Pam
Am's
first
mail
delivery
to
Key
West
was
October
19,
1927.
Pan
Am
moved
to
Miami
in
1934,
but
reinstituted
service
to
Key
West
after
the
1935
Hurricane.
In
1940,
Trumbo
and
Boca
Chica
were
improved
for
about
$10
million.
Aerovias
Q
was
a
Cuban
Airline
and
National
Airlines
flew
two
flights
daily
from
Miami.
In
January
1953
the
city
gave
Monroe
County
clear
title
to
Meacham
field
in
order
to
obtain
CAA
grants.
The
same
month
63
planes
of
the
10th
annual
"Snowbirds
Flight"
returned
to
Key
West
from
Havana.
In
2006
the
airport
is
being
renovated
at
a
cost
of
$25
million
and
going
up.
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