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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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