US Coast Guard Air Station Miami (Opa-Locka, Florida)
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Florida /
Opa-locka /
Opa-Locka, Florida
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World / United States / Florida
military, United States Coast Guard
CGAS Miami is currently ranked as the busiest Search and Rescue Air Station worldwide, and operates as part of the US Coast Guard's 7th District, Sector Miami. Utilizing HU-25 Guardian Medium Range Surveillance Aircraft and H-65 Dolphin Short Range Recovery Helicopters, the unit is responsible for an area exending North to Malabar Beach, East over the Bahamas and as far South as Haiti and the Windward Islands.
www.uscg.mil/d7/airstaMiami/default.asp
www.uscg.mil/d7/airstaMiami/default.asp
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 25°54'24"N 80°16'29"W
- United States Southern Command Headquarters / SOUTHCOM 13 km
- US Coast Guard Housing Area 33 km
- Site of Richmond Naval Air Station 34 km
- Cold War Misslie Site (I-HAWK) 39 km
- Homestead Air Reserve Base 47 km
- Weapons Storage Area (WSA) 48 km
- USCG Communication Station, Miami, Site Bravo 56 km
- L-Carrier Cables 66 km
- Former location of Fort Denaud 155 km
- Cudjoe Key Tethered Aerostat Radar Site 183 km
- Opa-Locka Airport (OPF/KOPF) 0.1 km
- Amelia Earhart Park 2 km
- Westview, Florida 4.2 km
- Bunche Park 4.2 km
- Country Club of Miami 6.4 km
- Royal Oaks 6.5 km
- Palm Springs North, Florida 6.7 km
- Vizcaya 7.7 km
- Broward County, Florida 34 km
- Miami-Dade County, Florida 45 km