Info about Miami heliports...

[MiKeRoToR]

hello all of you, i will travel to miami next week and i am interested if anybody knows some good heliports or helipads locations with traffic to take some pictures from there.
i promised than then post the pics here ... Or if anybody accept an extracrew in a fly over miami :}...

Thank u for all :ok:

[JimBall]

Never heard of dedicated heliport for Miami. Some of the hotels have sites and there are temp ones set up for events like the street race.
All the heli ops at MIA tend to be on northside around Signature.

[slippy17]

Hi Mike,

I have landed at this helipad which is open to the public. I landed at night. I didn't shutdown but if you want to stay for a few hours it can be arranged if you phone in advance.

AirNav: DT1 - Downtown Fort Lauderdale Heliport (http://www.airnav.com/airport/DT1)

There are lots of helipads on buildings in the Miami area but most of them are hospitals and private companies which you would need permission to land on.

[MikeNYC]

Um... lifting..., Watson Island is still used for special events (rarely). We used it last Spring a few times one day. Cost a lot of $$ for permits, I believe.

Tamiami airport is another one to check out.

[MiKeRoToR]

So much thanks to everybody for your atention...:D

Slippy i sent u a pm..

[singesavant]

Hi there, I flew couple months out of North perry, just in between fort lauderdale and miami.

Although DT1 helipad in Fort lauderdale is quite interesting for photos, I am not sure that the traffic will be very intense...

as you can see on the following link, there are quite a bunch of airfield around this area.

Fort lauderdale KFLL is mostly corporate flying with a helo school and police chopper, north Perry Khwo has quite a bunch of helos with the news chopper mostly nice 407, one 206 I think, and 2 training facilities with R22 and H300 and R44 for tours operating from miami bay (you should check this place as it is quite original with a barge with outboard engines on the water though). On the south ramp a Bell/eurocopter's repair station, if you get lucky you may see one flying in or out...

SkyVector.com - Aeronautical Charts - Flight Planning (http://skyvector.com/#47-116-1-4336-2347)

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then opa locka kopf I do not remember about helos over there, but very often met the coast guard dolphins around it...

Miami is not the best bet for you to take pictures, but Tamiami KsTMB is sure a good one:
brand new police 350 B2, 206 and fire fighting 214. An EMS 135 and bunch of R22/R44 and 206 for training and other use.

I am sure forgetting a lot of other helos and place but it is a good start for you I think.

Also all the airports north of the area do have training school and EMS/private helos too.

Quite often I landed on a helipad right next to key marathon island airport about 2/3 hours driving from miami southbound on the road to Key West. It is pretty good to land over there to grab a lunch or so and also very scenic for photos.

Good luck in your task

Davy

[funfinn2000]

Ya should head south one day to Key Largo Marriott hotel, 2 pads there on the water side, I hear it's nice this time of year.

[anti-talk]

Miami is becoming very restricted, Fisher Island (was in there last week in a twin) is difficult to get into unless you or your PAX are connected, there is a golf course on South Beach and the Watson Island Heliport is officially closed by the City of Miami but still on the sectionals as X44 (Miami Seaplane Base).
Yes the Helipads at the Key Largo Marriott are very cool (the hotel restaurant is quite good also), the one in Marathon at the restaurant is a great lunchtime stop on a Key West Trip.
DT1 Helipad in Fort Lauderdale is certainly a must see and if its just a private flight certain Mosquito Control Helipads on the West Coast are also sometimes accesable with prior permission and arrangement.
I have a list of all private and commercial heliports in florida, drop me a PM and I will email it to you.
Geoff

[JesseBiter]

We're staying in South Beach Saturday night and I need a place to land and park the bird. I would love to get my hand on that list and/or hear from anyone where I can land. [email protected]. Thank you!

[Revolutionary]

Are you taking people in for Sunday's game? Here's a real treat for them (and you): Burr's Berry Farm, located at 25°33'56"N 80°23'54"W; a little roadside shack about ten minutes South of Tamiami airport that serves up delicious strawberry milkshakes and ice cream made from strawberries grown right on the spot. You can park your choppa directly behind the building, almost in their strawberry field (it's actually a private strip marked 'Burrs' on the Miami sectional). Enjoy!