KHWO Miami?

[N4843W]

Have to spend a few days at a conference next week held at Miami Beach. I have stayed at several airports north of here, but this appears to be the closest with decent fuel prices. OPA is much higher and stayed there once some years ago and recall that the FBO was kind of strange and the place was a bit of a zoo. Recommendations?

 

[Commander91gm]

PMP is a good alternative -been in and out of their many times .

 

[alim]

Hmm. So Miami beach is hard. I was based at KOPF and managed to get a monthly rate from the FBO there. I used to be at Miami exec - but thats now signature - so no thank you.
This past winter i was at Fontainebleau. The daily ramp rate is around $45-$50 per night. Kinda steep. Fuel is $5-$6. I really pre-negotiated a monthly rate - which wasnt cheap either but beats $40x30.

But if you 're going to miami beach - an uber from there is like $20 bucks. The further north you go , ramp fees are cheaper but your uber or car rental will eat into your savings.

So it's a bit of where the curves will cross and how much time do you want to spend in traffic.
To me , it was convenient to operate from KOPF - 22 mins from downtown miami where i stayed most winter.

IMHO - if you're going to be there 1-2 nights - you can try and pre-negotiate 1 night ramp free (call them).

That brings us to KHWO. I was there in 2015 but at a friends hangar for his flight school. So i cant comment on FBO/Fuel/tie-down. But its a training airport + the banner tow planes + everyone who ran from KOPF to get cheaper hangars.

i operated out of there. Not too bad but stay with Miami approach in and out (opa locka is < 4 nm south)
Uber from there will run you $30-$40 to miami beach. It will take 45 minutes. So not too bad but doesnt beat $20 and 20 minutes.

You can figure out whats worth it or not

 

[N4843W]

Thanks for the input. Used KHWO and it worked out great.

 

[alim]

Glad it worked out. I finally deep a proper wash & wax of the airplane last week. Get Miami off it.

 

[wab003]

PMP is a good alternative -been in and out of their many times .

PMP is a convenient stop but be forewarned it may shut down at night (think it was something like 8:00 a couple of years ago). I remember needing to climb a tall fence to get to my bird after a dinner. Didn’t see anything in the books about night takeoffs being banned but the field access gates were locked. Yikes...