There are only two airports in this gallery despite all the names, and since they were immediately adjacent to each other I have combined them into one gallery:

Glenn Curtiss Field, later named Miami Municipal Airport, then named Navy Municipal and South Field #2 during World War II, then named Amelia Earhart Field in 1947. The City of Hialeah Police Department and a large UPS sorting facility now occupy the land where Amelia Earhart Field once was.

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All-American Airport, then Miami International Master Field, then part of NAS Miami, then Marine Corps Air Station Miami, and then Master or Master's Field. Miami-Dade College North Campus now occupies most of the east half of Master's Field and private warehouse and businesses occupy the western half.

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1. Miami Municipal Airport was located at 25.88N/80.26W, which is on the east side of LeJeune Road (E. 8 Avenue in Hialeah, NW 42 Avenue in Dade County) and from E. 52 Street (NW 106 Street) to E. 65 Street (NW 119 Street). See the aerial photos with diagrams to show the airport's location.

The airport was originally built by famous aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss, recipient of the first pilot's license in the USA, and was known as Glenn Curtiss Flying School and Glenn Curtiss Field. Curtiss had moved another training facility near downtown out to Northwest Dade County. The airport was served by general aviation, airmail flights, flying schools including Embry-Riddle's school, and scheduled passenger service. Curtiss donated the airport to the City of Miami in 1928 and the airport's name was changed to Miami Municipal Airport.

Sources state that the airport was served by Pan American Airways, Eastern Air Lines and National Airlines. Pan American moved their Miami Municipal operations to Pan American Field in 1932 where they had been operating since 1928 and Captain Rickenbacker moved the Eastern Air Lines passenger flights to the 36th Street Airport in 1934. National Air Lines began using Miami Municipal Airport in 1936 with flights to St. Petersburg, Florida.

Miami Municipal Airport hosted the All-American Aerial Maneuvers from 1929 to 1941. The airport had three hangars at one time, with one having the word "MIAMI" painted on the roof but one of the hangars burned down in April 1938.

During World War II, the Navy took over the airport and it was called South Field #2 and Navy Municipal and it served as an auxiliary field to NAS Miami "Mainside" at Opa-locka Airport, two + miles to the north. It had 296 acres and the longest of two runways was 3,600 feet. Enlisted personnel were housed at Master Field to the east and officers lived off the base or at the "Mainside" Bachelor Officers Quarters. Squadron VR-7 was commissioned by the Naval Air Transport Service in April 1943. VR-7 was composed of 226 officers and 800 enlisted members and they operated up to 27 Douglas R4D aircraft on routes to the Caribbean and South America from Miami. Pilot training was also held there and personnel transport flights operated there during the war. Also, the airport and Master's Field (South Field #1) to the east were connected by one taxiway that crossed over the Seaboard railroad tracks. The Navy released the airport back to civilian control in 1947.

On October 26, 1947, Miami Municipal Airport was renamed to Amelia Earhart Field in honor of the famous aviatrix stopping there on her ill-fated flight around the world in 1937. Sources report that the airfield was used for pilot training purposes by airline flight crews doing touch and goes with prop airliners on short hops from Miami International Airport to the south in the mid 50's. The airport closed sometime thereafter and drag races were held there in the late 1950's and early 1960's. The land is now occupied by the City of Hialeah Police Department and other city departments on the south end and by a huge UPS sorting facility on the north end. Very little remains of the airport and there are no historical markers on the property to tell of the airport ever being there. Amelia Earhart Elementary School is located across the street on the west side of LeJeune Road and has a memorial marker, and Amelia Earhart Regional Park is located on the west side of LeJeune and north of E. 65th Street northwest of the where the actual airport was located.

Stunt pilot footage at Miami Municipal Airport in 1936: < http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=7120

Movie clips from the 1937 air races at Miami Municipal are at: < http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=14008

Movie clip from the 1939 11th annual air races at Miami Municipal: < http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675063631_air-show_performs-different-stunts_trails-of-smoke_Miami-Municipal-Airport



2. All-American Airport/Miami International Master Field/Master (or Master's) Field/NAS Miami South Field #1/MCAS Miami

This airport was located at 25-52-45N, 80-15-00W, or just west of NW 27th Avenue, north of the Biscayne Canal at NW 106th Street, and located due east of the airport described in #1 above.

In 1938 Eddie Rickenbacker of Eastern Air Lines told the city of Miami that he would move the airline's headquarters out of Miami if they did not build a new airport. All-American Airport was then purchased and renamed to Miami International Master Airport and the city intended to enlarge it but before they could the Navy acquired it first as an auxiliary field for the Naval Reserve Air Base at Opa-locka. The CAA, forerunner to the FAA, built and staffed an air traffic control tower from February 1942 until October 1942 when the Navy took over the airport.

Master Field was acquired by the Naval Reserve Air Base Miami in the summer of 1939 (this conflicts with the above information). It had 869 acres and four runways with the longest being 7,400 feet. The first commanding officer was Major B. L. Smith, USMCR(O), who commanded Reserve Squadron VMS-4R. Both Master Field and Miami Municipal were integrated into NAS Miami in October 1942 when the Navy acquired them at a cost of $1.2+ million. The original NARB/NAS at Opa-locka to the north then became known as Mainside. The Navy built a large hangar and added 35 pre-fab buildings at Master Field that served as barracks for the enlisted, office space and classrooms. Training Unit VSB #5 was moved from Opa-locka Mainside to Master Field. This unit provided dive bomber training. The squadron number was changed to VF #10 in December 1944 and they operated as many as 90 FM Wildcats, 12 SNJs and a Stearman trainer. Another training unit, VB4 #3 operated from Master Field for a year from December 1944 to December 1945, training pilots in the Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator and PB4Y-2 Privateer aircraft.