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St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport
Location: The airport can be found six miles (10 km) north
of St. Petersburg, serving St. Petersburg, Clearwater, and the surrounding Tampa
Bay Area in the USA. situated 7 miles (11km) southeast of Orlando.
Time: GMT -5 (GMT -4 between the first Sunday in April and the
last Sunday in October).
Facilities: Food & Beverage - First Class
Concessions on the Second Level offers spectacular views of Tampa Bay and airport
activity, with an American Bistro menu serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner. A full
service lounge, also located on the 2nd floor, offers full bar service to patrons
21 years of age and older. Food & Beverage Kiosks are available post-security
in the passenger hold rooms.
News & Gifts - The airport gift shop/newsstand and duty free
shops are all open at convenient hours in our terminal. Unique, tasteful souvenirs
from Tampa Bay Area attractions and museums are offered at our exclusive Suncoast
Attractions Store. Call (727) 535-5422 for additional information.
Additional Services - Our Visitor Information Center in the Baggage
Claim facility provides a variety of information about Pinellas County's award winning
beaches, tourism attractions, hotels, transportation, and more. The Visitor Booth
is staffed part-time by Airport Volunteers who are pleased to assist our customers.
Skycaps - Skycaps efficiently transport baggage from automobiles,
buses,and taxicabs to the ticketing and baggage claim areas. Skycaps are also available
for assisting people with wheelchair needs. Skycap Services at PIE are provided
by Kelly Skycap on a limited basis.
Handicapped Assistance - Airlines will provide wheelchairs to passengers
from curbside to boarding as requested. Individuals needing assistance at
curbside may have a companion alert the airline at the check-in counter of the passenger's
need for wheelchair curbside.
Parking: There are three parking lots are adjacent to the main
terminals and three further away. It is generally quicker to park in the off-site
lots and take the free shuttle bus to the terminals, as the parking lots nearby
the terminals are often full.
Website: http://www.fly2pie.com/
The Airport
is located on the west shoreline of Tampa Bay north of St. Petersburg, the birthplace
of commercial air transportation. Barely a decade after the Wright brothers' pioneer
flight at Kitty Hawk, the first ticket for air travel was sold by the St. Petersburg-Tampa
Airboat Line to a fare-paying passenger. This historic event on January 1, 1914,
marked the beginning of commercial air transportation anywhere in the world and
is commemorated by a plaque at St. Petersburg- Clearwater International Airport's
terminal building. A replica of the Benoist amphibious airplane flown on the inaugural
flight is displayed at the Airport. The Tampa Bay area celebrates pioneers
in commercial aviation with the Tony Jannus Distinuguished Aviation Award.
Construction of the Airport at its present site started in March 1941. After Pearl
Harbor, the airport, known as Pinellas Army Airfield, was used as a military
flight-training base. The 304th Fighter Squadron, a combat training unit of the
337th Fighter Group (Third Army Air Force) based P-40's and, later, P-51's here
for the duration of World War II. A plaque dedicated at the airport terminal
in 1994 by the P-51 fighter Pilots Association and Brigadier General James H. Howard,
the only European Theater fighter pilot to be awarded the Congressional Medal of
Honor in WWII and the last wartime base commander of Pinellas Army Airfield, commemorates
the airport's vital war role. A permanent exhibit honoring General Howard is located
in the terminal.
After WWII, the Airport property was given to Pinellas County by the U.S. Government
to operate as a commerical airport. It was originally called the Pinellas
International Airport and given the Airport call letters, PIE.
Today, the St. Petersburg - Clearwater International Airport is a 2,000 acre fully
certified facility with ILS-equipped 9,730-foot runway and two 5,500-foot runways.
It is home of the busiest Coast Guard Air Station in the world. U.S. Customs, FAA-operated
control tower and the Central Florida Region Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS),
the busiest in the U.S., are also important federal government services at the airport
along with the Airport Industrial Park. The entire 2000-acre tract of the Airport
is designated as a Foreign Trade Zone.
United Parcel Service, Air Cargo and General/Corporate Aviation are also major activities.
The airport includes a 24-hour Airport Rescue and Fire-Fighting (ARFF) Department,
Facilities, Operations, Engineering, and Administrative personnel.
St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport has one Terminal and thirteen Gates:
1 - 12, and 14
Passenger Airlines
Airlines Destinations
Air Transat Halifax [seasonal]
Allegiant Air Allentown/Bethlehem, Bangor, Blountville/Tri-Cities, Cedar Rapids/Iowa
City, Chattanooga, Chicago/Rockford, Des Moines, Fort Wayne, Grand Rapids, Greensboro,
Greenville (SC), Huntington, Knoxville, Lexington, Peoria, Plattsburgh, Roanoke,
South Bend, Springfield/Branson, Toledo, Wilmington (NC)
Locair Marsh Harbour, Treasure Cay
SeaCoast Airlines Key West, Marathon [scheduled charters]
Sunwing Airlines Toronto-Pearson [seasonal]
USA 3000 Airlines Chicago-O'Hare
Vision Airlines Gulfport-Biloxi [begins January 8]
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