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Airport · ICAO · US

Class D

Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport

ID KOPF FAA OPF Elev 8 ft Lat 25° 54.42' N Lon 80° 16.70' W Zulu

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FAA Airport Diagram · KOPF

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Runways at KOPF

6 runway ends on file. Longest: 8,002 ft. Max gradient: 0.01%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
09L 087° 8,002 ft 150 ft ASP Yes
27R 267° 8,002 ft 150 ft ASP Yes
12 122° 6,800 ft 150 ft ASP Yes 0.00%
30 302° 6,800 ft 150 ft ASP Yes 0.00%
09R 087° 4,309 ft 100 ft ASP Yes
27L 267° 4,309 ft 100 ft ASP Yes

Source: in-app airport database (runway lengths + headings), OurAirports for surface, width, lighting. Gradient computed from FAA NASR runway-end elevation deltas (the published RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of NASR rows; we derive it from the elevations the FAA does publish).

Communications

7 frequencies on file — tower, ground, ATIS, CTAF, approach, departure, etc.

  • ATIS ATIS 125.900
  • CLD CLNC DEL 119.200
  • GND GND 121.900
  • TWR TWR 120.700
  • CTAF CTAF 120.700
  • A/D MIAMI APP/DEP 128.600
  • MISC CG MIAMI AIR 123.100

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Field intel · synthesized from Chart Supplement

Plain-English translation of the Chart Supplement remarks for KOPF, anchored to the FAA's own text. Operational items first, advisory next, raw FAA prose at the bottom. Cycle 22JAN2026.

5 matched · 34 not yet translated

TL;DR

  • ·Non-standard pattern direction on Runway 09L–27R: right traffic. Watch for traffic from the opposite quadrant.
  • ·Non-standard pattern direction on Runway 30: right traffic. Watch for traffic from the opposite quadrant.
  • ·Prior Permission Required for 3 hrs prior to all arr on the General Aviation Center (GAC) ramp 305–876–7550. Contact R before operating.

Watch for

  • Non-standard pattern direction on Runway 09L–27R: right traffic. Watch for traffic from the opposite quadrant.

    right traffic

  • Non-standard pattern direction on Runway 30: right traffic. Watch for traffic from the opposite quadrant.

    right traffic

  • Prior Permission Required for 3 hrs prior to all arr on the General Aviation Center (GAC) ramp 305–876–7550. Contact R before operating.

    ppr required

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MALSR Rwy 12; PAPI Rwy 12 and 30; HIRL Rwy 12–30. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    pcl ctaf

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    wildlife hazard

All translated remarks (5)

  • Non-standard pattern direction on Runway 09L–27R: right traffic. Watch for traffic from the opposite quadrant.

    Raw FAA text · radio aids · operational

    RWY 09L–27R: H8002X150 (ASPH–GRVD) S–120, D–249, 2S–175, 2D–…

  • Non-standard pattern direction on Runway 30: right traffic. Watch for traffic from the opposite quadrant.

    Raw FAA text · radio aids · operational

    RWY 30: PAPI(P4L)—GA 3.0º TCH 52´. Tree. RWY 09R–27L: H4309X…

  • Prior Permission Required for 3 hrs prior to all arr on the General Aviation Center (GAC) ramp 305–876–7550. Contact R before operating.

    Raw FAA text · radio aids · operational

    PPR 3 hrs prior to all arr on the General Aviation Center (GAC) ramp 305–876–7550 ctc R

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MALSR Rwy 12; PAPI Rwy 12 and 30; HIRL Rwy 12–30. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    Raw FAA text · service · operational

    ACTVT MALSR Rwy 12; PAPI Rwy 12 and 30; HIRL Rwy 12–30—CTAF

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    Birds invof arpt.

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (34 sentences)

Sentences our pattern matchers haven't yet templated. The full FAA text is authoritative — these aren't translation errors, just gaps in our rule library. Curators add new templates over time; coverage rises monotonically.

  • ·140 FLORIDA CONTINUED FROM PRECEDING PAGE
  • ·DOLPHIN (VH) (H) VORTAC 113.9 DHP Chan 86 N25º48.00´ W80º20.94´ 099º 3.2 NM to fld. 6/4W.
  • ·TACAN AZIMUTH unusable: 055º–065º byd 35 NM blo 3,000´ 185º–195º byd 23 NM 226º–236º byd 35 NM DME unusable: 055º–065º byd 35 NM blo 3,000´ VOR unusable: 034º–037º byd 40 NM 090º–101º byd 40 NM blo 5,500´ 090º–101º byd 54 NM 102º–111º byd 40 NM LOC/DME 109.3 I–ROY Chan 30 Rwy 08L.
  • ·LOC unusable byd 30º left of course and 25º right of course.
  • ·DME unusable byd 30º left of course.ILS/DME 110.3 I–MFA Chan 40 Rwy 08R.
  • ·DME unusable byd 23º right of course.
  • ·LOC unusable byd 20º right of course.
  • ·ILS/DME 110.9 I–BUL Chan 46 Rwy 09.
  • ·ILS/DME 108.9 I–GEM Chan 26 Rwy 12.
  • ·Glideslope unusable byd 5º right of course; byd 6º left of course.
  • ·ILS/DME 109.1 I–VIN Chan 28 Rwy 26L.
  • ·LOC/DME 109.3 I–CNV Chan 30 Rwy 26R.
  • ·ILS/DME 111.7 I–DCX Chan 54 Rwy 30.
  • ·RWY 12–30: H6800X150 (ASPH–GRVD) S–120, D–249, 2D–484, 2D/2D2–1000 PCN 61 F/A/X/T HIRL RWY 12: MALSR.
  • ·PAPI(P4L)—GA 3.0º TCH 53´.
  • ·RWY 27L: PAPI(P4L)—GA 3.5º TCH 52´.
  • ·RWY 09L:TORA–8002 TODA–8202 ASDA–8202 LDA–8002 RWY 09R:TORA–4306 TODA–4306 ASDA–4306 LDA–4306 RWY 12: TORA–6800 TODA–7800 ASDA–7000 LDA–6000 RWY 27L:TORA–4306 TODA–4306 ASDA–4306 LDA–4306 RWY 27R:TORA–8002 TODA–8202 ASDA–8202 LDA–8002 RWY 30: TORA–6800 TODA–7000 ASDA–7000 LDA–6800
  • ·Rwy 09L: PAPI unusbl byd 7 degs R of cntrln.
  • ·MILITARY—FUEL J5 (PPR CG) A+ (C305–687–8410.) (NC–100LL, A) Contract fuel—305–685–4646.
  • ·Flt T is ltd to acft 40,000 lbs max gross tkof wt and blw & only btn 1200–0400Z‡.
  • ·Specific tfc pats are published for hel and fixed wing tfc; compliance is mandatory.
  • ·Obtain info fm ATCT or FBO or amgr; or req specific tfc pat instructions on initial ctc.
  • ·Rwy 09R–27L clsd dly 0400–1200Z‡ for acft noise abatement to srndg arpt community.
  • ·Dual tfc pats for hels and fixed wing acft in use Rwy 09R–27L.
  • ·Acft with wingspans gtr than 117´ are prohibited fm txig on Twy P btn Twy H and Twy N8.
  • ·Hel arr and dep avoid flying over parked or txy acft.
  • ·All acft and vehicles should rprt psns to ATC by using the sfc painted spot nrs on all exits to the ramp and non–movement areas.
  • ·Vehicle lane xing Twy E to the fire stn is non–movement.
  • ·Twy C and B south of Twy P are non–movement areas.
  • ·Twy T btn Twy E and Twy T8 rdcd spd rqrd for acft wingspan more than 117´.

+ 4 more sentences · see Chart Supplement page below for the full text

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

Yes

Chart Supplement

FAA Chart Supplement entry for KOPF — runway, frequencies, FBO, fuel, hours, NOTAMs, special procedures.

NTSB events at KOPF

64 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport — showing the 56 most recent.

Total events

82

since 1982

Fatal

7

8.5% of total

Last 5 years

2

≈ 0.4/yr

Last 10 years

6

≈ 0.6/yr

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Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 216,246 ops in 1994

2024 total

149,389

10-yr total

1,500,051

2024 mix

AC/AT 18% · GA 78% · Mil 4%

Events / million ops

4.0

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

0.34

approximate · 10-yr scaled

The honest comparison — events normalized by exposure. A field doing 4× the operations will see more events at the same per-op rate. Per million ops is what matters.

Last 10 years · n=6

  • Gear-up landing 3
  • Stall / spin 1
  • Engine failure / power loss 1
  • Other 1

All time · n=64

  • Other 16
  • Gear-up landing 11
  • Stall / spin 10
  • Engine failure / power loss 8
  • Controlled flight into terrain 4
  • Weather · wind / icing / convective 4
  • Loss of control 3
  • Fuel exhaustion / starvation 2

Categories derived from NTSB Findings descriptions and probable-cause text via deterministic rule matching. "Other" includes cases where the agency record didn't surface enough text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2015-12-01 Piper PA-32 · Engine failure · day
2006-06-23 Piper PA-25-235 · CFIT · VMC · day
2005-12-18 Piper PA-25-235 · CFIT · VMC · day
2005-11-06 Piper PA-28R-180 · CFIT · VMC · day
2005-09-25 Piper PA-25-235 · CFIT · VMC · day
2004-12-04 Convair Div. of Gen. Dynamics 340 · Engine failure · VMC · day
2026-03-04 Cessna 551 · Gear-up · VMC
2023-01-03 Cessna 172N · Other · day
2020-12-31 Cessna 501 · Engine failure · VMC · day
2020-03-27 Aero Commander 500 · Gear-up · VMC · night
2019-10-25 Piper PA 30 · Stall / spin · day
2017-11-15 Cessna 172RG · Gear-up · VMC · night
2013-12-24 Cessna 172S · Gear-up · day
2012-09-10 Cessna 402B · Ground collision · VMC · day
2011-07-12 GATES LEAR JET 35 · Weather · day
2011-05-02 Beech E18S · Engine failure · VMC · day
2008-03-17 Piper PA-25-260 · Stall / spin · day
2007-11-06 Cessna,Beech C208B,E18S · Ground collision · day
2005-08-31 Cessna 172S · Engine failure · VMC · day
2005-03-06 Piper PA-44-180 · Engine failure · VMC · day
2004-11-12 Cessna 170A · Hard landing · VMC · day
2002-10-17 Cessna 172 · Loss of control · VMC · day
2000-09-30 William J. Knowles KNOWLES-THORP KT-18 · Stall / spin · VMC · day
2000-04-04 Dassault DA-20 · Gear-up · VMC · day
1999-10-11 Fairchild SA227-AC · Hard landing · night
1999-03-30 Cessna 210 · Engine failure · VMC · night
1998-08-27 Piper PA-32-300 · Stall / spin · VMC · night
1998-06-05 Cessna 310K · Stall / spin · VMC · day
1998-04-15 Piper PA-46-310P · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · day
1996-05-02 Beech UC45J · Gear-up · day
1995-08-10 Cessna 150L · Other · day
1995-06-22 Piper PA-31-350 · Gear-up · day
1995-06-01 Piper PA-23-250 · Engine failure · day
1995-03-21 CHRISTEN INDUSTRIES A-1 · Stall / spin · VMC · day
1994-12-18 Cessna 152 · Runway excursion · VMC · day
1994-06-22 Cessna 152 · Loss of control · day
1994-03-13 SIAI-Marchetti F-260-C · Fuel exhaustion · day
1993-11-10 Cessna 421 · Gear-up · VMC · dusk
1993-10-06 Schweizer 269C · Weather · day
1993-03-19 Cessna 402B · Other · day
1992-06-08 Piper PA-24-260 · Weather · day
1990-05-21 Cessna 140 · Loss of control · day
1988-03-09 Hughes 269A · Other · VMC · day
1987-12-05 Cessna 310F · Other · VMC · day
1987-12-04 Beech C-45H · Stall / spin · VMC · day
1987-11-10 Piper PA-23-250 · Other · VMC · day
1987-09-24 Aero Commander 560-F · Other · VMC · day
1987-08-31 Cessna,Bell 152,47G-2 · Other · VMC · day
1987-07-17 Cessna 152 · Other · IMC · day
1987-06-20 Bell 47G-2 · Other · day
1987-04-02 Cessna 310D · Stall / spin · day
1986-06-28 Cessna 150M · Under/overshoot · day
1986-04-25 Cessna 402B · Gear-up · VMC · night
1986-04-25 Cessna 310L · Gear-up · VMC · night-moonlit
1986-01-23 Cessna 310J · Other · VMC · dusk
1985-10-07 Piper PA-31-310 · Gear-up · day

+ 8 more on file

DPEs near KOPF

Closest FAA Designated Pilot Examiners by great-circle distance from the field. Distances measured city-centroid to airport — useful as a first cut, not a guarantee of exam location. Click any designee for their authorizations and contact info.

Designee City ST Distance
Michelle Carol Melendez North Miami FL 6 nm
Bradley Palmer Pembroke Pines FL 7 nm
Leandro Antonio Mata Pembroke Pines FL 7 nm
Thomas Coleman Inglima Pembroke Pines FL 7 nm
William Richard Rundell Pembroke Pines FL 7 nm
Alvin Guthery Miami FL 9 nm
Carlos Cortes Miami FL 9 nm
Christopher Hastings Kirk Miami FL 9 nm
David Jose Pineda Miami FL 9 nm
Diane Elizabeth Reinken Miami FL 9 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs near KOPF

Closest active flight instructors by city-centroid distance. Pulled from the FAA airmen registry — ratings shown reflect the certificate on file. Drill into the state directory for filters by rating, medical, and pilot level.

Instructor City ST Distance
Michel Victor Verger Miami Lakes FL 2 nm
William Neil Aitkenhead Miami Lakes FL 2 nm
Kenneth Christopher Badziak Miami Lakes FL 2 nm
Michael Victor Verger Miami Lakes FL 2 nm
Karl Alexander Robles Miami Lakes FL 2 nm
Christopher Emmanuel Benaiges Miami Lakes FL 2 nm
Samuel Leiva Miami Lakes FL 2 nm
Nicolas Palomino Manyari Miami Lakes FL 2 nm
Robert Logan Billings Miami Lakes FL 2 nm
Kerry Stanley Hackney Hialeah FL 3 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics near KOPF

Closest certificated mechanics by city-centroid distance. Airframe (A), Powerplant (P), and Inspection Authorization (IA) are the ratings that matter for annuals, 100-hours, and major repairs.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Carlos Alberto Lavina Miami Lakes FL 2 nm
Roberto Gabino Sosa Miami Lakes FL 2 nm
Javier Sosa Miami Lakes FL 2 nm
John Robert Lopez Miami Lakes FL 2 nm
Jaime Andres Becerra Jr Miami Lakes FL 2 nm
Samuel Leiva Miami Lakes FL 2 nm
Sebastian Alvarez Miami Lakes FL 2 nm
Jorge Enrique Castillo Miami Lakes FL 2 nm
Robert Raymond Alameda Miami Lakes FL 2 nm
David Paul Ellenberger Miami Lakes FL 2 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations near KOPF

Closest repair, avionics, paint, and interior shops by airport location. These are the businesses you'll fly the airplane to — not just the certificate-holders nearby. Click any shop for details and contact info.

Shop Distance
Boca Aircraft Maintenance
Opa-locka, FL
1 nm
Flight Support & Logistics, LLC
Pembroke Pines, FL
6 nm
RealClean Aircraft Detailing Miami
Fort Lauderdale, FL
6 nm
Propel Aviation Services, LLC
Miami, FL
18 nm
Wayne's Aircraft Maintenance
Miami, FL
18 nm
Alca Avionics, Inc
Miami, FL
18 nm
AOG Aircraft Service Inc.
Tamarac, FL
18 nm
Superior Avionics Inc.
Fort Lauderdale, FL
19 nm
Avionics Masters, Inc.
Fort Lauderdale, FL
19 nm
Boca Aircraft Maintenance
Boca Raton, FL
30 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.