![]() By 1989, Piedmont Airlines was operating six nonstop flights a day to Miami with Fokker F28 Fellowship twin jets. In 1987, Eastern Airlines was operating daily mainline Boeing 727-100 jet service nonstop to Miami. In 1979, Air Florida was operating five nonstop flights a day to Miami with Boeing 737 jetliners. Several other airlines also began operating jet service into Key West. Kennedy International Airport via intermediate stops in Miami, West Palm Beach, and Orlando. By 1969, National was operating daily 727 jet service direct to Washington National Airport, Philadelphia International Airport, and John F. In 1968, National began the first jet flights into Key West with Boeing 727-100s, providing nonstop service to Miami. National served Key West for nearly 25 years and later operated Convair 340 and Convair 440 prop aircraft, as well as Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprops, into the airport. National Airlines began flights to Miami in 1944 with Lockheed Lodestar twin prop aircraft, although the airport did not have a paved runway until around 1956. Around the same time, the airport became Key West International Airport. In January 1953, the city gave Monroe County the title to Meacham Field, allowing the county to apply for Federal Aviation Administration grants. After the war, the city took over what became Key West Municipal Airport. Navy use later in World War II as an alternative to the Trumbo Point seaplane base and the main Naval Air Station for fixed-wing and lighter-than-air ( blimp) aircraft on Boca Chica Key. Army use after the Pearl Harbor attack, as well as into U.S. The main runway at Meacham Field was pressed into U.S. In 1928, Pan American Airways began scheduled flights from Key West. Key West's aviation history began in 1913 with a flight to Cuba by Augustin Parla. The first scheduled service between Miami and Key West was by National Airlines on February 10, 1944 ![]()
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