Dade County built the biggest airport terminal in the world (above) in Miami, which opened on February 1, 1959. Note the 270-room hotel directly above the terminal building.
A new airport terminal for Broward County (above), serving Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood, also opened in 1959.
Tampa's West Shore terminal (above) opened in 1952, supplemented by a new runway and other improvements which were completed for the jets by 1963.
Jacksonville continued to use the old Imeson Airport terminal building (below) which was built in 1941. A new airport with longer runways more suitable for jets opened in 1968, north of the city.
In Orlando (above), an agreement with the military in October, 1961 allowed jetliners to land at McCoy Air Force base and a maintenance hangar was converted to be a passenger terminal.
At West Palm Beach, jets used a facility on Southern Boulevard (below) dating from 1947, until a new jet-age terminal opened in 1966.
The St. Petersburg/Clearwater airport terminal (below) opened in 1957 and was adequate to handle its limited jet service.
