St. Pete-Clearwater International
PIE · KPIE · St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida · Pinellas County · map
St. Pete-Clearwater International is a public-use airport owned by the County of Pinellas, 8 miles north of St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida, 11 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 9,730 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100 octane avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now KPIE · observed 3:53 pm EDT (19:53 UTC), 43 minutes ago
IFR instrument conditions
- Wind from the east-northeast (070°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 4 miles
- Sky: a broken layer at 800 feet, a broken layer at 7,000 feet, overcast at 11,000 feet
- Weather: rain, mist
- Temperature 78°F (26°C), dew point 76°F (24°C)
- Altimeter 29.85 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:32 pm EDT (17:32 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the east at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, showers nearby, scattered clouds at 800 feet, overcast at 10,000 feet VFR
- At times between Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC) and 5:00 pm EDT (21:00 UTC): visibility 4 miles, rain showers, a broken layer at 800 feet IFR
- From Tue 5:00 pm EDT (21:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 7 knots, visibility 4 miles, rain showers, thunderstorms nearby, scattered clouds at 3,000 feet (thunderheads), overcast at 10,000 feet MVFR
- From Tue 10:00 pm EDT (02:00 UTC): wind from the east at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, showers nearby, scattered clouds at 3,000 feet, overcast at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 2:00 am EDT (06:00 UTC): wind from the east at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, showers nearby, scattered clouds at 700 feet VFR
- At times between Wed 3:00 am EDT (07:00 UTC) and 7:00 am EDT (11:00 UTC): visibility 4 miles, rain showers, a broken layer at 700 feet IFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KPIE 061953Z 07007KT 4SM RA BR BKN008 BKN070 OVC110 26/24 A2985 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S SLP108 P0016 T02560244
TAF KPIE 061732Z 0618/0718 09007KT P6SM VCSH SCT008 OVC100 TEMPO 0618/0621 4SM SHRA BKN008 FM062100 21007KT 4SM SHRA VCTS SCT030CB OVC100 FM070200 10005KT P6SM VCSH SCT030 OVC250 FM070600 10005KT P6SM VCSH SCT007 TEMPO 0707/0711 4SM SHRA BKN007
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA PIE · ICAO KPIE
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Pinellas
- Elevation
- 11 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 11:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100 octane avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Miami sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1942
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 9,730 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 6,000 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), 9,180 ft available for landing, brush 9 ft high 665 ft from the end
- Runway 36: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 930 ft, 8,720 ft available for landing, tree 30 ft high 450 ft from the end
- Runway 04: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 32 ft high 1,135 ft from the end
- Runway 22: PAPI, four lights on the left, road 8 ft high 270 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.3 | St. Petersburg-Clearwater |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Pie and automated weather (ASOS) | 134.5 | St. Petersburg-Clearwater |
| Clearance delivery | 120.6 | St. Petersburg-Clearwater |
| Ground | 121.9 | St. Petersburg-Clearwater |
| Tower (secondary) | 128.4 | St. Petersburg-Clearwater |
| Approach and departure · Departure procedure (BAYPO) · Departure procedure (ENDED) | 125.3 | St. Petersburg-Clearwater |
| Bangz and star · Rayzz and star | 118.8 | St. Petersburg-Clearwater |
| Blfrg and star | 119.65 | St. Petersburg-Clearwater |
| St Petersburg Rco | 122.2 | St Petersburg |
| Dades and star | 135.5 | St. Petersburg-Clearwater |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 727-502-6385.
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Aircraft registered in St Petersburg-Clearwater from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list St Petersburg-Clearwater, FL as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 48 since 1982, 5 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 18; tdz runway 18; cntln runway 18/36; medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22; high-intensity runway lights runway 18/36; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency.
- 6 feet fence 200 feet bfr aer 483 feet R of centerline.
- Approach ratio 34:1 to threshold.
- Approach ratio 50:1 to dthr.
- Noise sensitive area 5 MI north extdg 1 MI east and west of localizer SB to shoreline.
- Military: contract avoil O-128 available.
- Tbjt landing runway 18 and departure runway 36 use publd noise abatement procedure.
- Lights on hwy north of airport may be mistaken for runway lights.
- Banner towing NA.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.