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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, fuel (100 octane avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 279 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 13 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 171,579 takeoffs and landings a year. About 1,260,047 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.

Quick answers answers refresh every morning

What is the airport code for St. Pete-Clearwater International?

Its FAA code is PIE, and its ICAO code is KPIE.

Where is St. Pete-Clearwater International?

It is 8 miles north of St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida, 11 feet above sea level.

How long is the longest runway at St. Pete-Clearwater International?

The longest of its 2 runways, 18/36, is 9,730 feet long.

Does St. Pete-Clearwater International have a control tower?

Yes, it has a control tower.

What fuel can you buy at St. Pete-Clearwater International?

The FAA's airport file lists 100 octane avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive.

Where can you fly nonstop from St. Pete-Clearwater International?

Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them MC Ghee Tyson, Asheville Regional, Gerald R Ford International, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, Key West International. Every route

Are there flight schools at St. Pete-Clearwater International?

11 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Tampa Bay Aviation INC and National Aviation Academy of Mississippi INC. Compare them

Where are the nearest FAA examiners to St. Pete-Clearwater International?

14 pilot examiners and 21 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name

Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions

Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for St. Pete-Clearwater International…

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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks

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 and services
100 octane avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive; the services card below
Notes
certified for airline service (Part 139)
On the chart
Miami sectional
Magnetic variation
5W
In the FAA's files since
October 1942

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 2

18360422N5,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.
FAA airport diagram for St. Pete-Clearwater International
The FAA's official airport diagram (taxiways, ramps, hot spots); tap to enlarge, or open the FAA's PDF.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
18/369,730 × 150 ftAsphalt, excellentHigh-intensity lights
04/226,000 × 150 ftAsphalt, fairMedium-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) · Tower118.3St. Petersburg-Clearwater
UNICOM122.95
ATIS (recorded airport information) · Pie and automated weather (ASOS)134.5St. Petersburg-Clearwater
Clearance delivery120.6St. Petersburg-Clearwater
Ground121.9St. Petersburg-Clearwater
Tower (secondary)128.4St. Petersburg-Clearwater
Approach and departure · Departure procedure (BAYPO) · Departure procedure (ENDED)125.3St. Petersburg-Clearwater
Bangz and star · Rayzz and star118.8St. Petersburg-Clearwater
Blfrg and star119.65St. Petersburg-Clearwater
St Petersburg Rco122.2St Petersburg
Dades and star135.5St. Petersburg-Clearwater

Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 727-502-6385.

Fuel and services as reported to the FAA

Fuel
100 octane avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive
Repairs
airframe and engine: major repairs
Parking
hangars, tie-downs
Oxygen
bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
Also here
air freight, air ambulance, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental

Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Clearwater Executive (6 nm northwest), Albert Whitted Airport (9 nm south), Tampa International (9 nm northeast).

The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Florida · avgas.

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out

  • 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.

Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings

Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…

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Arrivals and departures, last hour

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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.

Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026

Airlines reported 9,254 departures from PIE in those twelve months, carrying 1,397,969 passengers in 1,643,053 seats (85% filled), to 110 destinations (9 abroad) on 13 airlines.

All 110 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month

From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.

Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024

single-engine154multi-engine45jets59helicopters3other18
Based aircraft, as a table
aircraft
single-engine154
multi-engine45
jets59
helicopters3
other18
13different aircraft heard arriving or departing here in the last 7 days (135 in 30 days)

The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.

1,260,047passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024

Takeoffs and landings a year about 171,579, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)

airline15,930air taxi and commuter22,688general aviation, travelling43,903general aviation, local81,944military7,114
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
a year
airline15,930
air taxi and commuter22,688
general aviation, travelling43,903
general aviation, local81,944
military7,114

Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.

Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby

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.

Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register

Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:

  • Tampa Bay Aviation INC 7 aircraft · Clearwater, 6 miles away Tampa Bay Aviation is a flight school offering airplane and helicopter pilot training from three locations in the Tampa Bay area (Clearwater, St.
  • National Aviation Academy of Mississippi INC 6 aircraft · Clearwater, 6 miles away
  • St Pete Aviation Services LLC 21 aircraft · Saint Petersburg, 10 miles away St Pete Air is a flight school and aircraft rental company based at Albert Whitted Airport in Saint Petersburg, Florida.
  • Training Planes LLC 20 aircraft · Tampa, 10 miles away Plane Training LLC is a flight school based in Rapid City, South Dakota, with a satellite location in Phoenix, Arizona.
  • Atlas Aviation Tampa INC 11 aircraft · Tampa, 10 miles away Atlas Aviation is a flight school and fixed-base operator (FBO) at Peter O.
  • Superior Aviation Gateway LLC 4 aircraft · Tampa, 10 miles away Superior Aviation Gateway is a Part 61 flight training school based in Tampa, Florida.
  • Zephyrhills Flying Club INC 2 aircraft · Tampa, 10 miles away
  • Hawk Aviation Academy LLC 1 aircraft · Saint Petersburg, 10 miles away Hawk Aviation Academy LLC is a flight school in central Minnesota that has been operating since 1999.
  • Sportcruiser Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Saint Petersburg, 10 miles away
  • Tampa Bay Flying Club CORP 1 aircraft · Tampa, 10 miles away Tampa Bay Flying Club is a flying club based at Manatee Airport in Palmetto, Florida.
  • Coastal Flight Instruction LLC 1 aircraft · St Petersburg, 11 miles away Coastal Flight Instruction LLC is a flight school based in St.

Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.

Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles

14 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 14 for private pilot, 14 for commercial and instrument, 8 for airline transport pilot, 13 for flight instructor, 5 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 12 for airplanes, 9 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for seaplanes, 1 for helicopters, 2 for gliders. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 21 aviation medical examiners, 5 mechanic examiners, 5 engineering representatives, 2 parachute rigger examiners, 47 training center evaluators, 1 aircrew program designee, 4 training center examiners, 5 administrative pilot examiners.

  • James Andrew Moseley private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · Clearwater Executive Airport · Clearwater, FL (6 nm) · (618) 334-2299 · [email protected]
  • Matthew Eichel private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · ATP Flight School · Clearwater, FL (6 nm) · (817) 230-4148 · [email protected]
  • Steven Markhoff private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Clearwater, FL (6 nm) · (214) 243-3411 · [email protected]
  • Zachary Taylor private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; helicopters · Clearwater Airpark · Clearwater, FL (6 nm) · (727) 798-5554 · [email protected]
  • Anthony Manuel Gallegos private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, gliders · Global Pilot Academy · Tampa, FL (9 nm) · (863) 303-2839 · [email protected]
  • Jose Singer Riquelme private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Global Pilot Academy · Tampa, FL (9 nm) · (813) 525-1579 · [email protected]
  • Richard Musser private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Lutz, FL (21 nm) · (813) 485-4895 · [email protected]
  • Mark Alan Ducorsky private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, gliders · Sarasota-Cirrus Aviation (SRQ) · Sarasota, FL (32 nm) · (630) 215-8057 · [email protected]

All 105 nearby, by kind, with contact details

What each kind does
  • DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
  • SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
  • AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
  • DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
  • DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
  • DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
  • TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
  • APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
  • DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
  • Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.

Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.

Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 48 since 1982, 5 fatal

2026-03-08ERA26LA146 · Schroder David Lancair Iv-P N366TF · accident · no injuries
2024-07-06ERA24LA295 · Piper Pa-28-181 N471A · accident · no injuries
2022-05-23ERA22LA250 · Cessna 340 N47BP · accident · no injuries
2021-04-29OPS21LA002 · Airbus A319-112 N306NV · incident · no injuries
2017-11-25ERA18LA031 · Piper Pa46 N863RB · accident · minor injuries
2016-01-04ERA16CA080 · Beech 200 N275X · accident · no injuries
2015-09-30ERA15FA378 · Piper Pa 30 N21ND · accident · 1 killed
2015-06-19ERA15LA249 · Beech B 55 N216RW · accident · no injuries
2015-06-08DCA15CA129 · Mcdonnell Douglas Dc 9 83(Md-83) N869GA · accident · serious injuries
2013-06-19ERA13LA291 · Cessna 172S N426SJ · accident · no injuries
2013-04-24CEN13IA270 · Piaggio P180 N139SL · incident · no injuries
2012-01-28ERA12LA164 · Cessna T210M N761HW · accident · minor injuries

Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.

Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register

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The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/PIE.json.

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 27, 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.