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
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.
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.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Pete-Clearwater International → MC Ghee Tyson PIE–TYS | 520 | 76,820 | Allegiant Air |
| St. Pete-Clearwater International → Asheville Regional PIE–AVL | 504 | 75,814 | Allegiant Air |
| St. Pete-Clearwater International → Gerald R Ford International PIE–GRR | 380 | 61,892 | Allegiant Air |
| St. Pete-Clearwater International → Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International PIE–CVG | 353 | 56,966 | Allegiant Air, Delta Air Lines Inc., United Air Lines Inc. |
| St. Pete-Clearwater International → Key West International PIE–EYW | 312 | 28,648 | Allegiant Air, CFM Inc d/b/a Contour..., Tradewind Aviation |
| St. Pete-Clearwater International → Lehigh Valley International PIE–ABE | 279 | 46,466 | Allegiant Air |
| St. Pete-Clearwater International → Bishop International PIE–FNT | 275 | 43,653 | Allegiant Air |
| St. Pete-Clearwater International → Indianapolis International PIE–IND | 228 | 37,557 | Allegiant Air, Sun Country 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
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 154 |
| multi-engine | 45 |
| jets | 59 |
| helicopters | 3 |
| other | 18 |
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.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 171,579, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 15,930 |
| air taxi and commuter | 22,688 |
| general aviation, travelling | 43,903 |
| general aviation, local | 81,944 |
| military | 7,114 |
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
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 48 since 1982 · 5 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Florida 6,103 since 1982 · 984 in the last ten years
- Tampa Bay Aviation INC 7 aircraft · flight school
- National Aviation Academy of Mississippi INC 6 aircraft · flight school
- St Pete Aviation Services LLC 21 aircraft · flight school
- MC Ghee Tyson (TYS) 520 flights in twelve months · Allegiant Air
- Asheville Regional (AVL) 504 flights in twelve months · Allegiant Air
- Gerald R Ford International (GRR) 380 flights in twelve months · Allegiant Air
- Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International (CVG) 353 flights in twelve months · Allegiant Air, Delta Air Lines Inc.
- Key West International (EYW) 312 flights in twelve months · Allegiant Air, CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Lehigh Valley International (ABE) 279 flights in twelve months · Allegiant Air
- Bishop International (FNT) 275 flights in twelve months · Allegiant Air
- Indianapolis International (IND) 228 flights in twelve months · Allegiant Air, Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Florida 128 landing places
- Florida 21,711 aircraft registered
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.
