St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport
St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport | |||||||||||||||
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Aerial view of the airport in 2010 | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Pinellas County | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Tampa Bay Area | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Unincorporated Pinellas County, adjacent to Pinellas Park | ||||||||||||||
| Operating base for | Allegiant Air | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 11 ft / 3 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°54′36″N 082°41′15″W / 27.91000°N 82.68750°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | fly2pie | ||||||||||||||
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FAA airport diagram | |||||||||||||||
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Sources: FAA, airport website | |||||||||||||||
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St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport (IATA: PIE, ICAO: KPIE, FAA LID: PIE) is a public/military airport in Pinellas County, Florida, United States, serving the Tampa Bay Area. It is right on the northeast municipal boundary of Pinellas Park, 9 miles (14 km) north of downtown St. Petersburg, 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Clearwater, and 17 miles (27 km) southwest of Tampa.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2023–2027 categorized it as a small-hub primary commercial service facility. In 2014, it showed double-digit growth and handled more than one million passengers, setting a record.
Most scheduled airline traffic in the Tampa Bay Area uses Tampa International Airport (TPA), 10 miles (16 km) east, but St. Pete–Clearwater remains a destination for low-cost carriers. St. Pete–Clearwater is a focus city for Las Vegas–based Allegiant Air. The airport is also less busy than Tampa and is frequently used by pilots of private planes and executive jets.
The airport uses "Tampa Bay The Easy Way" as an advertising slogan and "Fly2PIE" in reference to its three-letter IATA and FAA codes.