Ocean Reef Club Airport is a private-use
airport
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located northeast of the
central business district
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of the island of
Key Largo
Key Largo ( es, Cayo Largo) is an island in the upper Florida Keys archipelago and is the largest section of the keys, at long. It is one of the northernmost of the Florida Keys in Monroe County, and the northernmost of the keys connected b ...
in
Monroe County Monroe County may refer to seventeen counties in the United States, all named for James Monroe:
* Monroe County, Alabama
*Monroe County, Arkansas
* Monroe County, Florida
* Monroe County, Georgia
*Monroe County, Illinois
*Monroe County, Indian ...
,
Florida
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,
United States
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. The airport is privately owned.
Historical airline service
The airport had scheduled passenger airline service starting in 1971 operated by Ocean Reef Airways, a division of Montauk Caribbean Airlines. The airline provided on demand service to
Miami International Airport
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and
Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport
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along with charter service. The airline was owned and operated by Bob King and his spouse, who were homeowners in the Ocean Reef Club. The club provided special permission to use their trademarked name as part of their airline name. The service was so successful that they expanded in 1979, continuing their nonstop flights to and from Miami International Airport with a
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
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twin engine commuter turboprop.
See also
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List of airports in Florida
This is a list of airports in Florida (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such airports that wer ...
References
External links
Ocean Reef Club Airport
{{Florida airports
Airports in Monroe County, Florida
Privately owned airports