Key West in Monroe County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Meacham Field

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, September 18, 2018

1. Meacham Field Marker

Inscription. The first regularly-scheduled international flight by a United States airline was made from here to Havana Oct. 28, 1927. This inaugurated Pan American World Airways, which later spread through the Caribbean, around South America, and across the Atlantic and the Pacific. The first Clipper was a wooden-winged Fokker F-7 capable of carrying 10 passengers 85 M.P.H. On the maiden flight it carried a crew of two and a few bags of mail to the Cuban capital in an hour and ten minutes. Passengers were carried beginning Jan. 16, 1928.

Erected 1954 by Historical Association of Southern Florida.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Air & Space. A significant historical date for this entry is October 28, 1927.

Location. 24° 33.131′ N, 81° 45.266′ W. Marker is in Key West, Florida, in Monroe County. It can be reached from South Roosevelt Boulevard (State Road A1A) just east of Faraldo Circle. Marker is located in the East Martello Tower Museum along the internal eastern wall of the fort near the door to the courtyard. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3501 South Roosevelt Boulevard, Key West FL

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33040, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on the Florida Keys.

It is also in the American South

and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Fort East Martello (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Nyad (approx. 1.2 miles away); Southern Terminus of Overseas Railway (approx. 1.3 miles away); Salt Production (approx. 1½ miles away); The Martinez Havana Company Factory (approx. 1.6 miles away); Indian Block (approx. 1.6 miles away); Blue Freedom (approx. 1.7 miles away); Key West Roosters (approx. 1.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Key West.

More about this marker. At some point in the future it might be placed back outside.

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, September 18, 2018

2. Meacham Field Marker

Meacham Field Marker Dedication in 1954 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Florida Memory, circa 1954

3. Meacham Field Marker Dedication in 1954

Credits. This page was last revised on December 27, 2018. It was originally submitted on December 24, 2018, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. This page has been viewed 516 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 24, 2018, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.