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Old Posted Dec 14, 2017, 5:14 PM
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Originally Posted by chris08876 View Post
MIA to downtown is about 8-9 miles. LaGuardia is somewhat closer, about 5 miles. But LIC is very close to Manhattan and the flight path that does go over Queens/Brooklyn tends to cut through Ridgewood, Bushwisk, and angling around Elmhusrt area. So called the visual landing. A lot of flights though will come up from the North (Bronx) and land on the runway adjacent to Rikers Island.

Doesn't really pose a danger to 900-1000 ft towers.
Actually it's a lot closer than that.
MIA is about 5-6 miles directly northwest of downtown/Brickell.
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