International Pan American Airport

The United States Navy vacated the facility following the end of World War I that year, and it was then used by commercial seaplane operators.

[2] Pan Am opened an Art Deco terminal building at the airport in 1934, featuring a globe in its lobby that was 10 feet in diameter and weighed 3.5 tons.

[1] After the technological advances of World War II and the construction of suitable airports in South America made seaplanes largely obsolete, Pan Am transferred its operations to Miami International Airport, which had been in operation since 1928 as Pan American Field.

This happened to be the same day an atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, essentially ending World War II.

[2] Today, the airport is the site of Miami City Hall, located in the old Pan Am terminal building.