<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History St. Petersburg International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">The airport is on the west shoreline of Tampa Bay, six miles (10 km) north of St. Petersburg, Florida (the "birthplace of commercial air transportation"). Barely a decade after the pioneer flight of the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk in 1903, the first tickets for airline travel were sold by the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line of Tony Jannus to fare-paying passengers. Using a Benoist XIV amphibious aircraft, the inaugural flight took place from a location near the downtown St. Petersburg Pier. Mayor Abram C. Pheil of St. Petersburg and Mae Peabody of Dubuque, Iowa, were the first passengers, flying across the bay to Tampa and, according to a United Press account, reportedly reaching the maximum speed of 75 miles per hour during the flight. Other reports indicate that they reached an altitude of 50 feet (15 m).</p>
<p class="blog-para">This was the beginning of commercial air transportation anywhere in the world and is commemorated by a replica of the Benoist aircraft and a plaque at the airport terminal baggage claim area. Another replica is displayed at the St. Petersburg Museum of History adjacent to the Pier. Since 1991, the terminal holds the archives of the Florida Aviation Historical Society.</p>
<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3">Transportation St. Petersburg International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">See the transport options to and from Saint Petersburg Airport:</p>
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<li class="blog-li"><strong>Bus:</strong> There are several buses between Saint Petersburg Airport and the city Centre.</li>
<li class="blog-li"><strong>Taxi:</strong> Get to Saint Petersburg city Centre within 35 minutes by taxi.</li>
<li class="blog-li"><strong>Train:</strong> Passengers can take a taxi to the nearest train station, Airport (Аэропорт).</li>
<li class="blog-li"><strong>Car Hire:</strong> Hiring a car in Saint Petersburg Airport is a good idea to move around.</li>
</ul>
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