Love this place!! My son and I have been going there since he was a baby! Awesome place to see airplanes and historic airplanes!

Took my father to this museum. It offers a highly educational experience, showcasing a remarkable collection of aircrafts and history. This is perfect for families with kids or anyone who loves airplanes and aircraft vintage. The gift shop, which features unique aviation themed items, airplanes hanging from the ceiling, a book area and even toy airplanes for sale. The museum is small and you can be done in like 30 minutes. They have one of the last F-14 Tomcat and is in good shape. The website says $10 for admission but in the entrance they charge me $15. They need to update their prices. My dad had a great time. Also, on your drive out check out the Bay of Pigs memorial. That was neat. read more

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As an aviation aficionado, I'm torn giving this museum a relatively low rating. I mean the fact there's an F14 on display would make it deserve a higher rating. The two employees themselves were pretty pleasant even letting me practice Russian with them. However, I think what's missing with this museum is interactivity. You know, letting you get closer to some of the planes on display. The Tomcat and a few of the other planes are roped off; it would be nice to be able to get closer to take a selfie and indulge your Top Gun fantasy of fistpumping by the cockpit or taking a picture with a helmet on. Some of the vintage but functional planes in the back were nice to look at. However the two pilots there were surly and not even answering any questions about their planes. I understand it's their private property, but if I was the museum owner I'd include provisions for public relation in their leases. Frankly, the interaction with the two pilots is what pushed the low rating. This museum did have a pretty good visual on the Tuskegee Airmen and female military pilots. Another highlight was the collection of airplane models both for sale and display. Everything from WWII planes from both Allies and Axis, to Cold War US and USSR planes were there. The models they sold ran the extent from the ones you put together to ready made for display. Not a bad way to spend an hour for $10. A few tweaks would make it much better! read more

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Not worth the price. Very small. Boring in my opinion. The old man there wasn't that nice either. read more

Older gentleman was unfriendly and we didn't feel welcomed. My son love looking at the fighter jets. Just not a welcoming place. read more

Wings Over Miami - Museums Near Me - Miami, Florida

better than great a true miami dade treasure with plenty of planes and history and actual stories and just a wonderful 90 minutes of doing your own thing at your own pace....well preserved with exciting planes and parts and plaques and historical perspectives of peacetime and wartime and all that goes with it--do not miss this one and take mom and the kids and all the rest...five star all the way and bravo to them read more

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Not really what I was expecting. If you really know about planes then you'd enjoy it. But for the most part, you walk through a small exhibit area and then walk in the hangar around about 4 or 5 planes. It's nice but so small. Not something to plan on going out of your way for, nor to plan an entire day around this. read more

Great museum, we found this place unexpectedly and really enjoyed it. Although we've lived in the area for years we never knew about it. It's a small and quick tour but nevertheless very enjoyable for my son who likes planes. read more

If you are a war veteran, a flight enthusiast, or just someone interested in wars, history, and the history of aviation, then you would probably find this museum interesting. Wings Over Miami is a non-profit museum organization that seeks to educate visitors about the history of aviation, as well as the challenges faced during those time periods. The museum is located at the Kendall-Tamiami Airport in West Kendall, which is a small airport that does not allow commercial airline use. Most of the airplanes in the collection are privately owned by enthusiasts, collectors, or pilots, and are housed in the hangar, and all of the planes are historically significant. The aircraft collection includes vintage aircraft, as well as World War II and Cold War aircraft. As you enter the gift shop, you will go through a door and turn into a small hallway containing such things as helmets, plane engines, war reenactment scenes and other memorabilia. There are also some posters hanging on the wall that tell you about the WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) pioneers, and all their contributions to the war effort. These ladies were not only extremely brave and courageous, but inspirational! After seeing these items, you will turn and enter the door that leads to the hangar and see the huge airplanes on display. Wings Over Miami is a successor museum to the former Weeks Air Museum, which had suffered much damage after Hurricane Andrew in 1992 and ended up moving to Polk County. Because Miami-Dade County was left without an aviation history museum, four plane enthusiasts decided to create a new museum to use the facility. The new museum's board was made up of its founders: Walter Orth, Larry Ploucha, Vincent Tirado and Tom Righetti. You will actually see some of the planes that belonged to Righetti on display. The founders agreed that this would be a flying museum, meaning that aircraft from the collection would be airworthy and would be flown regularly. In case you cannot tell, this is why the airplanes must be cordoned off and off-limits to visitors who would like to touch them or fly them. This could damage the aircraft, which would cost thousands of dollars to repair, or affect the planes while in flight, injuring or killing the pilot. Besides, would you trust a stranger to fly your historic plane and not crash it? I think not! On the day I came, about 4 of the airplanes were out flying, so the ticket counter gave me a 50% discount since I would be missing out on seeing those airplanes. Although there is no actual tour or historical guide, most of the planes had signage that explained the plane's history, name, and specs, though there were more than a few that did not have signs, which was disappointing. Luckily, after much independent research, I was able to find names and information about the ones that were lacking it, but that is something that I think they should expand on. Also, the signage was full of typos and grammatical errors, which is a complete embarrassment. It looked as if a child or a tween had typed them. I understand English is pretty much a second language in Miami but you're not doing yourself any favors by coming across as an uneducated museum, which is an oxymoron. The crown jewels of the museum are the F-14D Tomcat, as well as the PBY Catalina Super Cat. The Super Cat is outside and is extremely large, as it can serve as a seaplane. While out there, you may catch some Cessnas practicing takeoffs and landings, which is quite entertaining. Although it's a small airport, it is fairly active. The museum gift shop contains posters for purchase, t-shirts and other clothing accessories, pictures for purchase, miniature model airplane figurines for display, puzzles, and fly by wire model plane kits, which make great gifts for anyone who likes planes. Although they used to host air shows that included aerial acrobatics, they no longer do, as the insurance is very expensive and it would require shutting down a runway (air shows can no longer be performed above crowds of spectators). Also, our weather can be unpredictable, as some New Englanders found out after lugging their plane here for an air show for nothing, as the rain ended up cancelling it. Instead, they now host events such as an annual car show that features antique & classic vehicles. If you want to attend an air show, there are various other aviation museums throughout Florida that host them, you just have to do the research. I am glad that my father got to see the museum before he passed away, as he was a war veteran and enjoyed anything related to war and airplanes. Admission is $10, which when compared with most other Florida attractions (Vizcaya, Jungle Island, Monkey Jungle, etc.) is not really that bad, so I think it's worth a visit, if museums and history are your thing. read more

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Features as many "Do Not Touch" signs as airplanes. I know it's a historical museum, but, how about at least one plane for us wannabe pilots? The appeal of this place would rise exponentially. Located inside Tamiami Airport (when entering through SW 137 Avenue, it's at the western end of SW 128 Street), Wings Over Miami showcases some well preserved planes from bygone eras in its huge hangar (think World War II-era). Related accessories are also on view, like flight gear, old flight manifestos, and, perhaps its only nod to youngster appeal, model plane kits (cool gift shop). But, if you want to play pilot, you'll just have to stick to flight simulators or risk an air marshal's wrath. read more

An interesting museum in the South Miami area, though not as big as other air museums that I've been to in the past. It's $10 admission to see the museum and the actual airplane models. Not a whole lot to see, but still, it's worth a visit. read more

I thought the museum was great - small for sure but that was the nice part. I took my son there and the gentleman at the front was nice. You get to see the planes, take a picture and be close to the tarmac. I would go again just because it was different. In the beginning you see really great military displays and there are uniforms, etc too. Really cool merchandise also. read more

Lame! I don't want to give 1-star because they do have some interesting planes. And when I say some, I mean about a dozen. The front corridor before entering the displayed flyers is dark, horribly lit even with the motion sensing lights that keep on turning off on you if you stat still for more than 10 seconds. They have a bunch of material to look at and read there, but it's just too dark! The planes themselves are okay. Pleasant and all, but not worth the trip or the 'experience'. read more

Not much to see. Guys in the hangar way to busy to acknowledge my presence. They do have an F-14 & T6. But the rest of it is just like the ramp at the general aviation section of the airport. Save your money, just drive around the airport you'll see the same stuff. Not worth a dollar more or less $10. read more

Wings Over Miami is a neat little aviation museum. It has planes that are WW ll era and even a Viet Nam era fighter jet. There is a replica of a 1907 aircraft too.... I suppose there are "no touch" signs, but the fact is, most of those planes fly and pilots get kinda nervous when people mess with their planes. It is a life safety issue. Not to mention the fact that many of those planes have canvas on the wings making them fragile and expensive to repair, I imagine. The idea of having a plane open to have people sit in is a good one. Maybe that is something they could consider when they get the funds to spend on exhibits. Anyway, I like the museum. I go out there as often as I can. I have an annual family membership (costs less than one movie trip for the family). I can take the kids out there weekly without additional charges, so it is a great little outing. There are pilots out there on the weekends in the morning and plane mechanics there during the week days, so the kids have someone to ask for answers about the planes! :o) read more

Just went to their Fly-In this weekend... wonderful event... we got to walk around the planes and talk to lots of pilots. There were all sorts of things to see and people there. WW2 vets: A fighter pilot. A Womens Airforce Service pilot (WASP) both of these people were in their 90s and we could just talk to them about their flying experiences :) Regarding the "no touch" policy -- I think that since these planes fly, they can't let people touch them... a little damage unnoticed by a pilot would be awful. Some of the planes are of made of fabric with varnish like stuff on them... they cant have people poking them :( they are fragile and old read more

I am planning an event and looking for unique venues. The air museum advertises as such a place, but when I called I felt like they were discouraging such a thing. And he even said "not the most glamorous of places there is oil out there" Well maybe I spoke to the wrong person. All the photo shoots they do out there look really cute, and I've always been a fan of planes. I'm also kind of confused because events bring in revenue for the museum. read more

Not worth the $10/person entry. Can be in and out within 10-15 minutes since you cannot get close to the planes to really admire them. I took several pictures of my son with the planes in the background and I was told (not in a polite manner) that I had to pay for a $100+ photoshoot if I wanted to take pictures of my son there. Insane. Not recommended unless you are a real plane enthusiast and have nowhere else to go that day. read more