National Aviation Day is celebrated annually on August 19 but for Dennys Emilio Gonzalez, a Senior Aviation Property Manager at Miami International Airport, every day is Aviation Day. That’s because, for the last year and a half Dennys has managed MIA’s real estate properties by day, and by night he has built his own mini-airport property – in his spare bedroom at his North Miami Beach townhome.
Since March 2020, Dennys has spent long evening hours working on a childhood dream of building a 1:200 scale model airport, complete with two main terminals, a passenger tram system, commuter terminal, hangar building, cargo hub, and a fully functional two-train system within a surrounding city that features roads, traffic lights, wayfinding signs, bus stations, and vehicles.
Eighteen months of pandemic-induced social distancing and about $10,000 later, Dennys Gonzalez (DG’s) International Airport is almost complete.
While Dennys has stayed humble about his own mini airport, he hopes that the attention it gets will help to inspire young aviation enthusiasts to follow their passion.
To view DG’S International Airport in action, visit its YouTube channel.
