Miami Billionaires Float Helipads to Avoid Traffic, Because Roads Are so Last Century
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- ā¢ILandMiami began in 2016, launching floating helipads suitable for commercial helicopters in January 2025 after Coast Guard approval.
- ā¢Billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg and Sergey Brin use these aquatic landing pads to skip Miami's average 93 hours per year in traffic.
- ā¢Each helicopter landing costs approximately $4,000ā$4,500, with hourly flight prices near $1,000 per minute, heli not included.
In the battle against Miami's legendary gridlock, billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page, and Sergey Brin have said 'to heck with cars' and embraced ILandMiami's aquatic helipads ā floating landing pads priced at about $1,000 a minute, helicopter not included because apparently owning a helicopter isnāt demanding enough. Founded in 2016 but launched in January 2025 after Coast Guard hoops, its mobile utility vehicles (AKA giant floating LEGO blocks for helicopters) let ultra-rich folks dodge 93 hours a year lost in the city's unique driving hellscape. Real estate agent Angel Nicolas explained that one buyer toured Palm Beach, Miami, and Florida Keys homes by helicopter, naturally snagging a splashy stop at a floating helipad like it was the city's hottest nightclub. CEO Adam Terris calls it 'the wheel starting to turn' ā wheels being those old-fashioned things billionaires only use when feeling peasant-like. Meanwhile, luxury agent Nancy Batchelor swaggers with name-dropping NDAs about superstars using this watery red carpet, a perfect alternative when their yachts are inconveniently Titanic-sized for waterways. All aboard the $4,500 landing fee express, the VIP limo on water that's too posh for roads and way too small for mega-yachts. Miamiās traffic jams persist unbothered, with Batchelor quipping city planners might have underestimated both Miamiās billionaire magnetism and its notoriously terrible drivers. Because why simply avoid traffic when you can turn your commute into a floating, heli-hopping parade of extravagance?
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(1 of 3)Only in Miami do billionaires skip traffic jams with floating helipads costing more than my rentābecause apparently, money really does grow on silly, expensive floating docks.
When your yacht's too big, but traffic's too worse, just land your chopper on a $1,000-a-minute floating couch.
Welcome to Miami, where billionaire priorities include dodging traffic and renting floating helipads that cost more than most cars.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 4/4/2026 | Author: Madeline Berg
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