Viking Airport on Biscayne Island shortly after completion of the island, around 1927. Florida Photographic Collection

Biscayne Island is the westernmost of the Venetian Islands, a chain of artificial islands in Biscayne Bay near Miami Beach, Florida. Biscayne Island was once the site of Viking Airport. It is now home to apartment buildings, residential neighborhoods, and a toll plaza portion of the Venetian Causeway. An arial view of the Biscayne Bay artificial islands during their construction in 1927. ... Biscayne Bay separates Miami on the mainland from Miami Beach on the barrier islands of the Atlantic Ocean coast of Florida. ... Miami Beach is a city located in Miami-Dade County, Florida. ... an early aerial view of the Venetian Causeway and Venetian Islands across Biscayne Bay in Miami-Dade County, Florida. ...