Miami International Airport

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Miami International Airport
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  • IATA: MIA
  • ICAO: KMIA
  • FAA LID: MIA
  • WMO: 72202
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerMiami-Dade County
OperatorMiami-Dade Aviation Department (MDAD)
ServesGreater Miami
LocationUnincorporated Miami-Dade County
Opened1928 (1928)
Hub for
Focus city for
  • Avianca
  • Frontier Airlines
  • LATAM
Elevation AMSL9 ft / 3 m
Coordinates25°47′36″N 080°17′26″W / 25.79333°N 80.29056°W / 25.79333; -80.29056Coordinates: 25°47′36″N 080°17′26″W / 25.79333°N 80.29056°W / 25.79333; -80.29056
Websiteiflymia.com
Maps
FAA airport diagram
FAA airport diagram
MIA/KMIA is located in Miami
MIA/KMIA
MIA/KMIA
Location within Miami
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
8L/26R 8,600 2,621 Asphalt
8R/26L 10,506 3,202 Asphalt
9/27 13,016 3,967 Asphalt
12/30 9,360 2,853 Asphalt
Statistics (2020)
Passengers18,663,858
Aircraft operations251,315
Metric tonnes of cargo2,356,891
Source: FAA,[1] Miami International Airport[2][3]

Miami International Airport (IATA: MIA, ICAO: KMIA, FAA LID: MIA), also known as MIA and historically as Wilcox Field, is the primary airport serving the Miami area, Florida, United States, with over 1,000 daily flights to 167 domestic and international destinations, and one of three airports serving this area. The airport is in an unincorporated area in Miami-Dade County, 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Downtown Miami, in metropolitan Miami,[4] adjacent to the cities of Miami and Miami Springs, and the village of Virginia Gardens. Nearby are the cities of Hialeah and Doral, and the Census-designated place of Fontainebleau.

It is South Florida's main airport for long-haul international flights and a hub for the Southeastern United States, with passenger and cargo flights to cities throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia. It is the largest gateway between the United States and south to Latin America and the Caribbean, and is one of the largest airline hubs in the United States.

Miami International Airport covers 1,335 hectares (3,300 acres).[4] It is Florida's busiest airport by total aircraft operations and total cargo traffic and its second busiest by total passenger traffic after Orlando.[5] The airport is American Airlines' third largest hub and serves as its primary gateway to Latin America and the Caribbean. Miami also serves as a focus city for Avianca, Frontier Airlines, and LATAM, both for passengers and cargo operations.

History[]

Pan American World Airways's ("Pan Am") first terminal consisted of a single hangar. The airport was the base of Pan Am's overseas flights to Cuba, but fell into disuse when the airline switched to amphibious seaplanes at International Pan American Airport with the famous Pan American Clipper in the mid-1930s.
A satellite image of Miami International Airport superimposed over the noted locations of old Miami City Airport / Pan American Field / 36th Street Airport of the 1920s to 1950s era, in the upper right corner facing 36th Street
For the World War II and United States Air Force Reserve use of the airport, see Miami Army Airfield

The first airport on the site of MIA opened in the 1920s and was known as Miami City Airport. Pan American World Airways opened an expanded facility adjacent to City Airport, Pan American Field, in 1928. Pan American Field was built on 116 acres of land on 36th Street and was the only mainland airport in the eastern United States that had port of entry facilities. Its runways were located around the threshold of today's Runway 26R. Eastern Airlines began to serve Pan American Field in 1931, followed by National Airlines in 1936. National used a terminal on the opposite side of LeJeune Road from the airport, and would stop traffic on the road in order to taxi aircraft to and from its terminal. Miami Army Airfield opened in 1943 during the Second World War to the south of Pan American Field: the runways of the two were originally separated by railroad tracks, but the two airfields were listed in some directories as a single facility.[6] Following World War II in 1945, the City of Miami established a Port Authority and raised bond revenue to purchase Pan American Field, which had been since renamed 36th Street Airport, from Pan Am. It merged with the former Miami Army Airfield, which was purchased from the United States Army Air Force south of the railroad in 1949 and expanded further in 1951 when the railroad line itself was moved south to make more room. The old terminal on 36th Street was closed in 1959 when the center modern passenger terminal (since greatly expanded) opened. United States Air Force Reserve troop carrier and rescue squadrons also operated from the airport from 1949 through 1959, when the last unit relocated to nearby Homestead Air Force Base, (now Homestead Air Reserve Base).

Nonstop flights to Chicago and Newark in northeast New Jersey started in late 1946, but nonstops didn't reach west beyond St. Louis and New Orleans until January 1962. Nonstop transatlantic flights to Europe began in 1970. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Air Florida had a hub at MIA, with a nonstop flight to London, England which it acquired from National upon the latter's merger with Pan Am. Air Florida ceased operations in 1982 after the crash of Air Florida Flight 90.[7] British Airways flew a Concorde SST (supersonic transport) triserial between Miami and London via Washington, D.C. (Dulles International Airport) from 1984 to 1991.[8]

After former Apollo 8 astronaut Frank Borman became president of Eastern Airlines in 1975, he moved Eastern's headquarters from Rockefeller Center in New York City to Building 16 in the northeast corner of MIA, Eastern's maintenance base. Eastern remained one of the largest employers in the Miami metropolitan area until ongoing labor union unrest, coupled with the airline's acquisition by union antagonist Frank Lorenzo in 1986, ultimately forced the airline into bankruptcy in 1989.[7]

In the midst of Eastern's turmoil, American Airlines CEO Bob Crandall sought a new hub in order to utilize new aircraft which AA had on order. AA studies indicated that Delta Air Lines would provide strong competition on most routes from Eastern's hub at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, but that MIA had many key routes only served by Eastern. American announced that it would establish a base at MIA in August 1988. Lorenzo considered selling Eastern's profitable Latin American routes to AA as part of a Chapter 11 reorganization of Eastern in early 1989, but backed out in a last-ditch effort to rebuild the MIA hub. The effort quickly proved futile, and American purchased the routes (including the route authority between Miami and London then held by Eastern sister company Continental Airlines) in a liquidation of Eastern which was completed in 1990.[7] Later in the 1990s, American transferred more employees and equipment to MIA from its failed domestic hubs at Nashville, Tennessee, and Raleigh–Durham, North Carolina. The hub grew from 34 daily departures in 1989 to 157 in 1990, 190 in 1992 and a peak of 301 in 1995, including long-haul flights to Europe and South America.[9] Today Miami is American's largest air freight hub and is the main connecting point in the airline's north–south international route network.

Pan American World Airways ("Pan Am"), the other longtime key carrier at MIA, was acquired by Delta Air Lines in 1991, but filed for bankruptcy shortly thereafter. Its remaining international routes from Miami to Europe and Latin America were sold to United Airlines for $135 million as part of Pan Am's emergency liquidation that December.[7] United's Latin American hub offered 24 daily departures in the summer of 1992, growing to 36 daily departures to 21 destinations in the summer of 1994, but returned to 24 daily departures in the summer of 1995 and never expanded further.[10] United ended flights from Miami to South America, and shut down its Miami crew base, in May 2004, reallocating most Miami resources to its main hub in O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.[11] United ceased all mainline service to Miami in 2005 with the introduction of its low-cost product Ted.[10]

Iberia also established a Miami hub in 1992, positioning a fleet of DC-9 aircraft at MIA to serve destinations in Central America and the Caribbean. The hub took advantage of rights granted under the 1991 bilateral aviation agreement between the United States and Spain.[12] However, the September 11, 2001 attacks made it necessary for many aliens to obtain a visa in order to transit the United States, and as a result United Airlines and Iberia closed their hubs in 2004.[13] Miami remains the most important hub between Europe and Latin America, and today more European carriers serve MIA than any other airport in the United States, except John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.[citation needed]

Future[]

MIA is projected to process 77 million passengers and 4 million tons of freight annually by 2040.[14] To meet such a demand, the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners approved a $5 billion improvement plan to take place over 15 years and concluding in 2035.

The comprehensive plan includes concourse optimization, construction of two on-site luxury hotels, and expansion of the airport's cargo capacity.[15]

Facilities[]

American Airlines planes at Concourse D

Terminals[]

Miami International Airport contains three terminals (North, Central and South) and six concourses for a total of 131 gates.[16] With the exception of Concourse G, all concourses contain gates to access US Customs and Border Protection facilities.

American operates three Admirals Clubs and one Flagship Lounge across Concourses D & E.[17] Numerous other lounges exist across the airport as well, including an American Express Centurion Lounge located in Concourse D.[17]

  • Concourse D contains 51 gates.[16]
  • Concourse E contains 18 gates.[16]
  • Concourse F contains 19 gates.[16]
  • Concourse G contains 14 gates.[16]
  • Concourse H contains 13 gates.[16]
  • Concourse J contains 15 gates.[16]

Ground transportation[]

The Miami Airport station serves as a hub for intercity transportation like Tri-Rail, Amtrak, Greyhound and Miami-Dade Transit.
Main article: Miami Intermodal Center

Miami International Airport uses the MIA Mover, a free people mover system to transfer passengers between MIA terminals and Miami Airport station that opened to the public on September 9, 2011. By 2015, the Station also provided direct service to Tri-Rail and Amtrak services.

Miami International Airport has direct public transit service to Miami-Dade Transit's Metrorail, Metrobus network; Greyhound Bus Lines and to the Tri-Rail commuter rail system. Metrorail operates the Orange Line train from Miami International Airport to destinations such as Downtown, Brickell, Civic Center, Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, Dadeland, Hialeah, South Miami and Wynwood. It takes approximately 15 minutes to get from the airport to Downtown.

Miami-Dade Transit operates an Airport Flyer bus which connects MIA directly to South Beach.[18]

MIA is served directly by Tri-Rail, Miami's commuter rail system, which began service on April 5, 2015. Tri-Rail connects MIA to northern Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties. Tri-Rail directly serves points north such as: Boca Raton, Deerfield Beach, Delray Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Pompano Beach and West Palm Beach.[19]

MIA has a newly completed rental car center at the new Miami Central Station.[20]

Cargo yard[]

MIA has a number of air cargo facilities. The largest cargo complex is located on the west side of the airport, inside the triangle formed by Runways 12/30 and 9/27. Cargo carriers such as LATAM Cargo[disambiguation needed], Atlas Air, Southern Air, Amerijet International and DHL operate from this area. The largest privately owned facility is the Centurion Cargo complex in the northeast corner of the airport, with over 51,000 m2 (550,000 sq ft) of warehouse space.[21] FedEx and UPS operate their own facilities in the northwest corner of the airport, off of 36th Street. In addition to its large passenger terminal in Concourse D, American Airlines operates a maintenance base to the east of Concourse D, centered around a semicircular hangar originally used by National Airlines which can accommodate three widebody aircraft.[22]

Airlines and destinations[]

Passenger[]

AirlinesDestinationsRefs
Aeroflot Moscow–Sheremetyevo [23]
Aerolíneas Argentinas Buenos Aires–Ezeiza [24]
Aeroméxico Mexico City [25]
Aer Lingus Dublin (resumes December 17, 2021)[26][27] [28]
Air Canada Rouge Montréal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson [29]
Air Europa Madrid [30]
Air France Fort-de-France, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Pointe-à-Pitre, Port-au-Prince [31]
Air Transat Montréal–Trudeau (begins December 14, 2021)[32]
Alitalia Rome–Fiumicino [33]
American Airlines Antigua, Aruba, Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Barbados, Barcelona, Barranquilla, Belize City, Bermuda, Bogotá, Bonaire, Boston, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Cali, Cancún, Cartagena, Charlotte, Chicago–O'Hare, Cleveland, Columbus–Glenn (begins November 2, 2021),[34] Curaçao, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Detroit, Georgetown–Cheddi Jagan, Grand Cayman, Grenada, Guatemala City, Guayaquil, Hartford, Havana, Houston–Intercontinental, Indianapolis, Kingston–Norman Manley, Las Vegas, Liberia (CR), Lima, London–Heathrow, Los Angeles, Madrid, Managua, Manaus (ends November 2, 2021), Medellín–JMC, Mexico City, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Milan–Malpensa, Montego Bay, Montevideo, Montréal–Trudeau, Nashville, Newark, New Orleans, New York–JFK, New York–LaGuardia, Orlando, Panama City–Tocumen, Paramaribo, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Pereira, Philadelphia, Phoenix–Sky Harbor, Pittsburgh, Port-au-Prince, Port of Spain, Providenciales, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Quito, Raleigh/Durham, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão, St. Croix, St. Kitts, St. Louis, St. Lucia–Hewanorra, St. Maarten, St. Thomas, St. Vincent–Argyle, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San José (CR), San Juan, San Pedro Sula, San Salvador, Santiago de Chile, Santiago de los Caballeros, Santo Domingo–Las Américas, São Paulo–Guarulhos, Seattle/Tacoma, Tampa, Tegucigalpa, Tel Aviv, Toronto–Pearson, Washington–National
Seasonal: Cozumel, Eagle/Vail, Kansas City, Nassau, Richmond, Roatán, Salt Lake City (resumes December 16, 2021)[35] 		[36]
American Eagle Anguilla (begins December 11, 2021),[37] Atlanta, Austin, Birmingham (AL), Charleston (SC), Chetumal (begins December 1, 2021),[35] Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbia (SC), Columbus–Glenn, Dominica–Douglas-Charles (begins December 8, 2021),[37] Fayetteville/Bentonville, Fort-de-France, Freeport, Gainesville, George Town/Exuma, Greensboro, Greenville/Spartanburg, Houston–Intercontinental, Indianapolis, Jacksonville (FL), Kansas City, Key West, Knoxville, Little Rock, Louisville, Marsh Harbour, Memphis, Mérida, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Monterrey, Nassau, New Orleans, Norfolk, North Eleuthera, Oklahoma City, Pensacola, Pittsburgh, Pointe-à-Pitre, Portland (ME), Richmond, Roatán, Rochester (NY), St. Louis, San Andrés Island (begins December 4, 2021),[35] Savannah, Tallahassee, Tulsa (begins November 6, 2021)[35]
Seasonal: Albany (begins November 6, 2021),[35] Bangor, Boston, Burlington (begins November 6, 2021),[35] Cozumel, Des Moines, Grand Rapids, Huntsville, Jackson (MS), Madison (begins November 6, 2021),[35] Milwaukee, New York–LaGuardia, Omaha, Providenciales, Syracuse (begins November 6, 2021)[35] 		[36]
Avianca Barranquilla, Bogotá, Cali, Medellín–JMC [38]
Avianca Costa Rica San José (CR) [39]
Avianca El Salvador Guatemala City, Managua, San Salvador [38]
Bahamasair Nassau, San Salvador (Bahamas) [40]
Boliviana de Aviación Santa Cruz de la Sierra–Viru Viru [41]
British Airways London–Heathrow [42]
Caribbean Airlines Kingston–Norman Manley, Port of Spain [43]
Cayman Airways Cayman Brac, Grand Cayman [44]
Copa Airlines Panama City–Tocumen [45]
Delta Air Lines Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York–JFK, New York–LaGuardia, Salt Lake City [46]
Delta Connection Raleigh/Durham [46]
Eastern Airlines Asunción, Belo Horizonte–Confins, Managua, Montevideo [47]
El Al Tel Aviv [48]
Emirates Dubai–International[49]
Finnair Seasonal: Helsinki, Stockholm–Arlanda (begins October 23, 2021)[50] [51]
Frontier Airlines Albany (begins November 4, 2021),[52] Aruba (begins November 20, 2021),[52] Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Cancún, Chicago–O'Hare, Cincinnati, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Detroit, Guatemala City, Las Vegas, Long Island/Islip, Memphis (begins November 1, 2021),[52] Newburgh (begins November 2, 2021),[53] Newark, Norfolk (begins November 2, 2021),[52] New York–LaGuardia, Orlando, Philadelphia, Portland (ME) (begins November 1, 2021),[52] Providence, Providenciales (begins December 18, 2021),[52] Punta Cana, Raleigh/Durham, Rochester (NY) (begins November 4, 2021),[52] St. Louis (begins November 1, 2021),[52] St. Thomas, San Juan, San Salvador, Santo Domingo–Las Américas, Syracuse (begins November 1, 2021),[52] Trenton
Seasonal: Cleveland, Hartford, Montego Bay, Myrtle Beach, Nassau, St. Maarten, San José (CR) 		[54]
Gol Transportes Aéreos Brasília (resumes October 1, 2021),[55] Fortaleza (resumes November 1, 2021)[56]
Iberia Madrid [57]
JetBlue Boston, Hartford, Los Angeles, Newark, New York–JFK [58]
KLM Seasonal: Amsterdam [59]
LATAM Brasil São Paulo–Guarulhos [60]
LATAM Chile Bogotá, Punta Cana, Santiago de Chile [60]
LATAM Perú Lima [60]
LOT Polish Airlines Warsaw–Chopin [61]
Lufthansa Frankfurt, Munich [62]
Qatar Airways Doha [63]
Scandinavian Airlines Copenhagen
Seasonal: Oslo, Stockholm–Arlanda 		[64]
Southwest Airlines Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Chicago–Midway, Dallas–Love, Denver, Houston–Hobby, Nashville, New Orleans, St. Louis
Seasonal: Columbus–Glenn, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh (begins November 20, 2021)[65] 		[66]
Spirit Airlines Atlanta (begins October 6, 2021),[67] Atlantic City (begins October 6, 2021),[67] Baltimore (begins October 6, 2021),[67] Barranquilla (begins November 17, 2021),[67] Bogotá (begins October 6, 2021),[67] Boston (begins November 17, 2021),[67] Cali (begins October 6, 2021),[67] Chicago–O'Hare (begins November 17, 2021),[67] Cleveland (begins November 17, 2021),[67] Comayagua (begins November 17, 2021),[68] Dallas/Fort Worth (begins November 17, 2021),[67] Denver (begins November 17, 2021),[67] Detroit (begins November 17, 2021),[67] Guatemala City (begins October 6, 2021),[67] Hartford (begins November 17, 2021),[67] Houston–Intercontinental (begins November 17, 2021),[67] Las Vegas (begins November 17, 2021),[67] Medellín–JMC (begins October 6, 2021),[67] Myrtle Beach (begins November 17, 2021),[67] Newark (begins October 6, 2021),[67] New York–LaGuardia (begins November 17, 2021),[67] Orlando (begins November 17, 2021),[67] Philadelphia (begins November 17, 2021),[67] Port-au-Prince (begins October 6, 2021),[67] Raleigh/Durham (begins November 17, 2021),[67] St. Thomas (begins November 18, 2021),[67] San José (CR) (begins November 17, 2021),[67] San Juan (begins November 17, 2021),[67] San Pedro Sula (begins November 17, 2021),[67] San Salvador (begins October 7, 2021),[67] Santo Domingo–Las Américas (begins October 6, 2021)[67] [67]
Sun Country Airlines Seasonal: Minneapolis/St. Paul [69]
Sunwing Airlines Toronto–Pearson
Surinam Airways Aruba, Georgetown–Cheddi Jagan, Paramaribo [70]
Swiss International Air Lines Zürich [71]
TAP Air Portugal Lisbon [72]
TUI fly Belgium Seasonal: Brussels [73]
Turkish Airlines Istanbul [74]
United Airlines Chicago–O'Hare, Denver, Houston–Intercontinental, Newark, Washington–Dulles
Seasonal: San Francisco 		[75]
United Express Seasonal: Houston–Intercontinental [75]
Virgin Atlantic London–Heathrow [76]
VivaAerobús Cancún, Mexico City (both resume December 17, 2021) [77]
Viva Air Colombia Cartagena, Medellín–JMC
Volaris Guadalajara, Mexico City [78]
WestJet Seasonal: Toronto–Pearson [79]

Cargo[]

AirlinesDestinationsRefs
21 Air Bogotá, Guatemala City, Panama City, Philadelphia
ABX Air Bogotá, Bridgetown, Cincinnati, Georgetown, Kingston–Norman Manley, Lima, Nashville, Panama City, Port of Spain, San José-Juan Santamaría (CR)
AeroUnion Bogotá, Guatemala City, Mérida, Mexico City, San José-Juan Santamaría (CR)
Air Canada Cargo Toronto-Pearson (begins October 2021)[80]
Amazon Air Baltimore, Chicago/Rockford, Cincinnati, Houston–Intercontinental, Ontario, Tampa
Ameriflight Cancún, Key West, Mérida
Amerijet International Antigua, Aruba, Barbados, Basseterre, Belize City, Cancún, Curaçao, Dominica–Douglas/Charles, El Paso, Fort-de-France, Georgetown–Cheddi Jagan, Grenada, Guatemala City, Kingston–Norman Manley, Managua, Mexico City, Mérida, Monterrey, Panama City-Tocumen, Paramaribo, Pointe-à-Pitre, Port-au-Prince, Port of Spain, Sacramento, St. Kitts, St. Lucia-Hewanorra, St. Vincent-Argyle, San Juan, San Pedro Sula, San Salvador, Santiago de los Caballeros, Santo Domingo–Las Américas, Sint Maarten, Toledo, Washington—Dulles
Asiana Cargo New York–JFK, Seoul–Incheon
Avianca Cargo Asunción, Barranquilla, Bogotá, Brussels, Cali, Campinas, Curitiba, Guatemala City, Guayaquil, Lima, Manaus, Medellín–Córdova, Montevideo, Panama City, Quito, San José-Juan Santamaría (CR), Santo Domingo–Las Américas
Cargolux Houston–Intercontinental, Los Angeles, Luxembourg City
Cathay Pacific Cargo Anchorage, Hong Kong, Houston–Intercontinental
China Airlines Cargo Anchorage, Houston–Intercontinental, New York–JFK, San Francisco, Seattle/Tacoma, Taipei–Taoyuan
DHL Aviation Anchorage, Atlanta, Barbados, Bogotá, Cincinnati, Guatemala City, Lima, Los Angeles, Nashville, Orlando, Panama City-Tocumen, Paramaribo, Port-au-Prince, Port of Spain, San José-Juan Santamaría (CR), San Juan, San Pedro Sula, Santo Domingo–Las Américas
Ethiopian Airlines Cargo Addis Ababa, Bogotá, Lagos, Liège, Mexico City, New York–JFK, Zaragoza
FedEx Express Atlanta, Bogotá, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Medellín-JMC, Memphis, Newark, Ontario, Orlando
FedEx Feeder Kingston–Norman Manley
IBC Airways Cap–Haïtien, Fort Lauderdale, Freeport, Grand Cayman, Havana, Kingston–Norman Manley, Marsh Harbour, Montego Bay, Nassau, Port-au-Prince, Providenciales, Santiago de los Caballeros
Kalitta Air Anchorage, Chicago–O'Hare, Cincinnati, Houston—Intercontinental, Madrid, Port-au-Prince, Santiago
Korean Air Cargo Anchorage, Campinas, Lima, Los Angeles, New York–JFK, Seoul–Incheon
LATAM Cargo Brasil Asunción, Belo Horizonte–Confins, Cabo Frio, Campinas, Curitiba, Guatemala City, Guayaquil, Manaus, Panama City-Tocumen, Porto Alegre, Quito, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão, Salvador, San José-Juan Santamaría (CR), São Paulo–Guarulhos, Vitória
LATAM Cargo Chile Amsterdam, Asunción, Bogotá, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Campinas, Ciudad del Este, Guatemala City, Lima, Medellín–JMC, Montevideo, Quito, San José-Juan Santamaría (CR), Santiago, São Paulo–Guarulhos
LATAM Cargo Colombia Amsterdam, Antofagasta, Asunción, Bogotá, Brussels, Campinas, Cali, Guatemala City, Madrid, Medellín–JMC, Panama City-Tocumen, Quito, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão
Lufthansa Cargo Atlanta, Frankfurt
Martinair Amsterdam, Bogotá, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Campinas, Guatemala City, Lima, London–Stansted, Quito, Santiago
Mas Air Guadalajara, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Panama City-Tocumen
Northern Air Cargo Barbados, Georgetown—Cheddi Jagan, Kingston–Norman Manley, Lima, Paramaribo, Port-au-Prince, Port of Spain, San Juan, Santo Domingo-Las Américas, Sint Maarten
Qatar Airways Cargo Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Doha, Liège, Luxembourg, Mexico City, Quito, São Paulo–Guarulhos
Skybus SAC Lima
Southern Air Anchorage, Cincinnati, Hong Kong
Transportes Aéreos Bolivianos La Paz, Lima, Santa Cruz de la Sierra–Viru Viru
Turkish Airlines Cargo Houston–Intercontinental, Istanbul–Atatürk, Madrid
UPS Airlines Atlanta, Austin, Bogotá, Campinas, Cedar Rapids/Iowa City, Charlotte, Chicago–O’Hare, Columbia (SC), Columbus–Rickenbacker, Dallas/Fort Worth, Des Moines, Fort Lauderdale, Greensboro, Greenville/Spartanburg, Guatemala City, Guayaquil, Harrisburg, Jacksonville (FL), Knoxville, Louisville, Managua, Memphis, New Orleans, Orlando, Panama City-Tocumen, Peoria, Philadelphia, Quito, Raleigh/Durham, San Antonio, San José-Juan Santamaría (CR), San Pedro Sula, San Salvador, Santo Domingo–Las Américas, Springfield/Branson, Tampa, West Palm Beach
Western Global Airlines Asunción, Bogotá, Ciudad del Este, Montevideo, Quito, Santiago

Statistics[]

Top destinations[]

Busiest domestic routes to and from MIA (June 2020 – May 2021)[81]
Rank City Passengers Carriers
1 Atlanta, Georgia 531,000 American, Delta, Frontier
2 Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas 425,000 American, Frontier
3 Newark, New Jersey 376,000 American, Frontier, JetBlue, United
4 Chicago–O'Hare, Illinois 360,000 American, Frontier, United
5 New York–LaGuardia, New York 356,000 American, Delta, Frontier
6 Charlotte, North Carolina 348,000 American
7 Los Angeles, California 316,000 American, JetBlue
8 New York–JFK, New York 307,000 American, Delta, JetBlue
9 Boston, Massachusetts 243,000 American, Delta, Frontier, JetBlue
10 San Juan, Puerto Rico 237,000 American, Frontier
Busiest international routes from MIA (2018)[81]
Rank Airport Passengers Carriers
1 São Paulo–Guarulhos, Brazil 830,132 American, LATAM
2 London–Heathrow, United Kingdom 776,480 American, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic
3 Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Argentina 735,222 Aerolíneas Argentinas, American, LATAM
4 Havana, Cuba 673,701 American, Delta
5 Panama City-Tocumen, Panama 631,233 American, Copa Airlines
6 Bogotá, Colombia 574,859 American, Avianca, LATAM
7 Lima, Peru 574,473 American, Avianca, LATAM
8 Madrid, Spain 574,140 Air Europa, American, Iberia
9 Mexico City, Mexico 516,803 Aeroméxico, American, Volaris
10 Santo Domingo–Las Américas, Dominican Republic 437,769 American

Airline market share[]

Top Airlines at MIA
(June 2020 – May 2021)[81]
Rank Airline Passengers Percent of market share
1 American Airlines 8,129,000 62.13%
2 Delta Air Lines 1,237,000 9.46%
3 United Airlines 869,000 6.64%
4 Frontier Airlines 702,000 5.36%
5 Southwest Airlines 524,000 4.01%

Annual traffic[]

See source Wikidata query and sources.


Annual passenger traffic (enplaned + deplaned) at MIA, 2000 through 2020[2]
Year Passengers Year Passengers Year Passengers
2000 33,621,273 2010 35,698,025 2020 18,663,858
2001 31,668,450 2011 38,314,389
2002 30,060,241 2012 39,467,444
2003 29,595,618 2013 40,562,948
2004 30,165,197 2014 40,941,879
2005 31,008,453 2015 44,350,247
2006 32,553,974 2016 44,584,603
2007 33,740,416 2017 44,071,313
2008 34,063,531 2018 45,044,312
2009 33,886,025 2019 45,924,466

Accidents and incidents[]

  • On January 22, 1952, an Aerodex Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar on a test flight crashed after takeoff due to engine failure, all 5 occupants were killed.[82]
  • On August 4, 1952, a Curtiss C-46 Commando on a ferry flight crashed on approach to MIA because of the failure of the elevator control system, all 4 occupants died.[83]
  • On March 25, 1958, Braniff International Airways Flight 971, a Douglas DC-7 crashed 5 km WNW of MIA after attempting to return to the airport because of an engine fire crashing into an open marsh, 9 passengers out of 24 on board were killed.[84]
  • On October 2, 1959, a Vickers Viscount of Cubana de Aviación was hijacked on a flight from Havana to Antonio Maceo Airport, Santiago by three men demanding to be taken to the United States. The aircraft landed at Miami International Airport.[85]
  • On February 12, 1963, Northwest Airlines Flight 705, a Boeing 720, crashed into the Everglades while en route from Miami to Portland, Oregon via Chicago O'Hare, Spokane, and Seattle. All 43 passengers and crew perished.
  • On February 13, 1965, an Aerolíneas de El Salvador (AESA) Curtiss C-46 Commando, a cargo flight, had an engine failure shortly after takeoff and crashed into an automobile junkyard, both occupants perished.[86]
  • On March 5, 1965, a Fruehaf Inc. Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar nosed down after takeoff due to elevator trim tab problems, both occupants were killed.[87]
  • On June 23, 1969, a Dominicana de Aviación Aviation Traders Carvair, a modified DC-4, en route to Santo Domingo was circling back to Miami International Airport with an engine fire when it crashed into buildings 1 mile short of Runway 27. All 4 crewmembers aboard the Carvair and 6 on the ground were killed.[88]
  • On April 14, 1970, an Ecuatoriana de Aviacion Douglas DC-7, a cargo flight, crashed after takeoff from MIA beyond the runway and slid 890 feet before striking a concrete abutment, both occupants were killed.[89]
  • On December 29, 1972, Eastern Air Lines Flight 401, a Lockheed L-1011, crashed into the Everglades. The plane had left JFK International Airport in New York City bound for Miami. There were 101 fatalities out of the 176 passengers and crew on board.[90] (This incident is the subject of the movie The Ghost of Flight 401.)
  • On June 21, 1973, a Warnaco Inc. Douglas DC-7, a cargo flight, crashed into the Everglades 6 minutes after takeoff in heavy rain, wind and lightning. All 3 occupants perished.[91]
  • On December 15, 1973, a Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation operated by Aircraft Pool Leasing Corp, a cargo flight, crashed 1.3 miles E of MIA because of overrotation of the aircraft causing a stall, crashing into a parking lot and several homes, all 3 occupants were killed along with 6 on the ground.[92]
  • On September 27, 1975, a Canadair CL-44 operated by Aerotransportes Entre Rios (AER), crashed after takeoff because of an external makeshift flight control lock on the right elevator, 4 crew and 2 passengers of the 10 on board died.[93]
  • On January 15, 1977, a Douglas DC-3, registration N73KW of Air Sunshine crashed shortly after take-off on a domestic scheduled passenger flight to Key West International Airport, Florida. All 33 people on board survived.[94]
  • On January 6, 1990, a Grecoair Lockheed JetStar crashed after aborting takeoff and exiting the runway, 1 occupant of the 2 on board died.[95]
  • On May 11, 1996, ValuJet Flight 592, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 crashed into the Everglades 10 minutes after taking off from MIA while en route to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport after a fire broke out in the cargo hold, killing 110 people.
  • On August 7, 1997, Fine Air Flight 101 , a Douglas DC-8 cargo plane, crashed onto NW 72nd Avenue less than a mile (1.6 km) from the airport. All 4 occupants on board and 1 person on the ground were killed.
  • On December 1, 2012, a bus carrying Jehovah's Witnesses attempted to enter the airport's arrivals area, but collided with an overpass which it was too tall to pass beneath. Two passengers were killed and 30 others injured.[96]
  • On September 15, 2015, Qatar Airways Flight 778 to Doha overran Runway 9 during takeoff and collided with the approach lights for Runway 27. The collision, which went unnoticed during the 13.5-hour flight, tore a 18-inch (46 cm) hole in the pressure vessel of the Boeing 777-300 aircraft just behind the rear cargo door. The crew was confused by a printout from an onboard computer and erroneously began takeoff on Runway 9 at the intersection of Taxiway T1 rather than at the end of the runway, which trimmed roughly 1,370 m (4,490 ft) from the length of the runway available for takeoff.[97][98]

See also[]

  • Transportation in South Florida
  • List of the busiest airports in the United States

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