Miami International Airport
Miami metropolitan area
- IATAMIA
- ICAOKMIA
- FAAMIA
- Serves
- Miami metropolitan area
- Operator
- Miami-Dade Aviation Department
- Owner
- Not recorded
- Opened
- 15 September 1928
- Elevation
- 9 ft (3 m)
- Runways
- 4 (longest 3,967 m)
- Airlines based here
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ABX Air, American Airlines, Amerijet International, Atlas Air, Avianca Cargo, Eastern Airlines and 10 more
- ABX Air
- American Airlines
- Amerijet International
- Atlas Air
- Avianca Cargo
- Eastern Airlines
- LLC
- FedEx Express
- IBC Airways
- LATAM Cargo Chile
- Northern Air Cargo
- Sky Lease Cargo
- USA Jet Airlines
- UPS Airlines
- Western Global Airlines
- World Atlantic Airlines
- Website
- Not recorded
About the airport
Miami International Airport (IATA: MIA, ICAO: KMIA, FAA LID: MIA), also known as MIA and historically as Wilcox Field, is the primary international airport serving Miami and its surrounding metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Florida. It hosts over 1,000 daily flights to 195 domestic and international destinations, including most countries in Central and South America and the Caribbean. The airport is in an unincorporated area in Miami-Dade County, Florida, It is located approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) west-northwest of downtown Miami, adjacent to the cities of Miami and Miami Springs, and the village of Virginia Gardens. Nearby cities include Hialeah, Doral, and the census-designated place of Fontainebleau. In 2021, Miami International Airport became the busiest international cargo airport in the U.S. and the busiest U.S. gateway for international passengers, surpassing John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. As of 2021, it is the 10th busiest airport in the U.S. with 17,500,096 passengers for the year. It is Florida's busiest airport by total aircraft operations and total cargo traffic. The airport is American Airlines' third-largest hub and serves as its primary gateway to Latin America and the…
This summary is adapted from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence. Passenger and runway figures come from the same source and can lag the latest annual totals, so check the figures the operator publishes for the current total.