Miami International Airport

Miami International Airport
Miami International Airport in November 2012
IATA: MIA ICAO: KMIA FAA LID: MIA WMO: 72202
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Miami-Dade Aviation Department (MDAD)
Serves	Miami metropolitan area
Location	Miami-Dade County, Florida, U.S.
Opened	1928; 96 years ago (1928)
Hub for	ABX Air American Airlines Amerijet International Atlas Air Avianca Cargo Eastern Airlines, LLC FedEx Express Havana Air iAero Airways IBC Airways LATAM Cargo Chile Mas Air Northern Air Cargo Sky Lease Cargo UPS Airlines Western Global Airlines World Atlantic Airlines
Focus city for	Avianca LATAM Cargo Colombia LATAM Chile LATAM Perú Polar Air Cargo
Operating base for	Frontier Airlines Global Crossing Airlines Norse Atlantic Airways[1] Spirit Airlines
Elevation AMSL	9 ft / 3 m
Coordinates	25°47′36″N 080°17′26″W / 25.79333°N 80.29056°W / 25.79333; -80.29056
Website	iflymia.com
Maps
FAA airport diagram
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 (2023)
Total passengers 52,340,934 Aircraft operations 461,792 Metric tonnes of cargo 2,784,555
Source: FAA[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 greater Miami metropolitan area with over 1,000 daily flights to 185 domestic and international destinations, including most countries in Latin America. The airport is in an unincorporated area in Miami-Dade County,^[4] 8 miles (13 km) west-northwest of Downtown Miami, in metropolitan Miami,^[2] 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. ^[5][6][7] and the busiest U.S. gateway for international passengers, surpassing John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City.^[8][9] 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, total cargo traffic and total passenger traffic.^[10] 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.

Miami International Airport covers 1,335 hectares (3,300 acres).^[2][11] 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 U.S. and Latin America and the Caribbean and one of the largest airline hubs in the nation.