Miami International Airport

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Miami International Airport
File:Miasplash.jpg
IATA: MIA ICAO: KMIA
Type public
Owner City Of Miami
City Miami, USA
website
Runways
Runway Length Material
8L/26R 2621 m Asphalt
26L/8R 3202 m Asphalt
9/27 3962 m Asphalt
12/30 2851 m Asphalt

Miami International Airport (IATA: MIA, ICAO: KMIA, FAA LID: MIA), also known as Wilcox Field, is the primary airport serving the Miami Metropolitan Area. The airport is located eight miles (13 km) northwest of the central business district of Miami, in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. It is located between the cities of Miami, Hialeah, Doral, and Miami Springs, the village of Virginia Gardens, and the unincorporated community of Fountainbleau.

The airport is a hub for passenger airlines American Airlines, Executive Airlines under the American Eagle name, Gulfstream International Airlines under the Continental Connection name; cargo airlines Arrow Air, UPS Airlines and FedEx Express; and charter airline Miami Air. Miami International Airport handles flights to cities throughout the Americas and Europe, as well as cargo flights to Asia, and is South Florida's main airport for long-haul international flights. Most low-cost carriers prefer to use Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Palm Beach International Airport, due to their lower fees.

Miami is a major gateway between the United States and Latin America, and, along with Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, is one of the largest aerial gateways into the Southern United States, owing to its proximity to tourist attractions, local economic growth, large local Latin American and European populations, and strategic location to handle connecting traffic between North America, Latin America, and Europe. In the past, it has been a hub for Braniff International Airways, Eastern Air Lines, Air Florida, the original National Airlines, the original Pan Am, United Airlines, and Iberia. As an international gateway to the United States, it ranks third, behind New York-JFK in New York City and LAX in Los Angeles. Miami is also the proposed hub of two new start-up airlines, one which hopes to use the Eastern Airlines name.

In 2008, 34,063,531 passengers traveled through the airport, making the airport the 29th busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic. The airport also handled more international cargo than any other airport in the United States.

Fire protection at the airport is provided by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department[6] Station 12.

Airline Hubs

Real Airlines

  • American Airlines
  • FedEx Express
  • LAN Cargo
  • UPS Airlines

Virtual Airlines

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