Miami International Airport

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, including every country in Latin America, 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.

Miami International Airport
IATA: MIA ICAO: KMIA FAA LID: MIA WMO: 72202
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Miami-Dade County
Operator	Miami-Dade Aviation Department (MDAD)
Serves	Greater Miami
Location	Unincorporated Miami-Dade County
Opened	1928 (1928)
Hub for	21 Air ABX Air American Airlines Amerijet International Atlas Air Avianca Cargo Eastern Airlines, LLC FedEx Express IAero Airways IBC Airways LATAM Cargo Chile Sky Lease Cargo Songbird Airways UPS Airlines Western Global Airlines World Atlantic Airlines
Focus city for	Avianca Frontier Airlines LATAM Chile LATAM Perú Polar Air Cargo Spirit Airlines
Elevation AMSL	9 ft / 3 m
Coordinates	25°47′36″N 080°17′26″W
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 (2021)
Total Passengers 37,302,456 Aircraft operations 387,973 Metric tonnes of cargo 2,779,338
Source: FAA,[1] Miami International Airport[2][3]

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 Latin America and the Caribbean, and is one of the largest airline hubs in the United States. In 2021, Miami International Airport became the busiest international cargo airport in America [5][6][7] as well as the busiest US gateway for international passengers, the latter surpassing JFK International Airport in New York.[8][9]

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 is second busiest by total passenger traffic after Orlando.[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.