Miami International Airport facts for kids

Miami International Airport (MIA) is the largest airport in the US state of Florida.

The airport is one of the busiest in the United States. This is mainly because of Miami's closeness to all of Florida's tourist attractions, the city's economic activity and its large Latin American and European population.

Airlines

These airlines fly to Miami:

• Aeroflot
• Aerolíneas Argentinas
• Aeroméxico
• Air Berlin
• Air Canada
• Air Europa
• Air France
• Alitalia
• American Airlines
• American Eagle Airlines
• Aruba Airlines
• Austrian Airlines
• Avianca
• Avior Airlines
• Bahamasair
• Boliviana de Aviacion
• British Airways
• Canadian North
• Caribbean Airlines
• Cayman Airlines
• Copa Airlines
• Delta Air Lines
• Delta Connection
• Eastern Air Lines
• Finnair
• Frontier Airlines
• Gol Airlines
• Iberia Airlines
• Insel Air
• Interjet
• Jetairfly
• LAN Airlines
• Lufthansa
• Qatar Airways
• SBA Airlines
• Scandinavian Airlines
• Sun Country Airlines
• Surinam Airways
• SWISS
• TAM Airlines
• TAP Portugal
• Thomas Cook Airlines
• TUI Airlines
• Turkish Airlines
• United Airlines
• United Express
• Virgin Atlantic Airways
• VivaColombia
• WestJet
• XL Airways France

Gallery

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  A Pan Am plane about to land at Miami in 1971. Pan Am used to be the largest airline at the airport before it stopped flying in 1991.

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  An Aviateca Boeing 737-200 at the airport.

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  An Airbus A320 at Miami in 1994.

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  Air Berlin flies daily between from Miami to Berlin and Dusseldorf.

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  A map of Miami Airport

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  Pan Am's first terminal consisted of a single hangar. The airport was the base of Pan Am's flights to Cuba, but fell into disuse when the airline switched to seaplanes at International Pan American Airport in the mid-1930s.

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  MIA in 1999

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  A satellite image of Miami International Airport superimposed over the old 36th Street airfield

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  American Airlines planes at Concourse D.

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  Interior view of concourse D.

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  A Panoramic View of Concourses G and H, as well as the new Concourse J, from the south

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  Concourse J at Miami International Airport.

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  American Airlines Boeing 757-200 landing at MIA, in the background International Concourse J.

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  View of the airport

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  An American Airlines Airbus A321 landing at MIA.

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  An Air Berlin Airbus A330-200 landing at MIA.

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  A Boliviana de Aviación Boeing 767-300ER landing at MIA.

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  Sun Country Boeing 737-800 N809SY

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  The MIA Mover provides free transportation between the MIA terminals and the Rental Car Center and Miami Central Station

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  The Miami Central Station serves as a hub for intercity transportation like Tri-Rail, Amtrak, Greyhound and Miami-Dade Transit

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  Taxis and shuttle buses at Miami International Airport

See also

In Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Miami para niños