MIA - Miami International 🇺🇸

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:round_pushpin: Airport Name and ICAO/IATA Code
Miami International Airport (ICAO: KMIA / IATA: MIA)

:globe_showing_europe_africa: Location (City, Country)
Miami, Florida, United States of America

:chart_increasing: Airport Type & Size
MIA is a major international airport and a hub for American Airlines, with over 55 million passengers passing through in 2024. The airport is also a major cargo hub, processing three million tons of cargo in 2024. It is a cargo hub for several carriers, including: Atlas Air, LATAM Cargo, and UPS. The airport has four runways (8L/26R, 8R/26L, 9/27, 12/30), three terminals (North, Central, South), and 131 gates capable of handling aircraft between the A and F classification.

:vertical_traffic_light: Why should this airport be added to World of Airports?
Being a major hub, MIA serves numerous destinations all over North America and several European destinations, while also being the primary airport connecting North America and South America. In particular, there are real-life passenger flights to eight currently playable airports in World of Airports: IAD, SAN, SXM, LHR, MSY, GRU, SCL, and ZRH, allowing for several connection possibilities among players.

:airplane_departure: Major Airlines & Routes
Major Airlines
American Airlines, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Alaska Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines, Frontier Airlines, Air Canada, Aeromexico, Copa Airlines, LATAM, avianca, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Air France, KLM, Lufthansa, SWISS, SAS, Iberia, TAP, Finnair, Turkish Airlines, Emirates, Qatar Airways
Major Routes
North America: BOS, JFK, LGA, EWR, PHL, IAD, CLT, ATL, MCO, DTW, ORD, MSP, DFW, IAH, DEN, SLC, LAS, PHX, SEA, SFO, LAX, SJU, YYZ, YUL, MEX, CUN, SJO, PUJ, MBJ,
South America: BOG, UIO, LIM, SCL, GRU, GIG, EZE, MVD
Europe: LHR, CDG, AMS, FRA, MUC, ZRH, MAD, BCN, LIS, FCO, CPH, HEL, IST
Middle East: DXB, DOH

:airplane: Main Passenger/Cargo Aircraft
Passenger: A388, A35K, A359, A339 (isn’t in World of Airports yet but eventually will be), A21N, A321, A20N, A320, A319, B748, B77W, B772, B789, B788, B763, B752, B38M, B738
Cargo: A332F B748F, B744F, B77LF, B763F, B762F, B752F

:world_map: Unique Features or Challenges
Three parallel runways with one diagonal runway. Interesting mix of destinations, aircraft, and airlines.

:camera_with_flash: Optional: Links, images, maps, or videos

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Image 1 source: Miami International Airport - Wikipedia

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Image 2 source: aerial photograph Miami International airport MIA Stock Photo - Alamy

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Image 3 source: Terminal Gates - Miami International Airport

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Image 4 source: https://www.esri.com/about/newsroom/blog/miami-international-airport-inspection-transformation

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i think miami would be a great location to add BUT with how close it is to MSY, IAD and SXM, may be awhile till it or something around the area is added

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Agreed. It would be nice to see some airports elsewhere in the world first (an airport in Africa for instance would be great), but should the devs add another North American airport, I believe that this would be a good candidate.

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Disclaimer : this is unofficial and made for fun.
Credits: Jam Smith

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After playing ZRH i would love to see more airports with interesting runway layouts and MIA is one of them for sure.

not only that a huge variety of airlines servicing especially with the B737s coming on some of the south american and caribbean variety will be epic.

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Not to mention the weird and wacky types MIA regularly receives. Saw last month whilst bumbling around on Skycards trying to get some South American traffic, a DC-8 running out of MIA for Haiti (I presume for humanitarian reasons cause that country is in a very sorry state atm sadly). Lots of 727s and DC9s and that post-2010 there unlike elsewhere in the US.

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Yeah. one of my favourite books ive ever read is tales from corrosion corner. its absolutely brilliant read and tells you all about the crazy goings on in MIA back in the day

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Which book?

I grew up in the Gables in the 1960’s/1970’s and used to spend days walking the Condor, a Constellation and probably a DC-6 or 7.

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Just watching chaz draycott play MIA in tower simulator 3 and oh my days what an interesting airport

Yeah most of the runways are parallel but the terminal layout is a lot more interesting and they use all 4 inc the diagonal one at the same time.so interesting to plan things still.

With the classic 747s and incoming 737s it could be one of.the most vibrant airports we have :heart_eyes:

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Probably one of the most unique airports in the US. Would love to see this added to the game.

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Agreed Miami would be a unique airport as it makes frequent use of LAHSO operations on the intersecting runways. This is the type of thing I believe a new US airport needs to separate it from the rest. BOS is another example of an airport that makes heavy use of LAHSO operations.

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My hometown airport, would love to see it added to the game!

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my only pet-peev of this is that its massive

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She’s a biggie but what a unique layout and a very large cargo operation too plus the unique LAHSO operations make it very different from a lot of the other airports in the game.

Also a great place to see some classic airliners come in.