# Miami International Airport (MIA)

> Miami, US · IATA: MIA · ICAO: KMIA · Large Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `MIA` |
| ICAO | `KMIA` |
| City | Miami |
| Country | US |
| Type | Large Airport |
| Elevation | 2 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| Cargo Rank | #4 |
| GPS | 25.79320, -80.29060 |

## Description

Four a.m. on the cargo apron in west Miami: refrigerated trailers line up as flower pallets from Bogotá roll out of widebody freighters. Miami International Airport (IATA: MIA, ICAO: KMIA) handled close to 3.5 million tons of freight in 2025, up 13.6 percent and a sixth consecutive record year – enough to overtake Memphis and Louisville as the busiest US cargo airport and rank third worldwide behind Hong Kong and Shanghai. Roughly 80 percent of all air freight between the United States and Latin America passes through MIA. About nine of every ten cut flowers imported into the US land here, alongside seafood from Chile and Ecuador and a fast-growing pharma segment built on CEIV-certified cool chains. LATAM Cargo, Avianca Cargo, Atlas Air and Miami-based Amerijet dominate the freighter side, while FedEx, UPS and DHL operate their own facilities. Some 3 million square feet of warehouse space, on-airport USDA and CBP inspection and Foreign Trade Zone No. 281 keep perishable clearance down to a few hours. On the passenger side, the American Airlines hub counted around 55.3 million travelers in 2025, feeding a dense belly network across the Caribbean and South America. Road access runs via the Dolphin (SR 836) and Palmetto (SR 826) expressways to I-95, and PortMiami sits barely seven miles east, making sea-air transfers routine.

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