Miami International Airport is considered the main airport serving directly the city of Miami (USA) and surrounding settlements. This is South Florida's main air gateway for long-distance international flights. Miami International is also one of eight U.S. airports hosting the Airbus A380. There are passenger flights and cargo operations throughout America, Europe and West Asia, as well as cargo flights to East Asia. Miami Airport also occupies the tenth line in the rating of congestion at the country's airports .
Miami Airport History
The chronicle of the Miami air terminal dates back to the late 1920s. In the 1930s, Pan Am made regular flights to Cuba from here. During World War II, the military began to use the airfield. The United States Air Force reserve forces were stationed here. At that time, the terminal consisted of one hangar. The two runways were originally separated by rail.
Direct flights to Chicago O'Hara and Newark began at the end of 1946, but until January 1962 direct flights to the west did not reach the borders of St. Louis and New Orleans. In 1949 (g.) , Miami Airport began to gradually expand its territory. In 1951, the railroad track was swept south to make way for runways and the construction of a new building. The old terminal on 36th Street was closed in 1959 and at the same time a new one was opened.
The first transatlantic nonstop flights to London began in 1970. After the attacks of September 11, 2001, the terminal lost its leading role in the field of intercontinental connections between Europe and the United States, but it remains the most important link between North and Latin America. Today, Miami International Airport covers 1335 hectares of land and has four runways.
Terminals
Miami Air Gate has several terminals - north (blue), central (yellow) , south (red). Each of them has several berths, marked in Latin letters in alphabetical order from A to J. The outputs serve different directions. In the service and reference services, you can find information about flights operated by Miami Airport. The arrival board will also help travelers navigate in the right direction.
In addition, the terminals have parking lots and guest rooms. If necessary, tourists will receive first aid. Here you can conduct banking operations, a meeting, take a shower. In the free trade area, friendly consultants from various shops and kiosks will be waiting for you .
Transfer
A distance of 13 kilometers separates the city itself and Miami Airport. “How to get from the airport terminal to the center?” - passengers often ask such a question. There are several solutions to this problem :
- So , buses leave the terminals. They reach the city center, the seaport and the railway station. This method is the cheapest.
- There is also a railway track. High-speed trains carry passengers from the air to the railway station.
- You can also use the services of taxi drivers or rent a car in the respective offices directly in the terminals.