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Miami International Airport (IATA: MIA, ICAO: KMIA, FAA LID: MIA) is a public airport located eight miles (13 km) northwest of the central business district of Miami, in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. It is between the cities of Miami, Hialeah, Doral, and Miami Springs, the village of Virginia Gardens, and the unincorporated community of Fountainbleau.

The airport is a hub for passenger airlines American Airlines, American Eagle, and Executive Air; cargo airlines Arrow Air, Fine Air, UPS and Federal Express; and charter airline Miami Air. Miami International Airport handles flights to cities throughout the Americas and Europe, and is South Florida's main airport for long-haul international flights, although most domestic and low-cost carriers use Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Palm Beach International Airport, which charge significantly lower fees to tenant airlines.

Miami is the premier gateway between the US and Latin America, and, along with Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, Miami is one of the largest aerial gateways into the American South, owing to its proximity to tourist attractions, local economic growth, large local Latin American and European populations, and strategic location to handle connecting traffic between North America, Latin America, and Europe. In the past, it has been a hub for Eastern Air Lines, Air Florida, the original National Airlines, the original Pan Am, and Iberia. As an international gateway to the United States it ranks third, behind New York-JFK in New York City and LAX in Los Angeles.

In 2006, 32,533,974 passengers traveled through the airport, the highest number since 9/11.

The main terminal at MIA is semicircular and has seven pier-shaped concourses, lettered A through H (B was demolished in 2005) in a counter-clockwise direction. Ticketing and departures are located on the upper level: immigration and baggage carousels are located on the lower level. Each gate can route arriving passengers to the main level (for domestic arrivals) or to the immigration halls downstairs (for international arrivals). Concourse E has a third-floor people mover that transports passengers to a satellite terminal.

A parking garage is located inside the terminal's curvature, and is connected to the terminal by overhead walkways. There is a heliport on top.

At present, the terminal is being dramatically altered. Concourses A, B, C, and D, which primarily house American's flights, are being merged into a single linear concourse. Portions of the new concourse have already been built as extensions of concourses A and D. To make space for completing the new terminal, the former concourse B has been already been demolished and concourse C will soon follow to accommodate the new pier. The merged complex is slated to be called the North Terminal. Although this construction was originally slated for completion by 2005, it has been delayed several times because of cost overruns: the current deadline for completion is summer 2011.

The remaining South Terminal, consisting of concourses E through H, has also been renovated and expanded. Another new concourse, Concourse J, is under construction (photo) with the support of fifteen Star Alliance and SkyTeam carriers: it will be seven stories tall and have 15 gates, with a total floor area of 1.3 million square feet (120,000 mē) including space for airline lounges and offices. American plans to use the old portion of the South Terminal to handle overflow from the North Terminal. Currently, the ticket counter area of Concourse J is expected to begin operations August 15, 2007 with Delta Airlines opening its new check-in area at 3 AM, though Delta's flights will continue to operate from Concourse H, the first flight to operate from the gate area of the Concourse J expansion is expected to be a morning Santiago, Chile arrival and departure operated by LAN, on August 21, 2007; the first domestic flight to operate from the concourse will be a US Airways morning originating flight to Charlotte on August 27, 2007. After the opening of Concourse J, Concourse A will close for renovations, allowing for the movement of nearly all flights at that concourse to Concourse J, with American Airlines taking over Concourse E to replace the gates it lost at A. Currently, LAN, TACA, Lufthansa, US Airways, United/TED, Avianca, Aerolineas Argentinas, Caribbean Airlines, EL AL, LTU, Air Canada, and Swiss International are expected to move both permanently and temporarily to the gate area of the new concourse, with Delta/Comair, Air France, TAM, Alitalia, Continental, AeroMexico, and COPA using ticket counter space but operating from Concourse H. British Airways will move its ticket counters to Concourse G and use gates at Concourse F for the duration of the A concourse renovations. After Concourse A is renovated, it is expected that LAN, TAM, British Airways, and TACA will return to the concourse along with American Airlines, with Avianca and Air Jamaica (who will remain at Concourse E prior to this) relocating to Concourse H, and Caribbean, EL AL, and Aerolineas Argentinas returning to concourses E and F.

Miami International Airport has direct public transport links to Miami-Dade Transit's Metrobus network, being served by routes 7, 37, 42, 57, 133, 236, 238, and the J; free shuttles are also provided to and from the Tri-Rail commuter rail line's Miami Airport and Hialeah Market Stations. The stations are close, within 5 minutes drive from the main terminal. MDT is currently planning to link the airport by people mover to the upcoming Miami Intermodal Center, which will provide access to Metrorail as well as the future BayLink light rail to South Beach. Miami's Metrobus also serves the airport, for those passengers that do not want to ride a train. Taxis and rental cars are available as well, as is the case in most airports.