What airport is MIA?
Why the code is MIA
The first three letters of Miami.
The airport authority or a contemporaneous record states this directly.
The airport
- IATA code
- MIA
- ICAO code
- KMIA
- Airport
- Miami International Airport
- City
- Miami, United States
- Opened
- 1928
- Code origin
- Documented
It handles more international freight than any other airport in the United States, largely because it is the natural transfer point between North and South America. Pan Am built its Latin American network from here, and the geography that made that work has not changed.
The other code, KMIA
Every airport has two codes. The three-letter IATA code, MIA, is the one on your boarding pass and your luggage tag, and it is assigned for commercial use. The four-letter ICAO code, KMIA, is the one pilots and controllers use, and it is assigned geographically: the first letter or two identify the region, so every airport in the same part of the world shares a prefix. That is why KMIA looks nothing like MIA.
Common questions
- What airport is MIA?
- Miami International Airport, in Miami, United States.
- Why is Miami's airport called MIA?
- The first three letters of Miami.
- What is the difference between MIA and KMIA?
- MIA is the IATA code, used commercially — tickets, timetables, luggage tags. KMIA is the ICAO code, used operationally by pilots and air traffic control, and assigned geographically by region.
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Sources
- OurAirports — OurAirports (Public domain)