Miami International Airport's Capital Improvement Program (CIP) continues to deliver elegant, efficient new facilities for passengers worldwide and the local South Florida community to enjoy. When the CIP is completed in 2012, MIA will practically be a new airport, with a four-year-old South Terminal and a brand new North Terminal combining to serve approximately 95 percent of the airport's passengers. Connecting both terminal facilities and the airport's parking garages is a system of moving walkways on the third level.

In addition, the MIA Mover, an above-ground, automated people mover system that opened in September 2011, quickly and seamlessly connects MIA passengers to the airport's four-level, consolidated Rental Car Center and Miami-Dade County's future "grand central station" - the Miami Intermodal Center.

North Terminal Projects Honored by Engineering News-Record 

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MIA's North Terminal

Two new areas in MIA’s North Terminal have been named among 35 winners in Engineering News-Record Southeast’s 2011 Best Projects competition.  North Terminal’s Concourse D skytrain and Regional Commuter Facility were joint Merit Award winners in the Transportation category.  The Concourse D skytrain, which opened last September, connects passengers from one end of Concourse D to the other within a few minutes and has reduced the average walking time in North Terminal by 50 percent. 

Concourse D skytrain Station - Photo by Odebrecht

The Regional Commuter Facility is a 50,000-square-foot extension of North Terminal that opened last August to serve American Eagle’s regional jet operations and includes two new concourse-level gates, a new passenger waiting area and outdoor walkways to 12 lower-level gates.  Engineering News-Record, published by McGraw-Hill, is one of the leading publications in the construction industry. Continue