Miami-Dade legislation seeks way to add major new airport

Miami Today
08 October 2024

Mayor Daniella Levine Cava would have to detail within 90 days how to handle the Herculean task of creating another major Miami-Dade airport under legislation a committee faces this week.

That airport must handle cargo, commercial passengers and general aviation within the county’s system, according to Commissioner Kevin Marino Cabrera’s resolution. He cites rapid passenger and cargo growth at Miami International Airport and the opportunity to capitalize on even more growth as reasons to act now.

Finding another airport is a long-term quest to relieve hemmed-in Miami International Airport. Hunts began in the 1960s for an elusive major airport site as both passenger and cargo growth kept pressuring capacity at the county’s major airport.

The legislation, if it passes in the committee and the full commission, would give the mayor 90 days to solve the puzzle.

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