Transport guides

How to get between MIA and where you are going: trains, buses, taxis, ride-hail and rental cars, with what each costs and where it picks up as the operators publish it. The guides compare the options for the trips people make most, and the transport pages list every mode in one place.

Looking for the listings themselves? They are on the Transport page.

• Arriving at MIA late at night: what still runs

  Last Metrorail and Miami Beach bus departures from MIA, how to reach them, and your options after they stop.

  • First, get to the right station
  • After the last departure, choose a curb
  • If you’re staying until morning
• Miami airport taxi fares: the flat fares have ended, here's the meter

  Miami-Dade scrapped MIA's taxi flat fares. What the meter charges from the airport, what a ride costs by distance, PortMiami, and the $15 minimum.

  • What the meter charges
  • What a ride costs by distance
  • Finding the taxi stand
  • Comparing with a ride app
  • If the fare looks wrong
• Miami airport to downtown and Brickell

  Choose Metrorail, taxi or a ride app from MIA to downtown Miami or Brickell, with the station route, late trains and traffic tradeoffs.

  • Choose by the hour, then by your address
  • Metrorail, from baggage claim to the right stop
  • Taxi or ride app when the last mile matters
  • If the MIA Mover is not running
• Miami airport to South Beach: every option and what it costs

  Compare taxi, ride app, bus, rail plus bus and rental car trips from MIA to South Beach, with fares, pickup points and service hours.

  • Taxi: settle the fare before you get in
  • Ride app: follow the door in your booking
  • The $2.25 buses: MIA Mover, then Route 150, 110 (J) or 20
  • Rail plus bus: a transfer, not a train to South Beach
  • Rental car: useful if the beach isn’t your last stop
  • If your plan stops working
• Miami airport tolls and SunPass for a rental car

  How rental car tolls work near MIA, what to ask about service fees, and when your own SunPass may help.

  • Choose before you leave the Rental Car Center
  • Which payment path fits your trip?
  • Bringing your own SunPass Portable
  • If you passed a toll without a plan
  • Sources
• Public transport from MIA on a budget

  Take the $2.25 train downtown or bus to Miami Beach. Find the MIA Mover, check the real wait, and avoid a costly wrong turn.

  • Get to the Miami Intermodal Center first
  • Downtown and Brickell: take Metrorail
  • Miami Beach: take the 150 bus
  • Farther out, or heading for a cruise?
• Renting a car at Miami airport

  Find MIA's Rental Car Center, check which companies are inside, and settle toll charges before you drive away.

  • From baggage claim to the counter
  • Settle the toll question before taking the keys
  • If the car or counter isn’t what you expected
  • Sources
• The Metrorail from Miami airport into the city

  Find the MIA Mover, pay the Metrorail fare, choose your downtown stop, and avoid the overnight service gap.

  • From baggage claim to the train
  • Where should you get off?
  • The hours that change your plan
• The MIA Mover and the Rental Car Center

  Find the MIA Mover, reach the Rental Car Center, and plan for the walk, overnight service and your rental desk's hours.

  • From baggage claim to the Mover
  • The ride and the time you need
  • At the Rental Car Center
  • Late arrival or a stopped train
  • Returning a rental car
• Where Uber and Lyft pick up at MIA

  MIA ride app pickups can be on Level 1 or Level 2. Find your assigned door, reach the right curb, and handle a missed pickup.

  • From baggage claim to your car
  • If the sign, app and driver disagree
  • When another way out is easier