Pets and service animals

Flying with a pet or a service animal through MIA: what airlines ask for before you fly, where the animal relief areas are before and after security, and how to plan the time a dog needs between flights. These guides answer those questions from what the airport and the airlines publish, and the amenities pages list every relief area the airport locates.

• Flying into Miami with a pet

  Arriving at MIA with a pet in the cabin or as cargo: where you collect it, the relief areas by the arrival doors, and the CDC dog rules for flights from abroad.

  • In the cabin, as checked baggage, or as cargo
  • Collecting a pet flown as cargo
  • Arriving from another country with a dog
  • At MIA with your pet
• Pet relief areas at Miami airport

  Every pet and service animal relief area at MIA: four indoor rooms after security in D, F, G and the H–J connector, and outdoor areas by Doors 5, 15 and 28.

  • After security, use one of four indoor rooms
  • Before security, the relief areas are outdoors
  • Plan the stop around your gate
• Service animals at MIA

  Flying through Miami with a service dog: the DOT form your airline can ask for, how TSA screens a working animal, and the relief areas before and after security.

  • Your airline can ask for a DOT form before you fly
  • How TSA screens a service dog
  • Where your dog can relieve itself at MIA
  • What else MIA offers