Airport officials estimate that they face a shortage of roughly 240 acres for contractor parking, equipment storage, construction staging and material laydown areas.
In March, Commissioner Raquel Regalado asked the county to study either bringing aircraft fuel to the airport by train or constructing fuel facilities at the airport that would be accessible by rail. The Commission’s ongoing conversations with the Florida East Coast Railway is all part of the cargo master plan and reconfiguring of the cargo area to make room for bigger airplanes and better utilize cargo space.
According to a new report by Airports Council International, MIA was among the busiest in the world for both cargo and passenger traffic last year, The airport ranks 8th in the world and 4th in U.S. for cargo traffic.