MIA"S CENTRAL BASE MODIFICATION AND EXPANSION PROJECT

Miami International Airport (MIA) has begun work on its Central Base Modification and Expansion Project. 

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The project will upgrade 34.1 acres of asphalt and concrete pavement originally built in the 1960s that is now used for aircraft parking and movement near MIA’s Concourse D.

The rehabilitated space, slated for completion by December 2022, will better support larger aircraft, maximize aircraft parking locations, improve the area's stormwater and lighting, and pave the way for passenger growth at MIA.

“This is the first of many groundbreakings we will be hosting in the coming months and years, as we move forward with our new capital improvement programme,” said Lester Sola, MIA director and CEO. 

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“MIA grew by one million passengers in 2018 and is on track for another record-breaking year in 2019, which makes modernisation projects like the Central Base renovation all the more essential to accommodating our growth and maximising our efficiency.” 

The Central Base project has a construction cost of USD 76.2 million; 75% of which is being funded by the Federal Aviation Administration and 50% of the remaining cost being funded by the Florida Department of Transportation. 

The Central Base gate is part of MIA’s USD 5 billion, airport-wide capital improvement programme, which will enable MIA to serve a projected 77 million travellers and more than four million tons of freight projected by the year 2040.