Car rental Miami airport

Car rental Miami airport

Miami International Airport (MIA) is the primary airport serving the South Florida Area. Miami airport is one largest airline hubs in the USA and the main gateway between the USA and Latin America. The airport is named a mall by its visitors as it offers a large amount of restaurants, bars and shops. Recently the Miami Airport Rental Car Center (RCC) was openend. This makes it very easy for you to pick up and return your rental car.

Rent a car at Miami Airport

Miami airport is a hub for American Airlines and includes most intercontinental passenger airlines like Air Berlin, Lufthansa, Air France, Aeroflot Air Canada and KLM. Both the economic growth of the region and many tourist attractions helped the airport to grow. In 2013 over 40 million passengers traveled through Miami airport making it the 26th busiest airport worldwide. The airport is located in metropolitan Miami and only 13 kilometers (8 miles) away from Downtown Miami. This is for your convenience since Miami itself is a popular holiday destination or starting point for a road trip by rental car.

Electric-powered train

The MIA Mover is the quick and free electric-powered train that transports you from the airport to the Miami Intermodal Center. The Rental Car Center is located here housing many car rental companies and their service desks. Are you picking up your rental car somewhere else in Miami? Here's also the Miami Central station offering all kinds options for ground transportation.

Miami International Airport Rental Car Center

The Miami Airport Rental Car Center is a modern architectural wonder. The Rental Car Center boasts 4 floors of car rental companies. Combined they have 6.500 cars for you to choose from. But even with a choice this large, never show up at a companies counter without a rental car reservation. You will save a good amount of money by comparing the car rental companies at Miami airport first and making the reservation in advance.

5 tips for the RCC:

As we all know: Cars are the top means of transport in the United States of America and this is no different in Miami. The Rental Car Center is an example of how nice renting a car can be. To help you get around at the RCC we listed 5 tips:

• The Rental Car Center serves about 28,000 customers a day, has over 40 car wash-stands and offers a refueling service through 120 stations. However, we do not advise to buy gas at or near the RCC since prices will be higher.
• Are you planning on renting a car at the Miami airport Rental Car Center? You can easily compare all rental car companies through HolidayCars.com to make sure you drive the perfect car hire for your budget.
• If you're staying around Miami and are ready to enjoy the great weather it's a great idea to rent a convertible.
• There are 4 floors all having their own rental car companies. Take your time to find the correct floor for the company where you made your reservation.
• The connection between Miami Airport and RCC is via the MIA Mover transit train. The Airport MIA Mover train station at is located on the 3th floor of the Airport between the Flamingo and Dolphin parking garages.

Returning your rental car to the Rental Car Center

The return entrance is located 3900 NW 25th Street - Miami, Fl 33142. Returning a car should be very easy and none of our customers had problems returning the rental car. Still we read stories online about several visitors having troubles with this.

The best two tips that we can give you are to allow yourself an hour to return the car and look out for the signage to your car rental company. These tips may seem redundant but it will help you during busy times, which the RCC definitely can be. After returning the rental car use the elevators or escalators to get to the 4th floor. The MIA Mover will take you back to the airport from here.

Alternative to Miami International Airport

There are some travelers preferring Fort Lauderdale – Hollywood International airport over Miami Airport. The airport is certainly smaller than Miami Airport but it's still nothing to laugh at. Fort Lauderdale Airport also offers intercontinental flights and processes around 25 million passengers a year.
The size of Miami Airport is huge and it while it offers great amount of services and flight routes. Some prefer a smaller Airport. With a distance of only 35 kilometers (21 miles) away from Miami Fort Lauderdale Airport is a great alternative.

Facilities

Serving the southern part of the economically growing Sunshine State and being the gateway to the USA for Latin America this Airport has it all. The services and facilities offered are widespread:

• ATMs/ bank, currency exchange
• MIA has two multimedia auditoriums at North Terminal D and South Terminal
• There is animal relief areas located at the North Terminal D
• Baggage checkroom/storage is located at Central Terminal E
• Conference rooms are available in the Miami International Airport Hotel
• Many Restaurants, bars and shopping areas
• Wi-Fi is available at various locations throughout the terminal
• Spa service is available at South Terminal
• VIP clubs and lounges.
• Wheelchairs service is offered upon request.

Contact

Miami International Airport
P.O. Box 025504
Miami
Florida 33102-5504
United States of America

IATA airport codes MIA
ICAO irport codes KMIA