This airport is the worst I have been to. I've been to nicer airports in third world countries. The layout of the airport makes absolutely no sense and forces everyone to literally walk miles to their destination. Like things should be grouped together. There isn't a way to get between some concourses without leaving the security area. It seems that everything is always temporary. All the security stations look portable and all the barriers are ropes and retractable queue banisters. Everything is always under construction and people are being diverted all over the place. Some concourses aren't even used due to "construction". I wouldn't mind the construction so much if they were actually cleaning up the layout and transforming the airport into a modern, first world, professional facility. But they simply seem to be sitting around making it even more confusing by using temporary walls all over the place. Some concourses even have a second layer on them that is always roped off and not even used! Stores and restaurants are scarce, especially beyond security. It is hard to find something you want without walking miles for it. I wish I was exaggerating. PA system is overused and polluted with announcements about parking, baggage, sketchy people and a welcome to the "beautiful MIA". Around the clock. I tried sleeping there once for a few hours - it was horrible. If they ever had to use the PA system for something important, good luck. I'm sure all regulars have learned to tune it out of their heads entirely.

I am a local and work closely with the airport so I don't want to make public my name. MIA is a blackhole, constantly sucking efficiency, money and common sense. Land here from a European flight and you have to walk to the next town to get to Customs. Corridors are always cordoned off, signs of construction everywhere and it has been going on for the past 20 years. Access roads are difficult to navigate even with a GPS. Food is bad and overpriced. In fact everything inside the airport is overpriced all the way to having to shell about $4 to get a trolley for your luggage (something that is free in all European airports I've visited). The reason for this is corruption, as county politicians award lucrative business deals to those companies that give those politicians money in return.

No doubt the worst airport in the world. It is so bad they must work at being bad.

I do 125k to 150k miles per year and fly through MIA on most flights. It is indeed the worst airport I have used. Even with the train you have to walk what feels like miles to reach immigration. The lines are a mess, and waiting for baggage is a nightmare. If you take some time in immigration when you arrive to the baggage belt you need to walk around it to make sure the dopes working baggage have not pulled your suitcase off the belt and it is hidden behind it. Of course it is quite possible when you are walking around the belt they are pulling your bag off and putting it right where you just checked. They never announce that people should look behind the belt for luggage and I have seen many people miss connections. The food choice is lame. La Carreta, and Pizza for the most part after security. If I got excited about them adding Nathan's that means it is pretty lame. Maybe when Shula's opens things will get better. The worst part is the signs proclaiming that MIA was voted best airport. . . .by TSA I believe.

I travel internationally for work, and there is no doubt in my mind: this airport is by far the worst of any city in "first world" countries. Immigration lines are huge, waiting for baggage can take hours, there is no WI-FI, the selection of restaurants is very limited, oh, and if you are lucky, you will be able to deboard your plane normally, as it is frequent to find that the plane's gate is "taken". AVOID IF YOU CAN!!!