Travel all over the world, this has to be the world's worst airport in terms of every possible area, Immigration to service and attitude of people that work there.

I have to agree with all the "bad" reviews of the Miami airport. I think these are accurate descriptions of the this airport. I am a citizen of the US and the airport and procedures do make you feel like a criminal and the immigration process is just a mess. Last time I flew into MIA the loud speaks were like something from George Orwell’s novel 1984 repeating over and over again messages of fear and danger and don’t trust any luggage you see unattended and suspicious people. I had been out of the country for sometime and returning to this reception was horrible. I have been to many 3rd World country airports, and all of them were far better than MIA.

I don't know how people can say this airport isn't wonderful. I haven't traveled a lot, but I have the feeling that you only travel around the USA. In my opinion, MIA is completely clean, safe and organized. And it is beautiful, but who cares? The first time I went there, I had no problems, without speaking English or Spanish. Now I speak English, of course, and it still deserves five stars.

I arrived there after an 8-hour flight at 7h20 in the mourning. I only had two hours and a half of sleep so I was tired and stressed. I was extremely lucky because my plane was the first one to arrive that morning, so there were no huge lines at the immigration, but the officers treat you badly and the first impression you have is that you're some kind of criminal. After maybe 20-30 minutes they just pointed the way to the baggage claim carousels where I talked with the only nice person I met on the WHOLE airport: a janitor. I took my suitcases and moved to the customs where I just stopped because it was crowded and then some officer just took my luggage out of my side and right before he disappeared I asked him: WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?. Without an answer AND my baggage I just assumed they would transfer it to the other plane and left that horrible place. No signs advised me, but I got out of the security area and, on the terminal, I had to run through endless concourses where the signs would contradict the maps and the people would NOT speak English! Only SPANISH! After a long time I got to the entrance to the security areas where I had to line up and wait FOREVER only to be treated badly again by the officers on the x-ray and metal detector. After ALL this I finally got to my gate on time, I don't know how... All this apart of saying about the extremely poor architecture of the airport that makes you walk MILES AND MILES trying to get somewhere that someone will tell you that was IN THE OTHER DIRECTION! Horrible... HORRIBLE! I think only Afghanistan airports are worse than this one... I DEFINITELY DON'T RECOMMEND IT! Tips: Do NOT trust the maps; they are WRONG! Follow the signs and ask people for directions. If you're on an connection (like I was) be careful; don't leave the security area because it's going to take FOREVER to get back to it. And finally: don't trust one flight-times display, find one or two more to compare the information because, sometimes, they're WRONG!

I arrived from LHR T5 to MIA last summer, and I have to say first impressions did not impress me at all. The area you arrive in was filthy dirty, with stains all over the worn carpet and the building itself looked like it could have used more than just a fresh lick of paint - either that or they actually wanted you to believe you were entering a prison. Then there was a VERY long wait at immigration. The officials were efficient but perfunctory and also rather rude without reason or cause. This is the first impression a first-time visitor gets to the USA, and somehow you felt like a criminal just for being there. Coming back in to depart from this airport was also a rather unmemorable event. However, the rest of Florida was lovely - I wouldn't let an airport put me off it as it's only a small part of the total holiday experience.