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News & Current Events Apr 28, 2026 at 4:50 AM

Officials in Miami-Dade weighing possibility of a second commercial airport

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Officials in Miami-Dade weighing possibility of a second commercial airport
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Officials in Miami-Dade weighing possibility of a second commercial airport
Miami-Dade County is considering building a new major commercial airport.
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drtywater Apr 28, 2026 +68
Isnt that Fort Lauderdale? Like why not expand there?
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Llamasxy Apr 28, 2026 +29
Maybe because that is Broward county and not Miami-Dade. Why would the Miami-Dade government want an airport in Broward county, they wouldn't profit from it at all.
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Iohet Apr 28, 2026 +8
Governments have a love-hate relationship with airports because most voters want them nowhere near their houses
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DAVENP0RT Apr 28, 2026 +19
I want to have an airport less than 20 minutes away, but I never want to see or hear airplanes taking off and landing. Accommodate me!
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psychicsword Apr 28, 2026 +1
Honestly I have pretty close to that with Boston Logan airport. There are places on the flight path that you can hear the planes but Boston proper typically has it really good.
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MajesticBread9147 Apr 28, 2026 -2
Airports aren't super loud honestly. I live just one transit stop away from my nearest airport, and I never hear planes. Hell, Newark, Laguardia, Midway, and DCA are all immediately adjacent or surrounded by residential neighborhoods.
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Ojntoast Apr 28, 2026 +1
And those neighborhoods have extremely loud planes over head.
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MajesticBread9147 Apr 28, 2026 +1
Small/hobby airports I can understand because prop planes use leaded fuel. But I've seen many people prefer proximity to the nearest airport (or a direct transit line there) because it's a huge convenience feature since a lot of people travel frequently for work. When looking for a place to live one time I even heard one person advertise that the property was "walking distance to XXX international airport"
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boost_deuce Apr 28, 2026 +30
Miami seems like a large cargo hub too from central and South America as well as the Caribbean. With FLL so close, adding a third airport seems crazy
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MajesticBread9147 Apr 28, 2026 +6
Yes, but I honestly thought they just drop their cargo to be picked up in the Everglades at night without landing to save time?
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seeasea Apr 28, 2026 +2
And PBI is not too far, either 
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sleeplessinreno Apr 28, 2026 +2
Yeah 3 major airports within 60 milers of each other is pretty wild when you think about it. Most metro areas are lucky to have one.
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drstoneybaloneyphd Apr 28, 2026 +1
Just one more runway bro, please
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Travelerdude Apr 28, 2026 +14
On the one hand, Miami International airport is one of the worst airports I’ve ever had the displeasure of passing through. On the other hand, why???
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obalovatyk Apr 28, 2026 +1
So they can have two shit quality airports.
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Eco_guru Apr 28, 2026 +1
Miami is nowhere near as bad as the ridiculous monstrosity of Denver Airport. What a ridiculous airport.
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zergling- Apr 28, 2026 +111
I was in Miami 2 months ago. Was amazed at all the infrastructure projects going on -- considering its all going to be underwater in 40 years
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ShadowbanRevival Apr 28, 2026 -152
what a ridiculous comment
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cire1184 Apr 28, 2026 +44
What a ridiculous comment
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UselessInsight Apr 28, 2026 +16
What’s ridiculous about it?
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Reditate Apr 28, 2026 +9
How many airports does South Florida need?
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cire1184 Apr 28, 2026 +4
More for the drug smuggling
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MajesticBread9147 Apr 28, 2026 +4
I mean, per capita they have more people with their *own* planes than most places given that you mostly hear about extremely rich people moving there to avoid the taxes from places that enabled them to become extremely wealthy in the first place.
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Sreg32 Apr 28, 2026 +19
Trump Pedo International? Was this the one in the news awhile ago they were talking about?
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ContessaChaos Apr 28, 2026 +8
That was Palm Beach, they've already rebranded it.
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whk1992 Apr 28, 2026 +19
At this rate of pointless wars, half the country don’t want to spend a dime on traveling so why bother expanding. I’d be surprised if there’s not another airline going out of business soon.
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Commercial-Host-725 Apr 28, 2026 -102
Off topic. The discussion here is the airport expansion, not national travel trends.
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ohnohelpwhereamI Apr 28, 2026 +34
I, too, would like to mock you.
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whk1992 Apr 28, 2026 +46
Lmfao airport expansion isn’t tied to demand? Try harder pa.
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Buckets-O-Yarr Apr 28, 2026 +13
Off topic. Rules lawyering is prohibited. No discussing any tangential topics either, such as "Nuh uh!", "No you are!", and certainly not "I'm telling mom!"
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KulaanDoDinok Apr 28, 2026 +20
Bad bot. They’re clearly related.
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ZonaDesertRat Apr 28, 2026 +6
The topic here is whatever anyone wants to make it. Welcome to 'Merica.
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obalovatyk Apr 28, 2026 +1
The current one needs work. It looks like it hasn’t been renovated since it was opened.
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