{"id":126143,"date":"2026-01-21T08:39:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T08:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/126143\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T08:39:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T08:39:11","slug":"board-would-aim-to-upgrade-reputation-of-miami-international-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/126143\/","title":{"rendered":"Board would aim to upgrade reputation of Miami International Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"

\tWritten by Miami Today<\/a> on January 21, 2026<\/p>\n

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County commissioners are to vote this week on creating an advisory board to pinpoint concerns about Miami International Airport\u2019s operations and propose solutions to enhance the airport and its sometimes-disparaged reputation.<\/p>\n

The proposal from commission Chairman Anthony Rodriguez would establish a seven-member board, to which he would appoint two members.<\/p>\n

The legislation cites only positives: three consecutive years of record air passenger gains, an ongoing airport modernization, a new Concourse K that is to add six passenger gates, a vast concession revamp now in process, a 2,240-space garage that opened last week, and upgrades to elevators and escalators.<\/p>\n

The advisory board, the legislation says, would let the commission \u201cbenefit from a structured and transparent mechanism for receiving first-hand, practical, and expert input to ensure that MIA provides the best overall airport experience possible.\u201d The legislation cites no concerns about the airport as reasons to create an advisory board.<\/p>\n

The appointments would be by Commissioner Natalie Milian Orbis, in whose district the airport sits; Mayor Daniella Levine Cava; the Beacon Council, the county\u2019s economic development partnership; the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau; the chairperson of the county\u2019s legislative delegation; and two by Mr. Rodriguez. Five of the seven members must be long-term county residents who use the airport.<\/p>\n

The Consumer Advisory for Responsive Experience at MIA (CARE-MIA) Advisory Board would work under the county commission, which could assign it duties.<\/p>\n

Initial powers and duties would be:<\/p>\n

\u25a0Recommend \u201careas for improvement to the operations and the day-to-day experiences of passengers, employees, and visitors at MIA for the overall purpose of ensuring that MIA provides the best airport experience possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u25a0\u201cMaintain a continuous review of the operations and day-to-day experiences of passengers, employees, and visitors at MIA and identify areas of concern and propose solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u25a0Review Aviation Department reports or records.<\/p>\n

\u25a0\u201cServe as a forum at which individuals and groups can express concerns and provide suggestions related to operations and the day-to-day experiences of passengers, employees, and visitors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Such user concerns, while not in the legislation, are frequently expressed, including by commissioners, who at meetings pick apart areas of airport operation.<\/p>\n

Targets have included frequently out-of-service elevators, escalators and moving walkways, which are now part of a major modernization. Past aviation directors have targeted the airport\u2019s internal hotel, built in the 1950s. A new on-site hotel is in progress.<\/p>\n

The advisory board would be unique among county boards in meeting at least monthly and making monthly reports to the commission. Reports would summarize issues addressed at the board\u2019s most recent meeting; pinpoint areas of concern and suggest how to meet those concerns; and make other suggestions to improve airport user and employee experiences.<\/p>\n

While the Aviation Department has a director appointed by the mayor, airport finances involve a separate enterprise fund that neither draws from nor enhances the county\u2019s general fund.<\/p>\n

The legislation doesn\u2019t cite costs of the advisory board, which county workers would staff. If the measure passes this week, a hearing must follow at least six weeks from now at which the mayor would provide a full report, followed by a final commission vote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Written by Miami Today on January 21, 2026 Advertisement County commissioners are to vote this week on creating…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":{"0":"post-126143","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hialeah","8":"tag-hialeah","9":"tag-hialeah-headlines","10":"tag-hialeah-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}