# flights to Miami **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 21, 2020, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flights-to-miami/848268 "2020-02-21T00:05:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flights-to-miami/848268/1 "2020-02-21T00:05:12Z")
Going down Thursday, July 9 and flying back Sunday the 12th. Just started looking at flights but looks like flying to Ft. Lauderdale might be $100 less expensive. How much would a cab be from the Miami airport to downtown Miami, and how much from Ft. Lauderdale? Can you take a bus or train from either airport? ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flights-to-miami/848268/2 "2020-02-21T00:13:08Z")
forgot to ask length of trip for cab/uber ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flights-to-miami/848268/3 "2020-02-21T00:29:09Z")
General advice, based on having flown out of the Miami airport several times: lordy, if you can fly into Fort Lauderdale, or even West Palm Beach, _do it_. The Miami airport is, IME, extremely congested and just generally an unpleasant experience. ---
**Author:** ![Saturn\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Saturn\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saturn_Dreams)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flights-to-miami/848268/4 "2020-02-21T00:50:06Z")
Not the airport, but I took an Uber from a hotel in Fort Lauderdale to Miami Lakes and it took about 40 minutes, if I’m not mistaken. Checked my app and it was $55 with tip. ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flights-to-miami/848268/5 "2020-02-21T01:04:42Z")
You can take a [shuttle bus from the airport (see “Connections”)](https://www.tri-rail.com/stations/Fort-Lauderdale-Hollywood-International-Airport-at-Dania-Beach) to the Tri Rail station. [Tri Rail](https://www.tri-rail.com/) will take you to Miami. ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flights-to-miami/848268/6 "2020-02-21T01:10:52Z")
By the way, if you choose to take Tri Rail, be sure to buy a ticket from the vending machine in the train station before you board the train. Tri Rail operates on the honor system. You can board without a ticket, but police do random checks to make sure everyone has a ticket. If you don’t, you can face a court appearance and fine. And, yes, FLL is a better place to fly if you can. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flights-to-miami/848268/7 "2020-02-21T03:21:39Z")
From FLL Airport to Miami it should be between $55 and $75 depending on place and time of day, and between 30 min to an hour again depending on both those. From MIA to downtown it should cost $25, or $32 to SoBe. And yes, MIA can be quite a pain as airports go (though everyone deciding to instead go thru FLL is starting to create strain there).