MIACar rental at Miami International Airport (MIA)

At Miami International Airport, rental cars are not collected at the terminal. Most companies operate from the MIA Rental Car Center (RCC), a purpose-built facility beside the airport, linked to the terminal by an automated train.^[1][2]

Getting to the Rental Car Center

1. Collect your bags and follow signs for the MIA Mover, the airport's free automated people-mover. The airport says its station is on the third level, between the Dolphin and Flamingo garages.^[1]
2. The MIA Mover runs to the Rental Car Center's customer service lobby, a 1.25-mile ride according to the airport's fact sheet.^[2]
3. Go to your rental company's counter, unless your booking confirmation tells you to go elsewhere.

The RCC's address for returning cars is 3900 NW 25th Street, Miami, FL 33142.^[1] When the facility opened, the airport said it consolidated 16 rental companies under one roof; the current list is on the airport's car rental page.^[2][1]

What to have ready at the counter

• A valid, physical driving licence; foreign visitors may be asked for a passport as a second ID.^[3]
• A payment card in the main driver's name, with enough available credit for the hold.^[3][4]
• If paying by debit card at the airport, a return travel ticket in your name — both Sixt and Hertz ask for one.^[3][4]
• Your booking confirmation or broker voucher.

Airport fees and tolls

Airport rentals typically carry concession recovery and facility charges that city locations do not, alongside Florida's $2-a-day rental surcharge.^[4] Roads around the airport include cashless toll routes. Read the tolls section of our Miami guide before you leave the garage, because the rental company's toll programme is usually the default.^[5]

Related reading

Our guide to car rental deposits explains how card holds work, and Sixt vs Hertz compares two companies' US rules on age, debit cards and holds.