Flight Report

ADS-B radar data captured 1,107 flight operations at Miami International Airport on September 15, 2025, the 97th anniversary of Miami's first airport opening. That total breaks down into 539 arrivals, 551 departures, and 17 touch-and-gos across 496 unique aircraft. Traffic ran continuously from midnight through 23:59 EDT, averaging 46.1 flights per hour. The peak came at 17:00 local time with 80 movements logged in that single hour. The quietest stretch was 04:00, when only 7 arrivals were recorded and no departures occurred. LaGuardia led all routes with 28 total movements (14 arrivals, 14 departures), followed by Atlanta and Orlando tied at 24 each. San Andros Airport in the Bahamas placed fourth with 21 movements, the only non-U.S. airport in the top ten. Dallas Fort Worth, Charlotte, JFK, Chicago O'Hare, Reagan National, and Tampa rounded out the list. Approach traffic arrived most frequently from NNE (75 counts) and NNW (68), while departures spread nearly evenly between NNE and NNW at 75 each. ESE and WNW were also prominent in both directions. The altitude profile shows two distinct concentration zones. A dense cluster appears below 4,000 feet, with the 0-1,000 foot band logging 39,861 ADS-B position points. A second, larger concentration sits between 36,000 and 39,000 feet, peaking in the 36,000-37,000 foot band at 37,952 points. The average recorded altitude was 20,408 feet and the maximum reached 47,175 feet, logged on a departure to San Juan. The shortest flight covered 6.9 nautical miles from Miami Executive Airport in 2.6 minutes. The longest, a departure toward Dallas Fort Worth, covered 2,627 nautical miles over 505 minutes. Of 496 unique aircraft, 408 were U.S.-registered, with smaller contingents from the United Kingdom, Brazil, Canada, Argentina, Turkey, and a dozen other countries.