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AACargo: verify| Option | Cost / service | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| MIA Mover + Metrorail Orange Line | Mover free; rail $2.25 | About 5 a.m. to midnight |
| Lot | Details |
|---|---|
| Employee parking | Enroll through MIA XPES enrollment. FY2026 rates (effective Oct 1, 2025): employee decal $30/month (Park 8 and the Employee Parking Lot); Flamingo/Dolphin garage encoded ID card $100/month (MIA Rates, Fees & Charges FY2026). The earlier free-garage announcement appears to be superseded; confirm with your employer. |
MIA and Fort Lauderdale (FLL) are about 28 road miles apart. Crews based at one often live near, or commute through, the other. Here is how to get between them, and what works for a 0400 report.
| Option | Time | Cost | Early / late |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tri-Rail Miami Airport ↔ FLL Airport station | 39–43 min by train; about 1 h 15 min–1 h 30 min door to door Inference | $4 one way weekdays; $5 all-day weekends | First arrival: FLL 4:24 a.m., MIA 5:45 a.m. (weekdays). Last: 9:50 p.m. from MIA, 10:07 p.m. from FLL. Weekends hourly, later start, earlier end. No 0400 reports. |
| Brightline Downtown Miami ↔ downtown Fort Lauderdale | About 33 min by train, plus a shuttle at each end | SMART about $18–26 (third-party data); shuttle $12 + $3 fuel | First train 5:45 a.m. (third-party data); airport shuttles 8 a.m.–7 p.m. only. No early reports. |
| Drive I-95 or Florida's Turnpike (toll) | About 28.5 mi; about 46 min with no traffic (model); rush hour not verified Unverified | Fuel, tolls, employee parking | Any hour. The realistic 0400 option. |
| Rideshare | Door to door | No reliable published range Unverified | Any hour, subject to availability |
| Bus | No single-seat route confirmed | Varies | Not researched Unverified |
Sources: Tri-Rail weekday schedule · Tri-Rail weekend schedule · Tri-Rail tariff policy (eff. Oct 1, 2026) · Tri-Rail FLL Airport station · Tri-Rail Miami Airport station · MIA public transportation · Brightline airport shuttles · Brightline Fort Lauderdale station · Brightline MiamiCentral station · Brightline Help Center · Rome2rio timetable (third-party) · OSRM routing (free-flow estimate). Checked Oct 17, 2026; schedules change.
| Airport | Employee parking |
|---|---|
| MIA | Enroll via MIA XPES enrollment. Employee decal $30/month (Park 8 and Employee Parking Lot); Flamingo/Dolphin garage ID card $100/month (MIA Rates, Fees & Charges FY2026). Shuttle hours for the remote lots: not verified Unverified. |
| FLL | Employee Lots 1 and 2 at 2755 SW 42nd St. Dedicated employee shuttle runs 24/7, about every 5–10 min, roughly 20 min to the terminal stops (Terminals 1–2 and 3–4). A permit/decal is required; monthly cost not published (Broward County Aviation Dept. employee parking info, via search summary, since the page blocked direct fetch; verify). |
Crews based at one airport often live near, or commute through, the other. The areas between them are an obvious compromise Inference:
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One crashpad listed near Miami publishes a monthly starting price: $450 a month. 1 other crashpad listed here doesn't show a monthly starting price, so ask the host. That is its lowest advertised rate; check the current price with the host.
The free MIA Mover links the terminal (3rd level, between the Dolphin and Flamingo garages) with the Miami Intermodal Center, where Metrorail, Metrobus and Tri-Rail connect. On weekdays, Metrorail Orange Line trains serve the MIA station; on weekends the Orange Line runs as an airport shuttle train between MIA and Earlington Heights.
Source: Miami International Airport, Public Transportation (miami-airport.com); Miami-Dade County, Metrorail (miamidade.gov). Checked Oct 22, 2026. Fares and rules change, so confirm before you rely on them.
Under MIA's FY2026 Rates, Fees & Charges, an employee parking decal costs $30 per month (Park 8 and the Employee Parking Lot), and a Flamingo/Dolphin garage encoded ID card costs $100 per employee per month.
Source: Miami-Dade Aviation Department, Rates, Fees & Charges FY2026 (miami-airport.com). Checked Oct 22, 2026. Fares and rules change, so confirm before you rely on them.
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Last checked Oct 18, 2026. Hours are local time as printed by each source. Spotted a change? Report it.
