How to Get from Miami Airport to Miami Beach: Every Option, Priced (2026)
Every way from Miami International, MIA, to Miami Beach with the price, the journey time and the catch, drawn from the AfterYouLand Miami guide and checked against the operators.
Cheapest is the Route 150 Airport Express bus at $2.25 a person, about 45 to 60 minutes along the Beach. Fastest is a car across the causeway at about 20 to 35 minutes. Door to door is rideshare at $30 to $50 to Miami Beach, a metered taxi, or a pre-booked fixed fare transfer.
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1 The options, compared
Route 150 Airport Express bus.
The budget route to the Beach, stopping along Collins and Washington Avenues, about every 30 minutes from 6 am to 11:40 pm.
Uber and Lyft rideshare.
Door to door from the signed Ride App Pickup zone on the arrivals level. Prices surge hard during Art Basel, spring break and downpours, so check the fare before you confirm.
Taxi, metered.
Expect roughly $35 to $45 to South Beach in normal traffic. The old flat airport fares were abolished in 2022, so every trip runs on the meter. Use the official stand.
Pre-booked transfer.
A fixed fare with a driver in arrivals, which the guide recommends for late arrivals and for a cruise with the family in tow, to Downtown, the Beach and PortMiami.
Metrorail, for Downtown instead.
The fastest and cheapest ride on the airport page, but it goes to Government Center, not the Beach. Listed here so the Beach traveler does not board it by mistake.
Fixed price, agreed before you land. The alternative is Welcome Pickups, linked in the Miami guide.
2 Late night and first trains
The guide states there is no airport rail service between about midnight and 5 am, and the Route 150 bus ends at 11:40 pm. After that, a car is the route to the Beach, and a pre-booked fixed fare is the settled price.
The Route 150 starts at 6 am and runs about every 30 minutes. On weekends the airport rail leg runs as a shuttle to Earlington Heights, where you change trains, a detail that matters for Downtown, not for this Beach route.
3 Groups and luggage
The bus stays cheapest per head at every size, and rideshare splits close to the taxi at $30 to $50 a car. At four people the car options land near $8 to $12 a head, with your Beach door at the end and no stops along Collins Avenue.
Luggage: the guide makes the grouped case directly, arriving late, loaded with bags or traveling as a group is exactly when it recommends a pre-booked fixed fare transfer over the bus and its Beach stops.
4 Where you board
Route 150 bus
The bus leaves from the Miami Intermodal Center beside the airport station, reached by the free MIA Mover from your terminal. It stops along Collins and Washington Avenues, so check which stop sits closest to your hotel before you board.
Metrorail
The free MIA Mover also takes you to Miami Airport Station for the Orange Line to Downtown. On weekends the airport leg runs as a shuttle to Earlington Heights, where you change trains. It never crosses to Miami Beach.
Cars
Rideshare picks up at the signed Ride App Pickup zone on the arrivals level; taxis use the official taxi stand, and you should decline unofficial offers inside the terminal. A pre-booked driver waits in arrivals with a name sign.
5 Questions
Taxis run on the meter since the old flat airport fares were abolished in 2022, with a $15 minimum from the airport. Expect roughly $35 to $45 to South Beach in normal traffic, and use the official taxi stand.
The Route 150 Miami Beach Airport Express bus at $2.25 a person, about 45 to 60 minutes along Collins and Washington Avenues. It runs about every 30 minutes, 6 am to 11:40 pm, from the Intermodal Center beside the airport station.
About 20 to 35 minutes by rideshare and about 25 to 35 minutes by taxi, causeway traffic deciding both. The Route 150 bus takes about 45 to 60 minutes with its stops along the Beach.
No. The Metrorail Orange Line runs to Downtown in 15 to 20 minutes for the same $2.25, but the guide states the choice plainly: Downtown is a straight rail shot, while Miami Beach is a causeway crossing that no train makes.
No Metrorail: the guide gives the airport service a gap between about midnight and 5 am, and the Route 150 bus ends at 11:40 pm. The guide points late, loaded or grouped arrivals at a pre-booked fixed fare transfer.
6 Sources
- Miami-Dade Transit: Metrorail and Metrobus fares, the EASY Card and the daily cap. Last verified October 2026.
- Miami International Airport, MIA: the airport ground transport pages. Last verified October 2026.
- Miami-Dade County: taxi rules, metered fares and the $15 airport minimum. Last verified October 2026.
All prices and journey times are taken from the AfterYouLand Miami guide, checked in October 2026.
First night in Miami.
Where you stay changes this trip. Downtown and Brickell are a straight rail shot; the Beach is a causeway crossing, with a free trolley running the length of the island once you arrive. The guide scores the first night areas.
See where to stay in the guideThis page is the transfer chapter of the full guide: the Miami first hour guide covers landing, money, data and your first night.
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