Miami airport’s economic impact grows

Miami airportÆs economic impact grows Miami International Airport is having an increasingly important impact on the local economy, according to an analysis conducted for the Miami-Dade Aviation Department.
   The study, based on 2006 statistics, said Miami International and other general aviation airports under the jurisdiction of the MDAD provide more than 272,000 jobs in Miami-Dade County. That is up from the 241,000 jobs estimated in the last such study conducted in 2002. The new figure represents roughly one out of every four jobs in the county.
   In addition, the study said the airports now have a total economic impact of $25 billion in business revenue, and generate almost $10 billion in wages and salaries. That is up from $18.6 million in business revenues and $7.8 billion in wages in 2002.
   The airports' economic impact stems from not only the 15.5 million passengers and 2.1 million tons of cargo that move through the airports, but a boom in construction jobs created by the many airport expansion project that have been underway for the last several years. That includes the new South Terminal and the North Terminal that is under development.