Flights Birmingham → Miami
BHM → MIA
Route overview
The flight route from Birmingham to Miami operates with high punctuality, boasting a 91% on-time performance rate. Over the past period, an average delay of just 2.6 minutes has been recorded across 100 total flights, and each journey is conducted using Embraer RJ145 aircraft. The destination airport sees over 50 million passengers annually, indicating its significant traffic volume.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Birmingham (BHM) → Miami (MIA) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 162 flights monitored in recent months, 88% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 4 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.23%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 14.5/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Miami the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Birmingham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Miami: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Birmingham (BHM) to Miami (MIA) heads south-east for about 1,065 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 45m.
Departures from Birmingham on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 74% of BHM-MIA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Birmingham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Miami it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 162 tracked BHM-MIA flights, 88% left on time with an average delay of 4 min and a 1.2% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about BHM-MIA
On the Birmingham (BHM) -> Miami (MIA) route, on-time performance is 88% with an average delay of 4 minutes, based on 162 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Birmingham-Miami is 1.23% across 162 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
