Flights Miami → Birmingham
MIA → BHM
Route overview
The flight route from Miami to Birmingham operates with an impressive on-time performance rate of 86%, with the average delay being just 1.1 minutes across a total of 100 flights. The Embraer RJ145 aircraft serves this busy route, which caters to one of the destination airport's busiest passenger volumes at over two million passengers per year.
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 Miami (MIA) → Birmingham (BHM) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 162 flights monitored in recent months, 83% 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 13.7/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Birmingham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Miami the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Birmingham: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Miami (MIA) to Birmingham (BHM) heads north-west for about 1,065 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 45m.
Departures from Miami on this leg cluster in the evening window: about 74% of MIA-BHM flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Miami the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Birmingham it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 162 tracked MIA-BHM flights, 83% 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 MIA-BHM
On the Miami (MIA) -> Birmingham (BHM) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 4 minutes, based on 162 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Miami-Birmingham 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.
