Half Moon Empanadas
Finding it
Half Moon Empanadas is in Concourse D, Marketplace 2nd Level Departures by Gate D-29 in North Terminal near Gate D-29 at Miami International Airport. It is airside, past the security checkpoint, so allow for the queue before you count on it.
- Nearest gates
- Gate D-29
North Terminal has 51 places to eat and 60 shops in this directory; the earliest opens at 12am.
Hours against the security queue
Half Moon Empanadas opens at 5am and closes at 10pm. FlyIndex's wait-time data puts the typical MIA checkpoint queue at 10 minutes around 5am.
Across the week, MIA security runs longest around 5pm at a median of 16 minutes, and lightest around 11pm at 2 minutes. The queue is typically building before this location opens.
Queue figures are medians from FlyIndex's MIA wait-time record, not a live reading.
About this location
Gate D-29 sits inside the North Terminal's Marketplace, the departures hall on the 2nd level where Lilly's Munchies, Misha's Cupcakes and Peet's Coffee cluster within a short walk. The counter opens at 6am, ahead of most flights out of Terminal D, and stays open until 10pm, covering the last evening departures without a kitchen close in between. There's no second Half Moon Empanadas elsewhere at MIA, so this is the only stop in the terminal for the brand's baked hand pies. Expect a quick, walk-up counter rather than table seating, geared toward passengers grabbing food between the escalator and the gate.
What to expect
- mexican
Other options in North Terminal
All past the same checkpoint, so you can reach them without clearing security again.
Sources
- JSON behind https://www.shopmiamiairport.com/directory — Miami International Airport, checked 2026-09-08
Official Travel Resources
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