La Carreta
Finding it
La Carreta is in Concourse D, 2nd Level Departures by Gate D-37 in North Terminal near Gate D-37 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-37
North Terminal has 51 places to eat and 60 shops in this directory; the earliest opens at 12am.
Hours against the security queue
La Carreta 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
Posted by Gate D-37 on the North Terminal's 2nd Level Departures walk, this is MIA's only La Carreta, with no sibling location to compare hours against. It opens at 4:30am, hours before most of the terminal's other counters, making it one of the few sit-down options running for the earliest bank of D-gate departures. Service continues to 9:30pm, so it also covers the last flights out of the terminal. For anyone connecting through D gates on a red-eye arrival or a dawn departure, the 4:30am start is the detail that matters more than anything on the menu.
What to expect
- cuban
- latin_american
Other options in North Terminal
All past the same checkpoint, so you can reach them without clearing security again.
Sources
- MIA Shop Dine - MIAMI International Airport Shops and Food — Miami International Airport, checked 2026-09-08
Official Travel Resources
1 verified external links from airport operators and U.S. agencies.