Tropical News Café
Finding it
Tropical News Café is in Concourse D, 2nd Level Departures by Gate D60 in North Terminal near Gate D60 at Miami International Airport. It is airside, past the security checkpoint, so allow for the queue before you count on it.
- Nearest gates
- Gate D60
North Terminal has 51 places to eat and 60 shops in this directory; the earliest opens at 4am.
Hours against the security queue
Tropical News Café opens at 6am and closes at 10pm. FlyIndex's wait-time data puts the typical MIA checkpoint queue at 16 minutes around 6am.
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.
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.