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Nova Southeastern University (private), A view of Biscayne National Park in Miami-Dade County, Lakeview Hall North and South 2006. European explorers and settlers See also: Pangaea Ultima, 2.1 1900s to 1930s: the Magic City Nonstop flights to Chicago and Newark Liberty International Airport in northeast New Jersey started in late 1946 but nonstops didn't reach west beyond St Louis and New Orleans until January 1962 Nonstop transatlantic flights to Europe began in 1970 in the late 1970s and early 1980s Air Florida had a hub at MIA with a nonstop flight to London England which it acquired from National upon the latter's merger with Pan Am Air Florida ceased operations in 1982 after the crash of Air Florida Flight 90 British Airways flew a Concorde SST (supersonic transport) triserial between Miami and London via Washington D.C (Dulles International Airport) from 1984 to 1991.

Main article: Climate of Miami Lakeview Hall North and South residence halls 6% of FIU students live on-campus. Miami is also home to the Sony Ericsson Open for professional tennis numerous greyhound racing tracks marinas jai alai venues and golf courses the city streets has hosted professional auto races the Miami Indy Challenge and later the Grand Prix Americas whereas the Homestead-Miami Speedway oval located 35 miles (56 km) southwest currently hosts NASCAR national races Miami is also home to Paso Fino horses where competitions are held at Tropical Park Equestrian Center, University Park accounted for 87% of the student population and 94% of housing students the Biscayne Bay Campus accounted for about 13% of the student population mostly of lower-division undergraduates and students of the School of Hospitality & Tourism Management Fall 2009 the average age for undergraduates was 23 and 31 for graduate students; Managers in international business must understand social science disciplines and how they affect different functional business fields, I-595.svg Interstate 595 (Port Everglades Expressway), Many pets have escaped or been released into the Everglades from the surrounding urban areas Some find the conditions quite favorable and have established self-sustaining populations competing for food and space with native animals Many tropical fish have been released but blue tilapias (Oreochromis aureus) cause damage to shallow waterways by creating large nests and consuming aquatic plants that protect native young fish; Earthquakes are rare because Florida is not located near any tectonic plate boundaries Writer & Poet. San Juan Campus Beneath the plain lies the Biscayne Aquifer a natural underground source of fresh water that extends from southern Palm Beach County to Florida Bay it comes closest to the surface around the cities of Miami Springs and Hialeah Most of the Miami metropolitan area obtains its drinking water from the Biscayne Aquifer As a result of the aquifer it is not possible to dig more than 15 to 20 ft (5 to 6 m) beneath the city without hitting water which impedes underground construction though some underground parking garages exist for this reason the mass transit systems in and around Miami are elevated or at-grade, At least three airplanes have crashed in the Everglades including: Northwest Airlines Flight 705 (in 1963) Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (1972) and ValuJet Flight 592 (1996), The Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball began play in the 1993 season They won the World Series in both seasons they qualified for the postseason doing so in 1997 and 2003. Further information: History of Miami 3 American Airlines 11,031, Florida has 22 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Forty-three of Florida's 67 counties are in a MSA. .