Miami Springs is located in Miami-Dade County between Hialeah and Coral Gables along I-75 near the Miami Canal, Intracoastal Waterway and the Atlantic coastline.
Glenn H. Curtiss started a flying school in 1916 with his partner, James Bright. Together they purchased 17,000 acres of pasture land that years later would become Miami Springs, Hialeah, and Opa Locka.