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Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport is an airport located in Dania Beach, Florida between the cities of Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood in Broward County, 21 miles (33.7 km) north of Miami.

In 2005, the airport processed 22.39 million passengers; it is currently the fastest-growing airport in the United States. It is the 23rd busiest airport (in terms of passenger traffic) in the United States, and ranks as one of the 50 busiest airports in the world. The airport is a key base for Delta Air Lines and domestic low-cost carriers Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines, and JetBlue. The airport's close proximity to cruise line terminals at Port Everglades has also made it popular among tourists bound for the Caribbean. Since the late 1990s, FLL has emerged as an intercontinental gateway as well, especially for charter carriers, although Miami International Airport still handles most long-haul flights to and from South Florida.

History

Merle Fogg Airport opened on an abandoned golf course on May 1, 1929. At the start of World War II, it was commissioned by the United States Navy and renamed NAS Fort Lauderdale. The base was initially used for refitting civil airliners for military service before they were ferried across the South Atlantic to Europe and North Africa. NAS Fort Lauderdale later became the main training base for naval aviators. George H. W. Bush learned to fly while stationed at the base in 1943.

In 1946, Broward County purchased the NAS Fort Lauderdale property to redevelop it as a commercial airport. The base closed down that year and was transferred to county control in 1948, becoming Broward County International Airport. Commercial flights to Nassau began on June 2, 1953, and domestic flights began in 1958, operated by Eastern Air Lines, National Airlines, and Northeast Airlines. In 1959, the airport opened its first permanent terminal building and assumed its current name.

Operations at FLL grew along with Broward County's population. Passenger traffic reached 1 million in 1969 and 10 million in 1994. Low-cost traffic speeded the airport's growth in the 1990s, with Southwest opening its base in 1996, Spirit in 1999, and jetBlue in 2001.

The airport has been used by filmmakers as a location shot numerous times, the most famous of these being scenes from Nerds in Paradise.

On the morning of August 2, 1985, Delta Air Lines Flight 191, on a Fort Lauderdale-Dallas-Los Angeles route, crashed at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, killing 136 of the 167 passengers on board.

Facilities

Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport covers 1,380 acres and has three runways:
  • Runway 09L/27R: 9,000 x 150 ft. (2,743 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
  • Runway 09R/27L: 5,276 x 100 ft. (1,608 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt
  • Runway 13/31: 6,930 x 150 ft. (2,112 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt

Airlines and Terminals

Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport has four terminals. Terminal 1, commonly referred to as "The New Terminal," opened in stages between 2001 and 2003. The other three terminals were constructed in the mid-1980's as part of a $263 million construction project. Terminal 4, commonly referred to as the International Terminal, was inaugurated by a Concorde visit in 1983.

Terminal 1 (New Terminal)

Concourse B
  • Frontier Airlines (Denver)
  • JetBlue Airways (Boston, Long Beach, New York-JFK, New York-LaGuardia, Newark, Oakland, Washington-Dulles)
  • Skyservice (Toronto)
  • Southwest Airlines (Baltimore/Washington, Chicago-Midway, Houston-Hobby, Jacksonville, Islip, Nashville, New Orleans, Orlando, Philadelphia, Tampa, St. Louis)

  • WestJet (Calgary, Montreal, Toronto)

Concourse C

Terminal 2 (Delta Terminal)

Concourse D

Terminal 3 (Main Terminal)

Concourse E

Concourse F

Terminal 4 (International Terminal)

Concourse H
  • Air Canada (Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto)
  • Air Jamaica (Kingston, Montego Bay)
  • Air Transat (Scheduled Charter) (Montréal, Quebec City, Toronto)
  • American Airlines (International Arrivals)
  • Avianca (Bogotá, Medellín December 22)
  • Cayman Airways (Grand Cayman)
  • Spirit Airlines (Atlanta, Atlantic City, Cancun, Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Detroit, Grand Cayman, Grand Turk, Kingston, Montego Bay, Nassau, New York-LaGuardia, Orlando, Providence, Providenciales, Punta Cana, San Juan, Santo Domingo, St. Thomas, Tampa, Washington-Reagan)
  • Thomsonfly (Manchester (UK) *)
  • US Airways (International Arrivals)

Commuter Terminal

Charter Airlines

Cargo Carriers

Overcrowding Reliever Facility

See Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport

External links

Airports in Florida | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Broward County, Florida

 

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