Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport

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Image:FLL diagram.png Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (IATA: FLL, ICAO: KFLL) is an airport located in Dania Beach, Florida between the cities of Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood, 21 miles (33.7 km) north of Miami.

In 2004, the airport processed 20.81 million passengers: it is currently the fastest-growing airport in the United States, and 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. In 2005, US Airways opened its main Latin American/Caribbean hub at FLL.

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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 Airlines, 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 Revenge of the Nerds II: 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.

Terminals

Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport has four terminals. Terminal 1, commonly reffered 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 reffered 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, Washington/Dulles)
  • Southwest Airlines (Baltimore/Washington, Chicago/Midway, Houston/Hobby, Jacksonville, Islip, Nashville, New Orleans (temporarily suspended), Orlando, Philadelphia, Tampa, St. Louis)
  • Sun Country (Minneapolis) - Weekends Only
  • Westjet (Toronto)

Concourse C

Terminal 2 (Delta Terminal)

Concourse D

Terminal 3 (Main Terminal)

Concourse E

  • AirTran Airways (Akron, Atlanta, Baltimore/Washington, Gulfport/Biloxi, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Rochester (NY))
  • Canjet (MontrĂ©al)
  • US Airways (Baltimore/Washington, Boston, Cancun, Charlotte, Guatemala City, Hartford, Key West, Kingston(Jamaica), Montego Bay, Nassau, Newark, New York/LaGuardia, Orlando, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Santo Domingo, San Jose (CR), San Juan, Washington/Reagan)

Concourse F

  • American Airlines (Chicago/O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, New York/LaGuardia, Port-au-Prince, San Juan, St. Louis)
  • American Eagle (Nassau)
  • Bahamasair (Freeport and Nassau)
  • Hooters Air (Allentown and Scranton)
  • Ted (Chicago/O'Hare, Denver, Washington/Dulles)
  • USA 3000 Airlines (Baltimore/Washington (seasonal), Columbus (seasonal), Chicago/O'Hare, Cleveland, Newark, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis)
  • US Airways (See Concourse E)

Terminal 4 (International Terminal)

Concourse H

  • Air Canada (Montreal (seasonal) and Toronto)
  • Air Jamaica (Kingston and Montego Bay)
  • Air Transat (Scheduled Charter) (Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto)
  • American Airlines (International Arrivals)
  • Avianca (Bogota)
  • Cayman Airways (Grand Cayman)
  • Spirit Airlines (Atlanta (starts Feb. 16, 2006), Atlantic City, Cancun, Chicago/O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth (starts January 2006), Detroit, Grand Cayman (starts Feb. 9), Grand Turk (starts Feb. 16), Kingston (starts Nov. 10), Los Angeles (starts Feb. 23), Montego Bay (starts Nov. 10), Nassau, New York/LaGuardia, Orlando (starts December, 2005), Providence, Providenciales (starts Feb. 16), San Juan, Santo Domingo, St. Thomas (starts Dec. 15), Tampa (starts Dec. 15), Washington/Reagan)
  • Universal Airlines (Georgetown (Guyana) and New York/JFK)
  • US Airways (International Arrivals)

Commuter Terminal

Charter Airlines

Cargo Carriers

Overcrowding Reliever Facility

See Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport

External links

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