Fort
Lauderdale Airport / Fort Lauderdale Hollywood Airport
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Fort
Lauderdale – Hollywood International Airport
(IATA: FLL, ICAO: KFLL, FAA LID: FLL) is an international
commercial airport located in Dania Beach, three miles
(5 km) southwest of the central business district
of Fort Lauderdale, a city in Broward County, Florida,
United States. It is also located near the city of
Hollywood and is 21 miles (33.7 km) north of Miami.
In
2007, the airport processed 22,681,903 passengers
including 2,858,047 international passengers. At that
time, FLL was ranked as the 22nd busiest airport (in
terms of passenger traffic) in the United States as
well as the nation's 14th busiest international air
gateway. FLL is the fastest-growing major airport
in the country. The facility also ranks as one of
the 50 busiest airports in the world.
Fort
Lauderdale – Hollywood International Airport
serves as a focus city for Allegiant Air, AirTran
Airways, and JetBlue Airways. The airport is the largest
hub for Spirit Airlines, catering mainly to the airline's
international to domestic network. It is also a hub
for Gulfstream International Airlines under the Continental
Connection name and Lynx Air International. 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. The airport offers free Wi-Fi
Internet access throughout its terminals.
320 Terminal Drive
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33315
Telephone: (954) 359-6116
Fax: (954) 359-1292+
Transfer Between Terminals
The terminals are within walking distance of each
other; there is also a shuttle transfer service, which
leaves from level 1 of the multi-storey car park.
Driving
Directions
The airport connects to the Florida Turnpike, I-95,
I-595 and US Route 1. Take the State Road 84 or the
I-595 and turn onto SW 29 Avenue for the Park N Save
car park, or follow US Route 1 south to the airport
Perimeter Road for the economy car park.
Car
Parking
The garage complex provides covered parking with direct
access to all terminals, with short- and long-term
rates available. The Park N Save and Tower Lot are
available for long-term parking; there are free shuttle
buses to/from the terminals 24 hours daily. Valet
parking is available in the garage complex (tel: (954)
359 6931). Long-term parking is also available at
remote car parks linked to the terminals by free shuttle.
General parking information is available on (tel:
(954) 359 0200).
Car
Hire
Alamo, Avis, Budget, Continental, Dollar, Enterprise,
E-Z Rent a Car, Hertz, National, Payless, Royal and
Thrifty all have desks on site at the new Rental Car
Center. The latter is well sign-posted from all terminals.
It is located within walking distance from terminal
1, and there are free shuttles ferrying passengers
from terminals 2, 3 and 4.
Information
and Help Desks
Help and information desks are located in each terminal
on the upper and lower levels (tel: (954) 359 1200
for airport information).
Airport Facilities
Money and communications: These include ATMs and bureau
de change facilities. Photocopying and fax facilities
are available in Terminal 2. Free Wi-Fi access is
available in all terminal and concourse areas.
Eating and drinking: Passengers can choose from a
wide variety of restaurants, bars, cafés and
snack bars at the airport.
Shopping: Duty-free is available in Terminal 4.
Luggage: A luggage transportation service is available
on the upper and lower levels of each terminal and
garage. There is an airport lost and found office
(tel: (954) 359 1200).
Other facilities: These include shoe shine services
and a mediation room.
Facilities
for Disabled Travellers
All terminals have facilities for disabled travellers.
These include disabled toilets, courtesy telephones
with TTY facilities, ramps and lifts. Disabled parking
is available in all parking facilities, with wheelchair-accessible
shuttles from the remote car parks.
Airlines
AeroMexico
Air Canada
Air Jamaica
Air Tran
Air Transat
America West
American Airlines
ATA
Avianca
Bahamasair
Cayman Airways
Continental
Delta
JetBlue
Laker Airways (Bahamas)
Lynx Air International
Midwest Airlines
Northwest
Song
Southwest
Spirit
TED
TransMeridian
United
US Airways
USA 3000
Fort
Lauderdale Airport History
Merle
Fogg Airport opened on an abandoned 9-hole golf course
on May 1, 1929. At the start of World War II, it was
commissioned by the United States Navy and renamed
Naval Air Station 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 a main training base for Naval Aviators and
enlisted naval aircrewmen flying the TBF and TBM Avenger
for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps aboard aircraft
carriers and from expeditionary airfields ashore.
NAS
Fort Lauderdale was closed on October 1, 1946 and
transferred to county control, 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 propelled the airport's
growth in the 1990s, with Southwest opening its base
in 1996, Spirit in 1999, and JetBlue in 2001. Spirit
made FLL a hub in 2002, and in 2003, JetBlue made
FLL a focus city.
During
the 2005 hurricane season, FLL had been affected by
Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Wilma. Katrina had
struck as a Cat 1 and caused little damage, but the
airport was closed for about a 48 hour period. However,
when Hurricane Wilma struck, roof damage was reported
along with broken windows, damaged jetways, and destroyed
canopies. The airport was closed for a period of 5
days. Hurricane Wilma was a high Cat 1 or low Cat
2 or when it struck FLL.
Beginning
February 2007, the airport initiated user fees to
all users, including private aircraft. It is one of
a handful of airports to administer fees to private
pilots. A minimum charge of $10 is assessed to private
aircraft which land at the airport.
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