First US Airways 757 with winglets, photographed after its first flight. (Photo by Jay Selman)
Location
Identifier |
FAA: FLL | IATA: FLL | ICAO: KFLL |
Airport Diagram
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Lat/Long |
26-04-21.3000N / 080-09-09.9000W
26-04.355000N / 080-09.165000W
26.0725833 / -80.1527500
(estimated) |
Elevation |
9 ft. / 2.7 m (surveyed)) |
Variation |
03W (1985) |
From city |
3 miles SW of FORT LAUDERDALE, FL |
Time zone |
UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time) |
Zip code |
33315 |
Operations
Airport use |
Open to the public |
Activation date |
04/1940 |
Sectional chart |
Miami |
Control tower |
Yes |
ARTCC |
Miami Center |
FSS |
Miami Flight Service Station |
NOTAMs facility |
FLL (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance |
Continuous |
Wind indicator |
Yes |
Segmented circle |
No |
Lights |
Dusk-Dawn |
Beacon |
White-green (lighted land airport) |
Landing fee |
Yes |
Fire and rescue |
ARFF index E |
International operations |
international airport of entry |
Runways
Runway 9L/27R |
Dimensions |
9000 x 150 ft. / 2743 x 46 m |
Surface |
asphalt/grooved, in good condition |
Weight bearing capacity |
Single wheel: |
100.0 |
Double wheel: |
200.0 |
Double tandem: |
468.0 |
Dual double tandem: |
800.0 |
|
Instrument approach |
Runway 9L: ILS/DME |
|
Runway 27R: ILS/DME |
Runway 13/31 |
Dimensions |
6930 x 150 ft. / 2112 x 46 m |
Surface |
asphalt/grooved, in good condition |
Weight bearing capacity |
Single wheel: |
90.0 |
Double wheel: |
150.0 |
Double tandem: |
350.0 |
|
Runway edge lights |
medium intensity |
Instrument approach |
Runway 13: LOCALIZER |
|
Runway 31: VOR/DME |
Runway 9R/27L |
Dimensions |
5276 x 100 ft. / 1608 x 30 m |
Surface |
asphalt/grooved, in good condition |
Weight bearing capacity |
|
Instrument approach |
Runway 9R: LOCALIZER |
|
Runway 27L: VOR/DME |
Ownership and Management
Ownership |
Publicly-owned |
Owner |
BROWARD COUNTY
115 S. ANDREWS AVENUE, ROOM 421
FT LAUDERDALE, FL 33301-1872
Phone 954-359-6100 |
Manager |
KENT GEORGE
100 AVIATION BLVD
FT LAUDERDALE, FL 33315
Phone 954-359-6100 |
Maps
FLL Live Traffic
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FLL Sectional Chart
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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. Former President George H. W. Bush learned to fly the Avenger while stationed at NAS Fort Lauderdale in 1943.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.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.
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