Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood
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ICAO Code | KFLL/FLL |
Last Validated | Oct 2009 |
City | Fort Lauderdale, FL |
Position | 26°04'22"N 080°09'10"W |
Runway(s) | 10L/28R, 10R/28L |
Elevation | 9 ft |
General
The main Fort Lauderdale airport for commercial traffic is Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. All major US airlines can be found here, including the low-cost airlines Southwest, Jetblue and Spirit, the latter having a hub here. Apart from airlines the general aviation scene is interesting as well, owing to a couple of FBOs, a Bombardier facility (near the control tower) and an Embraer delivery centre (in the northeast corner). The latter means that most Embraer aircraft going to a US customer pass by here.
Layout
Three runways used to serve FLL, but currently only runway 10L/28R is in use. Therefore all traffic use this runway, which means that you hardly miss anything. Major construction is going on to make runway 10R/28L long enough to handle large traffic as well. Also runway 13/31 is now disused.
The four passenger terminals are on the east side in between the parallel runways. Opposite on the west side are the major FBOs, as well as the base of Silver Airays (formerly Gulfstream International Airlines). The northside is for cargo and remaining FBOs. All are connected by a perimeter road, which is public access.
Getting There
The airport is in the corner of two highways: Interstate 95 and Interstate 595. The latter is the main access road to the terminals. However, to reach the vantage points 1 and 2, it is easier to take the Griffin Road exit off I-95.
Public transportation (busses) is served by Broward County Transit. You can also take shuttle busses from the terminals to the Tri-Rail railway station.
Around the Airport

Over the fence of the Ron Gardner aircraft viewing area you can shoot landing aircraft, like this Spirit Airlines A319. (Leo Hoogerbrugge)

Alex Peake located himself in Green Belt Park, spot 2, from where he photographed Citation Sovereign N681RP on 8 February 2010.
Frequencies
128.400 | Clearance Delivery |
118.175 | Ramp Control |
121.400, 121.700 | Fort Lauderdale Ground |
119.300, 120.200 | Fort Lauderdale Tower |
119.700, 126.050, 128.600 | Miami Departure |
118.100, 128.600, 133.775 | Miami Approach |
122.950 | UNICOM |
Based Operators
Air Sunshine | Ce402, EMB110, Saab 340 |
Amerijet International | B727, B767, CL-600 |
GB Airlink | Beech 18, SC7 |
Island Air Charters | BN-2 |
National Jets | Lj35, Lj45 |
Pharmair | A319CJ |
Silver Airways | Beech 1900D, Saab 340 |
Spirit Airlines | A319, A320, A321 |
Twin Air | PA-31 |
More Info
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood IAP | Official website |
Broward County Transit | Website for public transport routes and schedules |
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