# Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)

> Fort Lauderdale, US · IATA: FLL · ICAO: KFLL · Large Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `FLL` |
| ICAO | `KFLL` |
| City | Fort Lauderdale |
| Country | US |
| Type | Large Airport |
| Elevation | 3 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | 26.07260, -80.15270 |

## Description

In 1929, a former nine-hole golf course south of Fort Lauderdale became Merle Fogg Field; today the site operates as Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (IATA: FLL, ICAO: KFLL). Around 35 million passengers a year pass through (35.2 million in 2024), with Spirit and JetBlue using FLL as a base and low-cost links covering the Caribbean and Latin America. Air cargo stays modest at roughly 107,000 tons in 2024: FedEx and UPS operate daily, smaller freighter operators serve the Bahamas and the islands, while heavyweight international tonnage routes via Miami, half an hour down I-95. The real cargo neighbor is Port Everglades next door – about one million TEU, major fuel terminals and one of the busiest cruise ports in the world, making short-haul sea-air transfers practical. I-595 connects directly to I-75 across Alligator Alley to Florida's west coast, and the FEC railway passes the field. The southern runway, extended in 2014, sits on a bridge with US 1 and freight trains running beneath it – a configuration found almost nowhere else in the US.

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