Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood International Airport

FLL KFLL Fort Lauderdale, United States

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FLL at a glance

What it is: Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood International Airport is a major international airport serving Fort Lauderdale, United States.
Codes: FLL on your ticket, KFLL on the radar.
How busy: the reference profile lists about 35.0 million annual passengers across 2 runways.
Main airline: JetBlue Airways bases aircraft here.
Right now: 59 aircraft are within 55 km, shown live on the map above.
Local time zone: America/New_York (UTC-4), so every time shown for FLL is local rather than UTC.

Aircraft observed near FLL

59 aircraft are within 55 km of FLL right now. This is live ADS-B traffic, not a published timetable: aircraft are classified by what they are physically doing - Climbing out, on approach, or holding at cruise overhead. For gate numbers and scheduled times, check with FLL directly or your airline.

Departing now

Flight	Operator	Route	Status	Altitude	Speed
BPX707	—	route not published	climbing out	2,000 ft	93 kts
MXY872	—	route not published	climbing out	7,375 ft	304 kts
N415SP	—	route not published	climbing out	1,300 ft	92 kts
N959KF	—	route not published	climbing out	625 ft	188 kts
UAL1216	United Airlines	route not published	climbing out	3,925 ft	266 kts
N57UD	—	route not published	climbing out	2,950 ft	57 kts
ENY3566	—	route not published	climbing out	12,200 ft	354 kts
AAL1871	American Airlines	route not published	climbing out	22,225 ft	488 kts

Arriving now

Flight	Operator	Route	Status	Altitude	Speed
DAL745	Delta Air Lines	route not published	on approach	150 ft	135 kts
GPD849	—	route not published	on approach	175 ft	106 kts
N821SD	—	route not published	on approach	700 ft	112 kts
LN35LJ	—	route not published	on approach	1,600 ft	140 kts
LXJ510	—	route not published	on approach	8,250 ft	258 kts
N821DD	—	route not published	on approach	1,050 ft	163 kts
N263JM	—	route not published	on approach	925 ft	141 kts
TIV167	—	route not published	on approach	200 ft	110 kts

Overhead and in the area

Flight	Operator	Route	Status	Altitude	Speed
N737PY	—	route not published	in the area	200 ft	59 kts
N911MZ	—	route not published	in the area	775 ft	94 kts
N62218	—	route not published	in the area	800 ft	103 kts
N217MC	—	route not published	in the area	350 ft	74 kts
JBU1700	JetBlue Airways	route not published	in the area	1,975 ft	166 kts
WMA1534	—	route not published	in the area	3,000 ft	176 kts
N120KA	—	route not published	in the area	1,475 ft	146 kts
N9828L	—	route not published	in the area	2,000 ft	70 kts

35.0M

Annual passengers (reference)

Runways

Terminals

65 ft

Field elevation

About FLL

A major low-cost gateway to South Florida, sitting between Miami and Palm Beach and serving heavy leisure demand. It is Spirit Airlines' largest base and an important JetBlue focus city for Caribbean and Latin American flying. Port Everglades, one of the world's busiest cruise ports, is just a mile away, which drives a large share of its traffic.

Fort Lauderdale's airport opened in 1929 as Merle Fogg Field, named for a local pilot, on land that had once been a golf course. The Navy took it over in 1942 as a base for training torpedo bomber crews. It was from here that Flight 19 took off, the five Navy bombers that vanished over the Atlantic in December 1945. That mysterious disappearance created the Bermuda Triangle legend.

Broward County took back the field after the war ended and opened it to the airlines in 1953. International service and the name Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International followed in the 1960s. For decades it stood in nearby Miami's shadow, but that changed fast as budget airlines grew larger. Spirit Airlines built a large base here and moved its headquarters nearby, and JetBlue made Fort Lauderdale a focus city.

Southwest and Allegiant piled in too, pushing the busy airport past 30 million passengers a year before the pandemic hit hard. A long contested project to lengthen and raise the south runway over a busy highway and an active rail line finished in 2014. That finally gave the airport two runways able to handle full size jets on a very tight and crowded site.

How FLL operates today

Fort Lauderdale has two runways side by side, 10L/28R and the raised 10R/28L. The second runway is carried on a bridge over a highway and a railway to fit onto a cramped site. Four connected terminals ring the airport road, with Terminal 4 handling most international arrivals through customs and border checks.

Spirit Airlines, JetBlue, Southwest, and Delta all run large operations here. The airport has an unusually small share of passengers just connecting between flights. Traffic leans hard toward the Caribbean and Latin America. Cruise travelers bound for nearby Port Everglades make up a large slice of the market. Summer thunderstorms are a routine source of delay.

Top routes from FLL

Destination	Main airlines	Why it matters
Atlanta (ATL)	Delta, Southwest, Spirit	The busiest domestic route, combining a strong local market with heavy connecting feed.
Newark (EWR)	United, Spirit, JetBlue	One of several dense New York area routes, competing hard on fares year round.
New York (JFK)	JetBlue, Delta, Spirit	JetBlue's core Florida route and a major snowbird corridor each winter.
Boston (BOS)	JetBlue, Spirit, Delta	A long standing New England to South Florida route with strong seasonal swings.
San Juan (SJU)	JetBlue, Spirit, Frontier	The busiest route beyond the mainland, serving a large Puerto Rican community in South Florida.

Facts about FLL

The airport was built on a former golf course and opened in 1929 as Merle Fogg Field.
Flight 19, the five Navy bombers that vanished in 1945 and inspired the Bermuda Triangle legend, took off from here.
The second runway is elevated on a bridge that carries it over a US highway and an active railway.
Port Everglades, one of the world's busiest cruise ports, sits minutes from the terminals and drives much of the traffic.

Plane spotting at FLL

A dedicated observation area on Perimeter Road east of the field sits close to the runway thresholds, and the elevated south runway makes for unusual photographs. The mix is heavy on Spirit and JetBlue A320s with Caribbean and Latin American carriers for variety. New to spotting? Start with our aircraft identification guide and the world's best spotting airports.

IATA / ICAO

FLL / KFLL

Location

Fort Lauderdale, United States 26.074, -80.151

Time zone

America/New_York

Opened

1929

Hub for

Spirit Airlines, JetBlue Airways

Website

www.broward.org/airport

Airlines hubbed at FLL

B6 · JBU JetBlue Airways United States

Tracked flights using FLL

Selected scheduled services whose curated route starts, ends or stops at Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood International Airport.

Flight	Route	Typical aircraft
B61	JFK → FLL	Airbus A320	Track B61 →

Nearby and related airports

Geographically close airports and useful alternatives in United States.

More airports and guides connected to FLL

Most of the tails you see here belong to JetBlue Airways. How a field like this runs day to day is covered in how airports work. Nearby, Miami (MIA) serves the same country. The codes FLL and KFLL are explained in airport codes decoded.

Data sources and review

Reviewed 2026-07-29 by Flight-Tracker.net Editorial Team

FLL official airport website - operational information and current airport details.
OurAirports public data - airport identity, codes, coordinates and runway reference data.

Passenger, runway, terminal and hub figures are maintained as a reviewed reference snapshot, not a live operational record. Check the airport directly before travelling.

Read our airport data sourcing and review process, or inspect the machine-readable reference dataset.

Frequently asked questions about FLL

What is the airport code for Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood International Airport?

Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood International Airport uses the IATA code FLL on tickets and baggage tags, and the ICAO code KFLL in flight plans and on radar. The leading “K” in KFLL is the region marker: ICAO codes are grouped geographically, which is why airports near each other usually share their first letter or two while their IATA codes look unrelated.

How many runways does FLL have?

Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood International Airport operates 2 runways across 4 passenger terminals. The field sits at 65 ft above sea level.

How busy is FLL?

This reference profile lists roughly 35.0 million annual passengers for Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood International Airport. You can see aircraft observed departing, arriving and overhead on this page, taken from live ADS-B broadcasts.

Which airlines are based at FLL?

JetBlue Airways treat FLL as a hub or major base. Many other carriers serve the airport without basing aircraft there.

How many terminals does FLL have?

This reference lists Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood International Airport with 4 passenger terminals. Check the airport or operating airline for the terminal assigned to a specific flight.

What time zone is FLL in?

Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood International Airport runs on America/New_York, currently UTC-4. Flight trackers work in UTC internally, so the seven-day history on our flight pages is stamped UTC while the boards on this page are in FLL local time - worth remembering when the two disagree by a whole calendar day.

Can I track flights at FLL live?

Yes. The map on this page shows every aircraft broadcasting its position within about 55 km of Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood International Airport, and there are 59 in range as this page loaded. The boards split them into departures, arrivals and traffic passing overhead, all timed in America/New_York.