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Fort Lauderdale – Hollywood International Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Broward County
Operator Broward County
Serves South Florida
Location Broward County, Florida
Hub for
Focus city for Allegiant Air
Elevation AMSL 9 ft / 3 m
Website www.broward.org/airport
Runway
Runway Length Surface
ft m
9L/27R 9,000 2,743 Asphalt
9R/27L 5,276 1,608 Asphalt
13/31 6,930 2,112 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Total passengers (ACI) 22,412,627
Aircraft operations (ACI) 272,293
Based aircraft 57

Fort Lauderdale – Hollywood International Airport (IATA: FLLICAO: KFLLFAA LID: FLL) is an international commercial airport in unincorporated Broward County, Florida, It is southwest of Fort Lauderdale. It is also located near the city of Hollywood. The airport is 21 miles (34 km) north of Miami.

In 2010, the airport had 22,412,627 passengers This included 3,447,393 international passengers. From June 2010 through May 2011, the top five users off the airport were Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Delta Air Lines and US Airways. At that time, FLL was the 22nd busiest airport in the United States. It was the nation's 15th busiest international airport. It was one of the 50 busiest airports in the world.

The following airlines serve Fort Lauderdale – Hollywood International Airport:


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