FLL · Fort Lauderdale, United States
Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport.
--:--:-- · EDT (UTC-04:00) · 26.0726° N, 80.1527° W
Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport
Airport in the Miami metropolitan area, Florida, U.S.
Verification trail
Source-backed facts for FLL
This section separates stable airport identifiers from live operating data. Codes, coordinates, timezone, elevation, source identifiers, and accepted reference links are retained here; live arrivals, departures, gates, delays, NOTAMs, and airline schedule changes must still be checked with the airport or carrier.
Airport catalog
OurAirports ID 3531; ident KFLL; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
Official airport source
broward.org
Used as the preferred live-reference handoff for terminals, gates, alerts, and airport notices.
Open sourceReference summary
Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-20.
Open sourceManual / derived signals
22 source-backed signals
Merged from OurAirports cached airports.csv, OurAirports cached runways.csv, Wikidata airport entity snapshot, airport-shaped Wikipedia summary snapshot; facts generated 2026-05-21.
IATA / ICAO
FLL / KFLL
OurAirports ident
KFLL
GPS / local code
KFLL / FLL
ISO region
US-FL
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
international scheduled-service gateway
Official host
broward.org
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q635361
Snapshot generated
2026-05-21
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Alternate names
Nearby airport codes
Route reference codes
Accepted citation URLs
Last updated May 21, 2026. Stable airport identifiers and timezone facts are content-reviewed; clocks render live in the browser, while weather and time-difference notes are page-snapshot aids rather than permanent airport records.
Live values rendered at Nov 5, 8:22 PM UTC.
What you need to know now
Local airport time
--:--:--EDT · UTC-04:00
Time zone
EDT
America/New_York · UTC-04:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
5.6 km
Approximate distance to central Fort Lauderdale.
Airport Snapshot
Country capital
Washington, D.C.
Languages
English
Currency
USD ($)
Country area
9,525,067 km²
Passenger volume
Source note unavailable
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
2 runways
Longest runway
9,000 ft / 2,743 m
Runway surface
asphalt (2)
Opened / operator
1929 · Broward County Government
Owner / entity
Broward County Government
Hub airlines
Mixed or not clearly stated
Airport role
international scheduled-service gateway
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
22 source-backed signals
Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport is a international scheduled-service gateway for Fort Lauderdale, United States. Fort Lauderdale's built-up core sits roughly 5.6 km from the terminal area. Operations run on America/New_York (UTC-04:00, EDT). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 5 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL / KFLL) is at 26.0726° N, 80.1527° W, elevation 9 ft (3 m), serving Fort Lauderdale, United States.
The accepted reference summary is used as supporting context for the airport identity and operating notes; the timed facts here still come from the airport catalog, timezone database, country snapshot, and linked source trail.
Fort Lauderdale is in United States (capital Washington, D.C.); regulated by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); on America/New_York (EDT, UTC-04:00); working languages: English; currency: USD ($).
Distance from central Fort Lauderdale: 6 km.
Airport context brief
A compact traveler-facing brief from the airport catalog, country snapshot, route geometry, city anchors, peer airports, and source trail for FLL.
Name and identity cues
Primary airport name
Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL / KFLL)
Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport · Airport in the Miami metropolitan area, Florida, U.S.
Known label 1
MFW
Alternate airport-name cue retained for FLL, not a separate indexable duplicate page.
Known label 2
South Florida
Alternate airport-name cue retained for FLL, not a separate indexable duplicate page.
Source identifiers
KFLL · KFLL · FLL · US-FL
broward.org · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Source-specific airport notes
Regional role cue
Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport is a major public airport located in unincorporated Broward County, Florida, United States, roughly 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of downtown Fort Lauderdale and 21 miles (34 km) north of Miami.
Accepted from the airport reference trail as a role-specific cue for FLL; not treated as a live service guarantee.
Location cue
Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport is a major public airport located in unincorporated Broward County, Florida, United States, roughly 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of downtown Fort Lauderdale and 21 miles (34 km) north of Miami.
Used to make the airport page location-specific beyond the code, coordinate, and timezone record.
Closest mapped city anchors
1. Dania Beach
dania-beach · 2.4 km from FLL
United States · America/New_York · +0h · population 31,446 · city coordinates 26.0523, -80.1439
2. Fort Lauderdale
fort-lauderdale · 5.6 km from FLL
United States · America/New_York · +0h · population 183,146 · city coordinates 26.1223, -80.1434
3. West Hollywood
west-hollywood · 6.6 km from FLL
United States · America/New_York · +0h · population 60,806 · city coordinates 26.0206, -80.1839
4. Hollywood
hollywood · 6.8 km from FLL
United States · America/New_York · +0h · population 149,728 · city coordinates 26.0112, -80.1495
5. Sunrise
sunrise · 7.9 km from FLL
United States · America/New_York · +0h · population 84,439 · city coordinates 26.1340, -80.1131
6. Davie
davie · 8.1 km from FLL
United States · America/New_York · +0h · population 100,882 · city coordinates 26.0629, -80.2331
Airport alternatives in the retained graph
1. MIA KMIA
Miami International Airport · Miami
34 km from FLL · America/New_York · +0h · elevation 8 ft (2 m) · airport coordinates 25.7960, -80.2898
2. PBI KPBI
Palm Beach International Airport · West Palm Beach
68 km from FLL · America/New_York · +0h · elevation 19 ft (6 m) · airport coordinates 26.6832, -80.0956
3. RSW KRSW
Southwest Florida International Airport · Fort Myers
168 km from FLL · America/New_York · +0h · elevation 30 ft (9 m) · airport coordinates 26.5347, -81.7528
4. SRQ KSRQ
Sarasota Bradenton International Airport · Sarasota/Bradenton
280 km from FLL · America/New_York · +0h · elevation 30 ft (9 m) · airport coordinates 27.3946, -82.5544
5. MCO KMCO
Orlando International Airport · Orlando
286 km from FLL · America/New_York · +0h · elevation 96 ft (29 m) · airport coordinates 28.4294, -81.3090
Route-time reference set
1. FLL-PBI
West Palm Beach · 68 km · 55m
America/New_York · +0h from FLL; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. FLL-RSW
Fort Myers · 168 km · 1h 3m
America/New_York · +0h from FLL; reference route only, not a live schedule.
3. FLL-SRQ
Sarasota/Bradenton · 280 km · 1h 11m
America/New_York · +0h from FLL; reference route only, not a live schedule.
4. FLL-MCO
Orlando · 286 km · 1h 12m
America/New_York · +0h from FLL; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Runway source evidence
Published runway count
2 runways
Longest runway 9,000 ft / 2,743 m. 2 lighted runways in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
asphalt (2)
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for FLL.
Runway identifiers
10L/28R · 10R/28L
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
Same-country airport context
1. MIA KMIA
Miami International Airport · Miami · 34 km from FLL
large airport · America/New_York · united-states · 8 ft (2 m) · 25.7960, -80.2898
2. PBI KPBI
Palm Beach International Airport · West Palm Beach · 68 km from FLL
large airport · America/New_York · united-states · 19 ft (6 m) · 26.6832, -80.0956
3. RSW KRSW
Southwest Florida International Airport · Fort Myers · 168 km from FLL
large airport · America/New_York · united-states · 30 ft (9 m) · 26.5347, -81.7528
4. SRQ KSRQ
Sarasota Bradenton International Airport · Sarasota/Bradenton · 280 km from FLL
large airport · America/New_York · united-states · 30 ft (9 m) · 27.3946, -82.5544
5. MCO KMCO
Orlando International Airport · Orlando · 286 km from FLL
large airport · America/New_York · united-states · 96 ft (29 m) · 28.4294, -81.3090
6. TPA KTPA
Tampa International Airport · Tampa · 317 km from FLL
large airport · America/New_York · united-states · 26 ft (8 m) · 27.9755, -82.5332
Accepted operational notes
Source note 1
The second busiest of the Miami metropolitan area's commercial airports, it is located off I-595, I-95, Highway 1, SR A1A, and SR 5, and is bounded by the cities of Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, and Dania Beach.
Retained as a source-backed local role note for FLL.
Country and authority
FLL sits in United States (United States of America), whose capital is Washington, D.C.. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the national civil-aviation authority we name for regulator context. Country context: Americas, North America.
Traveler context
Common country-language signals: English. Currency context: USD ($). FLL is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
Names and local labels
FLL is also associated in the airport facts snapshot with MFW, South Florida. These labels help catch alternate airport names without creating separate duplicate airport pages.
Reference description
Airport in the Miami metropolitan area, Florida, U.S.. This description is used only as identity context; live flight status, terminal assignment, and airport alerts still belong to the official airport or airline source.
Source-specific cues
Regional role cue: Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport is a major public airport located in unincorporated Broward County, Florida, United States, roughly 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of downtown Fort Lauderdale and 21 miles (34 km) north of Miami. Location cue: Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport is a major public airport located in unincorporated Broward County, Florida, United States, roughly 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of downtown Fort Lauderdale and 21 miles (34 km) north of Miami.
Entity fingerprint
Wikidata airport entity: Q635361 · Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood. Owner / owning body: Broward County Government. Administrative area: Florida · Broward County. Named after: Fort Lauderdale · Hollywood
Field and clock profile
Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport is a near sea-level field at 9 ft (3 m), positioned at 26.0726° N, 80.1527° W in the Northern subtropics. The runway snapshot lists 2 runways and a longest runway of 9,000 ft / 2,743 m. The airport clock uses America/New_York (EDT, UTC-04:00), so cross-date arrivals should be checked against this zone rather than the airline origin city.
City and airport alternatives
Dania Beach is the closest retained city-time anchor at 2.4 km. MIA Miami is the closest retained airport alternative at 34 km.
Country airport peers
FLL is compared with MIA Miami at 34 km, PBI West Palm Beach at 68 km, RSW Fort Myers at 168 km, SRQ Sarasota/Bradenton at 280 km, MCO Orlando at 286 km inside the retained United States airport set, which is useful when backup airports share the same country context but differ by city, route network, and clock behavior.
Route geometry
FLL-PBI West Palm Beach: 68 km, about 55m, +0h. FLL-RSW Fort Myers: 168 km, about 1h 3m, +0h. FLL-SRQ Sarasota/Bradenton: 280 km, about 1h 11m, +0h. FLL-MCO Orlando: 286 km, about 1h 12m, +0h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
Source trail
OurAirports ident KFLL backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. broward.org is attached as the official airport website. en.wikipedia.org is used only as supporting reference context. Snapshot date: 2026-05-21.
Operational Profile
Traffic profile
Reference airport
Airline role
Mixed commercial service
Terminal footprint
See operational notes
Runway footprint
2 runways · longest 9,000 ft / 2,743 m
Runway identifiers
10L/28R, 10R/28L
OurAirports classifies FLL as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Fort Lauderdale.
FLL (KFLL) is a near sea-level field at 9 ft (3 m) in the subtropics, kept in the curated set for its route, timezone, and market-planning value.
FLL sits in a broader regional network with 5 nearby curated alternatives, so airline choice and connection strategy are part of the planning story here.
FLL's runway record lists 2 runways, with the longest runway at 9,000 ft / 2,743 m and source surfaces recorded as asphalt (2).
Broward County Government is the clearest operator or management signal we currently have on file for FLL.
- The second busiest of the Miami metropolitan area's commercial airports, it is located off I-595, I-95, Highway 1, SR A1A, and SR 5, and is bounded by the cities of Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, and Dania Beach.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at broward.org, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
Decision matrix for FLL
These are the specific situations where this airport page earns its keep: time-zone conversion, city transfer planning, nearby airport backup logic, and source-confidence checks before acting.
When the clock matters
FLL uses America/New_York (EDT, UTC-04:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
When surface access matters
Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport is about 5.6 km from central Fort Lauderdale; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
When alternates matter
MIA Miami is the closest retained alternate at 34 km, time difference +0h.
When source checks matter
broward.org is listed as the official airport website in the airport facts snapshot; live schedules, gates, routes, terminals, and NOTAM-sensitive operations still need official airport or airline verification.
How this airport compares nearby
These comparisons place FLL inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
Country-rank position
FLL ranks #29 in the curated United States airport set when large airports are listed before medium airports, then sorted by IATA code. The retained country set has 94 airports.
Same-zone airport cohort
FLL shares America/New_York with ALB Albany US · ATL Atlanta US · BDL Hartford US · BOS Boston US · BUF Buffalo US · BWI Baltimore US. This helps separate same-clock airports by city, country, code, and geography.
Elevation-neighbor cohort
FLL is 9 ft (3 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include DMK 9 ft (3 m) (0 ft delta) · NKC 9 ft (3 m) (0 ft delta) · OAK 9 ft (3 m) (0 ft delta) · SUB 9 ft (3 m) (0 ft delta) · VCA 9 ft (3 m) (0 ft delta).
Coordinate-neighbor check
FLL's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are MIA 34 km +0h · PBI 68 km +0h · RSW 168 km +0h · SRQ 280 km +0h.
Flight Path Arc
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Arriving From / Departing To
| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Palm Beach | PBI | 68 km | 55m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Fort Myers | RSW | 168 km | 1h 3m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Sarasota/Bradenton | SRQ | 280 km | 1h 11m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Orlando | MCO | 286 km | 1h 12m | +0h | --:--:-- |
FLL to PBI
West Palm Beach
Distance 68 km; estimated travel window 55m; destination zone America/New_York is +0h from FLL. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
FLL to RSW
Fort Myers
Distance 168 km; estimated travel window 1h 3m; destination zone America/New_York is +0h from FLL. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
FLL to SRQ
Sarasota/Bradenton
Distance 280 km; estimated travel window 1h 11m; destination zone America/New_York is +0h from FLL. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
Airport Details
Timezone
Ground Transport and Nearby Context
Central Fort Lauderdale is close enough that taxi, ride-hail, and rail or shuttle links are usually the fastest arrival options.
Fort Lauderdale is the nearest mapped city anchor in the current dataset, which makes it the cleanest companion page when travelers want to switch from airport timing into local city timing.
Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport has 5 nearby indexed airport alternatives, which makes backup departures and diversion logic part of real planning instead of a theoretical edge case.
Nearby city time anchors
Airport pages are most useful when they bridge into real city clocks. These city anchors are ranked by distance from FLL, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
Dania Beach
dania-beach · 2.4 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Fort Lauderdale
fort-lauderdale · 5.6 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
West Hollywood
west-hollywood · 6.6 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Hollywood
hollywood · 6.8 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Sunrise
sunrise · 7.9 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Davie
davie · 8.1 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Lauderhill
lauderhill · 9.7 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Hallandale Beach
hallandale-beach · 10 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Plantation
plantation · 10 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Pembroke Pines
pembroke-pines · 11 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
West Park
west-park · 11 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Oakland Park
oakland-park · 11 km · America/New_York
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Airlines and Network Role
Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport does not have a long carrier list in the current source trail, so this page emphasizes the durable pieces travelers can safely use here: local time, field identifiers, nearby airports, and timezone differences.
The route timing references show the first cross-timezone planning burden after this airport: West Palm Beach (PBI), Fort Myers (RSW), Sarasota/Bradenton (SRQ). Treat them as distance and clock cues, then verify flight availability with the carrier.
Planning checkpoints
- Traffic signal: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Terminal footprint: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Runway footprint: 2 runways; longest runway 9,000 ft / 2,743 m; identifiers 10L/28R, 10R/28L.
- Runway surfaces: asphalt (2); 2 lighted runways in the source snapshot.
- Operator / management: Broward County Government.
- Opened / inaugurated: 1929.
- Network role: mixed or not clearly stated in the source trail.
Nearby Airports
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from FLL. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
Miami International AirportMIA
Miami · large airport
- Distance
- 34 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 8 ft (2 m)
Compare against MIA when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Palm Beach International AirportPBI
West Palm Beach · large airport
- Distance
- 68 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 19 ft (6 m)
Compare against PBI when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Southwest Florida International AirportRSW
Fort Myers · large airport
- Distance
- 168 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 30 ft (9 m)
Compare against RSW when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Sarasota Bradenton International AirportSRQ
Sarasota/Bradenton · large airport
- Distance
- 280 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 30 ft (9 m)
Compare against SRQ when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Orlando International AirportMCO
Orlando · large airport
- Distance
- 286 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 96 ft (29 m)
Compare against MCO when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Questions
FAQ
What timezone is Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL) in?▾
Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport is in the America/New_York timezone (UTC-04:00, EDT).
What are the codes for Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport?▾
Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport uses IATA code FLL and ICAO code KFLL.
Where is Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport located?▾
Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport is located in Fort Lauderdale, United States at coordinates 26.0726° N, 80.1527° W, with an elevation of 9 ft (3 m) (near sea-level field in the subtropics).
How far is Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport from central Fort Lauderdale?▾
Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport sits roughly 5.6 km from the nearest mapped city center for Fort Lauderdale.
Which route reference is most useful from FLL?▾
West Palm Beach (PBI) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 55m, destination timezone America/New_York, and a +0h difference from FLL.
Which authority regulates FLL?▾
Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport sits inside United States, where civil aviation oversight is led by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
What other airports in United States are close peers to FLL?▾
FLL's curated peers in United States on this site include MIA Miami, PBI West Palm Beach, RSW Fort Myers, plus 3 more.
How many runways does Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport have?▾
Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport's source-backed operational summary lists 2 runways, with the longest runway recorded at 9,000 ft / 2,743 m; identifiers include 10L/28R, 10R/28L.