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When you step off your plane into the terminal at  Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport, you'll immediately see that Greater Fort Lauderdale considers convenient transportation a top priority. Everything at the airport is new, from its parking garage and terminal to connecting superhighways. It's only seven minutes away from the Broward County Convention Center, major hotels, beaches and Port Everglades, the world's largest five-star cruise port. It's a user-friendly facility, servicing commercial aircraft at the new terminal complex and corporate aircraft at the new "Jet Center." And, all terminals have FREE internet wireless access.

Airport

When you step off your plane into the terminal at  Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport, you'll immediately see that Greater Fort Lauderdale considers convenient transportation a top priority. Everything at the airport is new, from its parking garage and terminal to connecting superhighways. It's only seven minutes away from the Broward County Convention Center, major hotels, beaches and Port Everglades, the world's largest five-star cruise port. It's a user-friendly facility, servicing commercial aircraft at the new terminal complex and corporate aircraft at the new "Jet Center." And, all terminals have FREE internet wireless access.

FLYING HIGH
Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport provides nonstop service more than 30 U.S. cities, Canada and the Caribbean. A total of 29 scheduled airlines provide service with 671 flights per day.

AeroMexico 800-237-6639 JetBlue 800-538-2583
Air Canada 888-247-2262 Lynx Air 888-596-9247
Air Jamaica 800-523-5585 Midwest  800-452-2022
Air Tran 800-825-8538 Northwest 800-225-2525
Air Transat 866-847-1919 Pan Am Airways 800-359-7762 
Allegiant Airlines 702-505-8888  Sky Bus   www.skybus.com
American Airlines 800-433-7300 Skyservice 800-701-9448
America West  800-235-9292  Southwest 800-435-9792
ATA 800-435-9282 Spirit 800-772-7117
Avianca 800-AVIANCA Travelspan 800-817-6177
Bahamasair 800-222-4262 United 800-241-6522
CanJet Airlines 800-809-7777 US Airways 800-428-4322
Cayman Airways 800-GCAYMAN USA 3000 877-USA-3000
Continental 800-523-3273 West Jet 888-937-8538
Delta/Delta Connection 800-221-1212 Zoom Airlines www.flyzoom.com
Frontier  800-432-1FLY     


US Cities Served Non-Stop from
Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport

Akron AirTran Louisville Delta
Atlanta Delta, AirTran, Spirit Memphis Northwest
Atlantic City Spirit Milwaukee Midwest
Baltimore AirTran, Southwest Minneapolis Northwest
Birmingham  Delta Myrtle Beach Spirit
Boston JetBlue, Delta, US Airways Nashville Southwest, Delta
Buffalo JetBlue New Orleans  Southwest 
Charleston Delta New York American, Continental, Delta, JetBlue, Spirit, US Airways
Charlotte US Airways, JetBlue Newburgh JetBlue
Chicago American, Southwest, United, Spirit Newark USA 3000, Continental, JetBlue
Cincinnati Delta, Delta Connection Norfolk Delta
Cleveland Continental Oakland JetBlue
Columbus Delta, Skybus Orlando Continental, Southwest, Delta,
US Airways, Spirit
Dallas/Ft. Worth American, Spirit Pensacola Delta
Dayton Delta Philadelphia AirTran, US Airways, USA 3000, Southwest
Denver Frontier, United Phoenix America West
Detroit Northwest, Spirit Pittsburgh AirTran, US Airways, USA 3000
Greensboro Delta Providence Southwest, Spirit
Gulfport/Biloxi AirTran Raleigh/Durham Delta
Hartford Delta Richmond Delta
Houston Continental, Southwest Rochester, NY AirTran
Indianapolis Northwest, AirTran Salt Lake City Delta
Jacksonville Southwest, Delta San Juan American, Spirit
Kansas City Midwest Sarasota Air Sunshine
Key West Cape Air, Chalk's, Continental Connection, US Airways St. Louis American, Southwest
Las Vegas America West, Southwest, Delta, USAirways, Spirit Tallahassee Delta
Long Beach Jet Blue Tampa Spirit, Continental Connection, Southwest, Delta
Long Island / ISLIP Southwest Washington,  D.C. US Airways, Jet Blue, Spirit, United
Los Angeles  American, Delta, Spirit White Plains AirTran, JetBlue


International Cities Served from
Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport

Andros Island Lynx Air, Continental Connection
Aguadilla Spirit Airlines
The Bight, Bahamas Continental Connection
Bimini, Bahamas Chalk's, Continental Connection, Lynx Air
Bogota, Colombia Avianca Airlines
Calgary West Jet
Cancun, Mexico Spirit Airlines, US Airways
Cape Haitien, Haiti Lynx Air
Congotown Lynx Air
Eleuthera Continental Connection, Lynx Air
Freeport, Bahamas Bahamas Air, Continental Connection
Georgetown, Bahamas Lynx Air, Continental Connection
Governor's Harbour Continental Connection, Lynx Air
Grand Cayman Cayman Airways, Spirit Airlines
Grand Turk, Bahamas Spirit Airlines
Guatamala City US Airways
Kingston, Montego Bay Air Jamacia, US Airways, Spirit Airlines
Marsh Harbor, Bahamas Continental Connection, Vintage Props & Jets
Montreal Air Canada, Air Transat, West Jet
Nassau, Bahamas Bahamas Air, American Airlines, Continental Connection, Delta, Spirit Airlines
New Bight, Cat Island Lynx Air
Paradise Island Chalk's
Port au Prince, Haiti American Airlines
Port of Spain, Trinidad Travelspan
Providenciales Spirit Airlines
Punta Cana Spirit Airlines
San Jose US Airways
San Salvador, Bahamas Spirit Airlines
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Spirit, US Airways
South Caicos Lynx Air
St. Thomas Spirit
Toronto Air Canada, Air Transat, Skyservice, West Jet
Treasure Cay, Bahamas Continental Connection, Island Express, Lynx Air, Vintage Props & Jets


AIRPORT TRANSPORTATION
Taxicab stands are centrally located at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and major hotels. Fares are $4.50 for the first mile, $2.40 for each additional mile adn $.40 for each minute of waiting time. If you opt to take a taxi from FLL to the beach or 17th Street, it will cost approximately $18-$20. A taxi ride to Hollywood will cost around $23-$30.

Taxi and Shared Ride services have visible kiosks outside of each terminal's baggage claim area. A shared ride between the airport and any of the above areas will be about $9 per person, but this will vary with the company used.

Estimated taxi costs are higher if you arrive through Miami International Airport (MIA) and travel to Fort Lauderdale or Hollywood, approximately $75. If you're traveling from Palm Beach International Airport to Fort Lauderdale, estimated taxi costs are $120.

If you opt for a private car or an executive sedan, costs from FLL are approximately $80-$100 to Fort Lauderdale or Hollywood and $100-$140 from MIA or PBI to Fort Lauderdale.

AIRPORT PARKING
Park 'n Fly
2200 N. E. 7th Avenue, Dania Beach, (954) 779-1776
$10 per day ($8.50 seniors, $8.25 AAA), free shuttle service to airport terminals every 3-5 mins, with pick-up and drop-off directly at your car. Cruise port shuttles available.

DRIVE OR FLY?
Flying times to Greater Fort Lauderdale from:

Atlanta 1 hr. 50 mins.
Boston 3 hrs. 10 mins.
Chicago 3 hrs. 15 mins.
Columbus 2 hrs. 30 mins.
Denver 4 hrs. 26 mins.
Detroit 3 hrs.
Houston 2 hrs.
Indianapolis 2 hrs. 40 mins.
Los Angeles 5 hrs. 35 mins.
Minneapolis/St. Paul 4 hrs.
New Orleans 1 hr. 50 mins.
New York 2 hrs. 45 mins.
Philadelphia 2 hrs. 30 mins.
St. Louis 2 hrs. 50 mins.
Washington, D.C. 2 hrs. 25 mins.

Driving distances to Greater Fort Lauderdale
from Florida cities:
Miami 40 miles
Jacksonville 318 miles
Key West 204 miles
Orlando 206 miles
Palm Beach 40 miles
Tallahassee 455 miles
Tampa 230 miles