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2. MANY FLIGHTS TO ISLANDS
There are more than 325 departure and 325 arrival flights daily. The airport offers nonstop service to more than 125 U.S. cities and flights to Canada, Bahamas, Caribbean, Mexico, Latin America and Europe. It averages 650 commercial flights per day on 30 airlines. There are also 100 private flights. Each day over 73,000 travelers pass through the four terminals at the airport.
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3. OHIO FLIGHTS
These Ohio airports have flights to the Florida airport:
Dayton: No scheduled Ft. Lauderdale flights today, in or out.
Cincinnati: 9:15 a.m. Delta flight to Ft. Lauderdale
2:39 p.m. arrival, on Allegiant is delayed, Flight 1313, arrival at 2:54 p.m.
3:16 p.m. arrival, on Delta is in the air Flight 957
Columbus: 5:45 p.m. arrival on Southwest Airlines from Ft. Lauderdale on time
4. HOW IT GOT STARTED
The airport was originally established as the Merle Fogg Field on May 1, 1929. The airport was named for a World War I aviator who moved to Fort Lauderdale in the 1920s to begin his own flying service. The airfield became Fort Lauderdale Naval Air Station (NAS) in 1942. The U.S. Navy constructed three main runways and built a control tower as a training facility during World War II.
5. CUBA FLIGHTS
The first scheduled commercial U.S. flight to Cuba in more than 50 years departed Broward County’s Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport to Santa Clara on jetBlue Airlines at 9:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 31. The airport has more flights to Cuba than any other U.S. airport. JetBlue Airlines, Silver Airways, Southwest Airlines and Spirit Airlines will fly to 10 Cuban cities.
6. MILES OF BEACHES
There are 23 miles of Atlantic beaches (Hillsboro Beach, Deerfield Beach, Pompano Beach, Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, Fort Lauderdale, Dania Beach, Hollywood, Hallandale Beach, each with their own personality) and 300-plus miles of Intracoastal Waterway and navigable inland canals near the airport.
7. CRUISE CAPITAL
There are nine cruise lines that sail 41 cruise ships from Port Everglades near the airport - carrying close to 4 million people in 2015.
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