Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport
Fort Lauderdale · United States · America/New_York
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Airport HistoryEst. 1929
Opened in 1929 as Merle Fogg Field on the site of a golf course wrecked by the 1926 Miami hurricane, the airport became Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale during World War II, training Navy aviators including the crews of the ill-fated 1945 'Flight 19' — the disappearance that helped spawn the Bermuda Triangle legend. It returned to civilian control in 1946, launched scheduled commercial service in 1953, and took its current name in 1959. For decades it was headquarters to Chalk's International Airlines, which claimed to be the oldest continuously operating airline in the world, flying seaplanes to the Bahamas until 2007. Today it is one of Florida's busiest airports and a major hub for low-cost and cruise-connected travel, serving as a base for Allegiant, JetBlue and Southwest, while a fifth terminal is under construction for 2030 completion.
The airport officially opened on 1 May 1929 on land bought for $1,200, the former site of a golf course destroyed in the 1926 Miami hurricane.
The U.S. Navy commissioned the field as NAS Fort Lauderdale during WWII, training aviators on Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger torpedo bombers; it was the home base of Flight 19, the five Avengers that famously disappeared in December 1945.
The Navy base closed on 1 October 1946 and control transferred to Broward County.
Commercial service began on 2 January 1953 with Mackey Air Transport flights to Nassau, Bahamas.
The airport adopted its current name and opened its first permanent terminal building in 1959.
A shooting in Terminal 2 on 6 January 2017 killed five people; the shooter was arrested by a Broward Sheriff's deputy within 85 seconds and later received five consecutive life sentences.
Construction broke ground on a fifth terminal on 9 October 2023, targeted for completion around 2030.
Editorial content based on Wikipedia and aviation history sources as of August 2026; Chalk's Airlines' 'oldest continuously operating airline' claim is the airline's own historical assertion and is presented here as a notable claim rather than an independently verified superlative, and the Terminal 5 2030 completion date is a projection subject to change.