Fort Lauderdale (FLL) international airport has become an intercontinental gateway near cruise line terminals at Port Everglades and is popular among tourists bound for the Caribbean. It is the largest base for Spirit Airlines, catering mainly to the airline’s international to domestic network, and is a focus city for Allegiant Air, JetBlue Airways and Southwest Airlines and the headquarters of regional carrier Silver Airways. FLL is ranked as the 21st busiest airport (in terms of passenger traffic) in the United States, as well as the 14th busiest international air gateway and one of the world’s 50 busiest airports. In 2015, 26,941,511 passengers were served along with 278,002 aircraft operations. Fort Lauderdale FLL Airport is owned by Broward County and operated by the Broward County Aviation Department.

FLL is located in unincorporated Broward County, Florida, United States, located in Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood and Dania Beach, three miles (5 km) southwest of downtown Fort Lauderdale and 21 miles (34 km) north of Miami.