Fort Lauderdale International Begins Construction To Increase Capacity

Construction is under way to build a larger south east-west parallel runway at Fort Lauderdale International Airport (FLL). The $791 million project is slated for completion in 2014 and will allow the airport to increase flight operations capacity by 50 percent, to more than 480,000 a year. The FAA’s Airport Improvement Program is providing $250 million, and the remainder is coming from the Florida Department of Transportation and passenger facility charges. The overall plan includes modernizing the airport’s four airline terminals, slated for completion in 2016, according to Broward County airports director Kent George, and raising the airport’s capacity to 32 million passengers per year. 

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