Opened in 1929 as the Merle Fogg Airport, named after a famous pioneer aviator of that time, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) was used mainly for small planes. Renamed during the war years as NAS Fort Lauderdale, the airport was acquired by Broward County in the mid-1940s, and became the Broward County International Airport.
The following decade saw regular flights to Nassau, a new passenger terminal, and a major relaunch, when the airport was officially given its current title, per the suggestions of then Chamber of Commerce member Edgar "Buddy" Galvin who was influential in re-naming it as the Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport. By 1970, passenger levels had exceeded one million per annum, rising steadily over the years and topping ten million in the mid-1990s.
The following decade saw regular flights to Nassau, a new passenger terminal, and a major relaunch, when the airport was officially given its current title, per the suggestions of then Chamber of Commerce member Edgar "Buddy" Galvin who was influential in re-naming it as the Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport. By 1970, passenger levels had exceeded one million per annum, rising steadily over the years and topping ten million in the mid-1990s.
Power Point presentation created
by NASFL Museum Intern Lani Day
Images from the archives at NASFL Museum
by NASFL Museum Intern Lani Day
Images from the archives at NASFL Museum
