Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport is a

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located within the city limits of

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, in

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, north of downtown Fort Lauderdale. It is a division of the Transportation and Mobility Department of the City of

Overview

The airport was built in 1941 to train

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Aviators during

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, and was named West Prospect Satellite Field. In 1947, the federal government deeded the airport to Fort Lauderdale for use as a public airport. The airport serves over 150,000 aircraft operations per year, making it the eighth-busiest General Aviation center in the United States. The airport is designated as general aviation reliever facility for the

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by the

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. The airport is a Landing Rights Airport with a

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facility. The airport also operates a 24/7

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facility that meets the requirements of index B, although the airport is not certificated under FAR Part 139. ARFF services are provided by

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. The airport is home to two rare Florida native species of animal, the

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and the Florida

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Facilities and aircraft

Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport covers an area of which contains two

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paved

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s: 09/27 measuring and 13/31 measuring . The airport is ideal for flight training because of its 24-hour air traffic control tower and has multiple instrument approaches. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2017, the airport had 179,023 aircraft operations, an average of 490 per day: 94%

, 6%

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and <1% military. There are 909 aircraft based at this airport: 52% single-engine, 26% multi-engine, 16% jet and 5%

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Airlines and destinations

Accidents and incidents

*On June 12, 1979, Douglas DC-3D N427W of Bradley Aviation crashed shortly after take-off when take-off was attempted at too low an airspeed. Both crew were killed. The pilot did not have a rating to fly the DC-3, and the aircraft did not have a

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. *February 3, 1981 : A mid-air Cessna plane collision killed six people at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport. Dale C. Hiatt and his father Alvia Hiatt were among those killed. *On February 20, 2004, a Learjet 25B owned by Skylinks Jets overran runway 8 by about . The aircraft touched down midway along the runway. A complete loss of brakes and a failed emergency drag-chute resulted in the aircraft overrunning the runway, crashing through the airport perimeter fence, across a four-lane highway and coming to a rest at a warehouse structure. The cause of the accident was the pilot-in-command's miscalculation of fuel needed and a failure of the flight crew to deploy the emergency drag-chute and main-gear brakes upon landing. * June 23, 2004, two people were killed when a Piper Archer aircraft crashed shortly after take-off into a nearby warehouse. The aircraft had three occupants on board, and was en route to the Bahamas when the aircraft lost power and crashed through the roof of the business. *On June 13, 2005,

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N3906J of

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suffered an engine failure shortly after take-off on an international cargo flight to

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. The aircraft was written off when it was put down on a road in the Coral Ridge Isles neighborhood, hitting trees and a building and subsequently catching fire. The engine that failed had had maintenance work performed immediately before the accident flight. *On August 1, 2007, a Piper PA-60 Aircraft lost one of its two engines shortly after takeoff from the airport. The aircraft crash landed onto NW 62nd Street immediately north of the airport while attempting to return for an emergency landing. All three people on board the aircraft escaped injury, but the aircraft was destroyed in the crash and subsequent fire that resulted due to the crash and fuel leak. *On April 17, 2009, a

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crashed shortly after take-off from the airport around 11:20 a.m. Local authorities stated the aircraft crashed into a vacant home located about from the airport. The aircraft was en route to

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near

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and was due to arrive at 13:00. The

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indicated that one person was on board the aircraft, and was killed in the accident. Sebring Air Charter of Tamarac, Florida was listed on FAA records as the owner of the aircraft. The probable cause of the accident was determined to be pilot error, with an inflight fire of the right engine as a contributing factor. *December 28, 2011 a

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jet overran the end of the runway 13 and ran through an airport perimeter security fence. Substantial damage occurred to the aircraft, with no fire or fuel leak occurring. No injuries occurred to the eight occupants as a result of the accident. The aircraft had originally taken off from Runway 26, but experienced mechanical difficulties, and the crew returned for a landing on Runway 13 for their emergency landing, and landed long on the runway, resulting in the overrun. *March 15, 2013 three people were killed when a

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aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff into a parking lot of a business near the departure end of the runway 9. All three occupants of the aircraft were killed, and the cause of the crash was listed as pilot error. *April 12, 2015 four people were killed when their

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reported a distress call for smoke in the aircraft upon approaching the airport for landing after taking off from

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. The aircraft crashed into a wildlife preserve just short of the airport, causing a large fire killing all on board. *On August 21, 2021, a Gulfstream 4 suffered a nosewheel collapse on the takeoff roll. The aircraft skidded off the runway, and all 14 on board made it out with no injuries. Boxer

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was on board.

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