The Fort Lauderdale airport used to look like that? See for yourself with these pictures
By Miami Herald Archives
An entrance to the Fort Lauderdale airport.
Mel Kenyon
Miami Herald File
Broward’s airport is filled with garages, stores, restaurants and multiple terminals.
But it wasn’t always that way.
There was a time when you could just drive up to the terminal, pull into a parking spot and hop on a plane. No TSA check-ins. No multi-story parking garages. No mile-long walks to the gate.
Take a look at those simpler times in these old photos of FLL from the Miami Herald’s archives:
Travelers walk through the Fort Lauderdale International Airport terminal in 2001. Miami Herald File
Sears executives arrive at the Broward airport in 1955 for the opening of the Sears Town Shopping Center in Fort Lauderdale. Gene Hyde Miami Herald File
Crowds at the Fort Lauderdale airport in 1965. Miami Herald File
Behind the scenes at the Fort Lauderdale airport in 1960. Gene Hyde Miami Herald File
An airport tower in Fort Lauderdale in 1978. Mel Kenyon Miami Herald File
An airline ticket counter at the Fort Lauderdale airport in 1989. Patrick Ferrell Miami Herald File
The repainted tower at the Fort Lauderdale airport in 1954. Miami Herald File
A sign points the way to the Broward airport. Mel Kenyon Miami Herald File
Inside the tower at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International in 1960. Gene Hyde Miami Herald File
An early aerial view of FLL. Miamoi Herald File
The Fort Lauderdale airport in 1963. Gene Hyde Miami Herald File
Airplanes depart and land at the Fort Lauderdale Airport in 1999. J. Albert Diaz Miami Herald File
A 1954 view of the Fort Lauderdale airport. Mel Kenyon Miami Herald File
New terminal opening at Fort Lauderdale International Airport in 2001. = Miami Herald File
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