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Direct Flights from Phoenix to Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale · Florida

Nonstop service from PHX to FLL on American, JetBlue, Southwest. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.

Airlines
American, JetBlue, Southwest
Southwest flies this route November to March
Nonstop flights
~1/day
Distance
1,969 mi
Flight time
~4h 25mgate to gate
Elevation
9 ft1,126 ft lower than your departure
Days operated
Daily (all week)
Great-circle flight path from Phoenix (PHX) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL), 1,969 miles nonstop.PHXFLL

How rare is this nonstop?

91 cities have a nonstop to Fort Lauderdale, Phoenix among them.

How long to go to Fort Lauderdale for, from Phoenix

4h 25m in the air, 1,969 miles. A two-night trip loses most of two days to travel; three or four nights is where this one starts to make sense.

About Fort Lauderdale

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Photo by Rstepp at English Wikipedia · Public domain

Fort Lauderdale is a coastal city on the Atlantic Ocean in the US state of Florida. It is known as the "Venice of America" due to its expansive canal system. Situated in Broward County in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale metro area, the city's population is over 180,000 (2021).

Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).

Top things to do in Fort Lauderdale

  1. The Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, previously known as Villa Vizcaya, is the former villa and estate of businessman James Deering, of the Deering McCormick-International Harvester fortune, on Biscayne Bay in the present-day…
  2. The Miami Seaquarium was a 38-acre (15 ha) oceanarium located on the island of Virginia Key in Biscayne Bay, Miami-Dade County, Florida, located near downtown Miami.
  3. Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM)—officially known as the Jorge M. Pérez Art Museum of Miami-Dade County—is a contemporary art museum that relocated in 2013 to the Maurice A. Ferré Park in Downtown Miami, Florida.
  4. Butterfly World is located in Tradewinds Park in Coconut Creek, Florida. It opened in 1988, and it is the largest butterfly park in the world, and the first park of its kind in the Western Hemisphere.
  5. Bayfront Park is a 32-acre (13 ha) public, urban park in Downtown Miami, Florida on Biscayne Bay.
  6. The Holocaust Memorial of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation is a Holocaust memorial at 1933-1945 Meridian Avenue, in Miami Beach, Florida.
  7. The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens is a center for Japanese arts and culture located west of Delray Beach in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States.
  8. Haulover Park is a 177-acre (72 ha) urban park owned and operated by Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation & Open Spaces Department, located in metropolitan Miami, just north of Bal Harbour, Florida.
  9. The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) is a collecting museum located in North Miami, Florida.
  10. Maurice A. Ferré Park is a 30-acre (12 ha) public, urban park in downtown Miami, Florida. The park opened in 1976 on the site of several slips served by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad.
  11. The Lowe Art Museum is the art museum of the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. The museum is located on the campus of the University of Miami and is accessible by Miami Metrorail at University Station.
  12. The NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale is an art museum in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Originating in 1958 as the Fort Lauderdale Art Center, the museum is now located in an 83,000-square-foot (7,700 m2) modernist building des…

Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).

Fort Lauderdale weather, compared with Phoenix

3° cooler than Phoenix on average across the year, on daytime highs:

January
Fort Lauderdale 76°F · Phoenix 68°F · 8° warmer
April
Fort Lauderdale 83°F · Phoenix 86°F · 2° colder
July
Fort Lauderdale 90°F · Phoenix 107°F · 17° colder
October
Fort Lauderdale 86°F · Phoenix 89°F · 4° colder

Fort Lauderdale is the steadier of the two, moving 15° between its coldest and warmest months where Phoenix moves 40°.

Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.

Planning a trip to Fort Lauderdale

Best time to visit
The best time to visit Fort Lauderdale is November–March, when daytime highs are a comfortable 76–81°F.
How long to stay
Fort Lauderdale rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Miami Seaquarium, and Pérez Art Museum Miami and beyond.

Frequently asked questions

Is there a direct flight from Phoenix to Fort Lauderdale?
Yes — you can fly nonstop from Phoenix (PHX) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL) on American, JetBlue, Southwest.
Which airlines fly nonstop from Phoenix to Fort Lauderdale?
American, JetBlue, Southwest fly nonstop between Phoenix (PHX) and Fort Lauderdale (FLL). Southwest flies it November to March only.
How many nonstop flights are there from Phoenix to Fort Lauderdale?
There is about 1 nonstop departure per day (roughly 7 per week) from Phoenix to Fort Lauderdale.
How far is Fort Lauderdale from Phoenix?
Fort Lauderdale is about 1,969 miles from Phoenix by air.
What is there to do in Fort Lauderdale?
Popular things to do include Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Miami Seaquarium, Pérez Art Museum Miami, Butterfly World, and more.

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