# Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE / KFXE)

**Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport** (IATA: FXE, ICAO: KFXE) is a medium airport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. It opened in Jul 1944. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,002 ft (1,829 m). In 2025 it handled 16 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfxe

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: FXE / KFXE
- FAA: FXE
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
- Opened: Jul 1944
- Elevation: 13 ft / 4 m
- Coordinates: 26.1973, -80.1707
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 6,002 ft / 1,829 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches, 9 departures, 10 arrivals
- Passengers: 16,305 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: https://www.flyfxe.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Lauderdale_Executive_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5471471
- Weather station: KFXE
- Ident: KFXE

## Timeline

- Jul 1944: Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 6,002 ft / 1,829 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 084° / 264° | yes |
| 13/31 | 4,000 ft / 1,219 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 129° / 309° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05942AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2019 | 14,133 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 8,579 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 18,007 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 20,118 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 21,242 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 21,085 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 16,305 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [HPN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khpn.md) Westchester County Airport · United States · 1,092 mi / 1,757 km · JSX (airline)

### Charter (1)

- [TEB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kteb.md) Teterboro Airport · United States · 1,071 mi / 1,724 km · JSX (airline)

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from FXE, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- [JSX](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jsx) · 2

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 16K (2025) | #2,517 of 3,974 | #597 in North America | #413 in US |
| Longest runway | 6,002 ft / 1,829 m | =4,565 of 29,858 | =1,267 in North America | =995 in US |
| Elevation | 13 ft / 4 m | =42,077 of 43,403 | =18,970 in North America | =15,492 in US |
| Age | Opened 1944 | =2,300 of 15,079 | =1,299 in North America | =1,249 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | MIAMI APP/DEP | 119.700 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 119.850 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 127.950 |
| GND | EXECUTIVE GND | 121.750 |
| TWR | EXECUTIVE TWR | 120.900 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [FLL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfll.md) Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport · 8.7 mi / 14 km
- [BCT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbct.md) Boca Raton Airport · 13 mi / 21 km
- [HWO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khwo.md) North Perry Airport · 14 mi / 23 km
- [OPF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kopf.md) Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport · 21 mi / 34 km
- [MIA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmia.md) Miami International Airport · 29 mi / 46 km
- [DJT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpbi.md) President Donald J. Trump International Airport · 34 mi / 55 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fort_Lauderdale_Executive_Airport&oldid=1365145929), revision of 20 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfxe/data