Fort Lauderdale Executive
FXE · KFXE · Fort Lauderdale, Florida · Broward County · map
Fort Lauderdale Executive is a public-use airport owned by the City of Fort Lauderdale, 5 miles north of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 13 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 6,002 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA FXE · ICAO KFXE
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Fort Lauderdale
- Elevation
- 13 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Miami sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1944
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 6,002 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 4,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 74 ft high 3,685 ft from the end
- Runway 27: PAPI, four lights on the left, building 131 ft high 4,760 ft from the end
- Runway 13: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 36 ft high 1,078 ft from the end
- Runway 31: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 13 ft high 645 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Fxe and automated weather (ASOS) | 119.85 | Executive |
| Clearance delivery | 127.95 | Executive |
| Ground | 121.75 | Executive |
| Tower | 120.9 | Executive |
| Approach and departure | 119.7 | Executive |
| Bhhia and star | 120.5 | Executive |
| Cptan and star · Jestr and star | 124.6 | Executive |
| Departure procedure (BNICE) · Departure procedure (DORRL) · Departure procedure (FEALX) Aarps, bnice, dorrl,frsbe, hrock, zfp; BEECH-FLL departing west | 126.05 | Executive |
| Dekal and star · Fort Lauderdale Dp · Olahs and star BEECH-FLL departing east; Maynr | 126.85 | Executive |
| Kyaks and star · Olahs and star 5000 feet and below | 128.6 | Executive |
| Fortl and star · Teeky and star | 133.775 | Executive |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 954-772-2537.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Fort Lauderdale from the FAA register
603 aircraft are registered to owners in Fort Lauderdale, Florida: 207 piston singles, 171 business jets, 78 turboprops, 62 piston twins, 50 helicopters. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Florida.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 88 since 1982, 14 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- U.S. customs available 8:00 am to 11:59 pm.
- Runway 13/31 closed 10:00 pm to 7:00 am when runway 09/27 is operational full length.
- Portions of runway 31 RUN-UP area(west of taxiway 'B')are not visible from the the control tower.
- Flocks of birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- All aircraft operators avoid overflights of residential area ONE-HALF mile southwest of the control tower.
- Taxilane 'C'(southwest of taxiway 'B') is a NON-CONTROLLED operational area.
- Request progressive taxi if unfamiliar.
- Maintenance engine RUN-UPS prohibited 7:00 pm to 7:00 am.
- Runway 27 nighttime preferential use runway for all aircraft departures when winds permit.
- Runway 09 nighttime preferential use runway for all aircraft arrivals when winds permit.
- U.S. customs ramp closed to arriving aircraft 12:00 am to 8:00 am.
- Customs ramp located taxiway G7.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.