Hollywood Car Rentals and Hollywood International Airport
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The Hollywood International Airport is located in Dania Beach, Florida near Fort Lauderdale and Miami. It is one of the fastest growing airports in the country, with 22.39 million people passing through it last year alone. With your Hollywood car rental it is easy to get to all of the attractions in south and central Florida from here, but avoid some of the craziness of Orlando or Miami airports.
Using the airport
The airport is a hub for Sprint Airlines and caters mainly to the domestic flights for the company. Since it is close to Port Everglades, it is also popular for tourists who are catching cruises to the Caribbean.
Terminal 1 is the newest terminal, constructed between 2001 and 2003. Concourse B here has 9 gates and services Aeromexico, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways, and Southwest Airlines. Concourse C also has nine gates and services Continental Airlines, JetBlue Airways, and Northwest Airlines.
Terminal 2 is sometimes called the Delta Terminal because it Mainly services that airline, as well as Midwest Airlines from one gate.
Terminal 3 is the Main Terminal. Concourse E has 10 gates, servicing AirTran Airways, Bahamasair, Skyservice, US Airways, and West Jet. Concourse F also has ten gates and services American Airlines, Thomas Cook Airlines, United Airlines, and USA 3000 Airlines.
Terminal 4 is the international terminal, serving all international flights from Aeromexico, Aeropostal, Air Canada, Air Jamaica, Air Transat, Avianca, Cayman Airways, Maestro, Spirit Airlines, Sunwing Airlines, and Thomsonfly.
Golf, or fly
Visiting the airport with your Hollywood car rental will expose you to a long history. The history of the airport goes back to the early days of aviation. The land was once a 9-hole golf course that was abandoned and the Merle Fogg Airport opened in 1929. At the beginning of World War II, it was commissioned by the Navy and used for refitting civil airliners for the military at first and later became a training base. This is where George H.W. Bush learned to fly when he was stationed here in 1943.
After the war, the airport was bought by the county and was developed into a commercial airport. It was limited, as Miami had a much larger airport nearby. Over the years the amount of traffic has steadily increased due to the low cost of using the airport. Southwest opened a base here in 1996, Spirit in 1999, and JetBlue in 2001.
Using Hollywood International Airport with your Hollywood car rental is easy because it is less crowded than other airports in the area, but still offers convenience and safety.
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