Going through security at Ft. Lauderdale on a connecting flight
This will be my first time traveling out of the country. We will have a layover of 45 mins in Fort Lauderdale before departing to Cancun. Will we have to go through security again in Fort Lauderdale or just get onto our next flight?
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This airport doesn't have an airside pedestrian access, nor airside buses or trams. All transfers between terminals are accomplished by exiting the terminal and taking shuttle buses that run regularly around the airport from one terminal to the next.
EDIT 1-17-21: Michael Hampton's Answer of January 23, 2020, indicates that there is an airside corridor between T3 and T4.
Assuming your first flight has departure from a US airport, whether you'll go through security again at Ft. Lauderdale will depend on what airline(s) you're on, and whether your flights arrive and depart from the same Ft. Lauderdale airport terminal. If you edit your question to provide airline and flight information, a more specific answer can be provided.
TL;DR: If you have to change terminals in Ft. Lauderdale to reach your ongoing flight to Cancun, you'll exit the arriving flight's terminal, shuttle to the departing flight's terminal, then have to go through security again to reach the departing flight.
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Do I have to go through security again for a connecting flight?
For most domestic layovers, you won't have to go through security again. However, some airports have separate security checkpoints for each terminal, so if you land in one terminal and your next flight is in another, you would have to go through security again.Do I have to pick up my luggage on a domestic connecting flight?
If your bag is tagged to your next or final destination, you may need to pick up your bags and place them on the connection drop-off belt. If it is not tagged to your next or final destination, then you will definitely need to pick up your bags and check them in for your next flight.Does my luggage automatically go to my connecting flight?
The agent at check-in will usually ask if you want your luggage checked through to your last stop. You'll also receive boarding passes for both flights when you first check-in, so all you will need to do is find your gate at your connecting airport and your bags will automatically follow.Do you have to check into connecting flights?
In most cases, you'll receive your boarding pass for your connecting flight already when you check in for your first flight. This means you don't have to check in again for your next flight. If you haven't received it, you can go to the transfer desk or kiosk of the airline you're flying with to collect it.Flying Alone for the First Time | Connecting Flight Procedure | How to Catch a Connecting Flight
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FLL is in the process of building airside corridors between its four terminals. However, at this time only one of them is complete, that between T3 and T4. The rest are expected to be completed by 2022.
If you stay in the same terminal, or if you are going between T3 and T4, you won't have to clear security again (unless you arrive on an international flight; you always have to go through security again after customs to change planes in this case). Otherwise, you will need to go outside to change terminals using the free shuttle that runs between all four terminals.
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