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Columbus to Fort Lauderdale

1 operator run this water, from 2 h 28.

Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

Southwest Airlines CMH → FLL 1569 km non-stop 73C 73W in the air 3 h 58 est. rate not held 637 km/h average

Other ways to reach Fort Lauderdale

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach Fort Lauderdale without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

South Bimini – Fort Lauderdale 37 min Silver Airways (3M)
Freeport – Fort Lauderdale 42 min Bahamasair, Balearia Caribbean
Orlando – Fort Lauderdale 51 min Silver Airways (3M)
Treasure Cay – Fort Lauderdale 51 min Silver Airways (3M)
Nassau – Fort Lauderdale 52 min Bahamasair
Marsh Harbour – Fort Lauderdale 53 min Silver Airways (3M)
Tampa – Fort Lauderdale 54 min AirTran Airways
North Eleuthera – Fort Lauderdale 57 min Silver Airways (3M)

And other ways to reach Columbus

Atlanta – Columbus 40 min AeroMéxico, Air France
Detroit – Columbus 49 min Delta Air Lines
Chicago – Columbus 1 h 04 AirTran Airways, American Airlines
Dulles – Columbus 1 h 06 United Airlines
Toronto – Columbus 1 h 07 Air Canada
Washington – Columbus 1 h 09 American Airlines
Baltimore – Columbus 1 h 11 AirTran Airways
Nashville – Columbus 1 h 11 Southwest Airlines
Charlotte – Columbus 1 h 12 American Airlines
Raleigh/Durham – Columbus 1 h 14 Delta Air Lines

Where else these quays go

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Columbus–Fort Lauderdale crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. Not for this crossing, not for any crossing, not for any mode.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.