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$43 Find Cheap Flights from Columbus to Fort Lauderdale

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Cheapest round-trip
$97
Overall average: $205
Spirit Airlines
Tue 11/11Wed 11/12
CMH - FLL • Non-stop
Cheapest one-way
$43
Allegiant Air
Mon 1/19
LCK - FLL • Non-stop
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Southwest includes a free carry-on and personal item.
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Cheap Flights from Columbus to Fort Lauderdale

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Columbus to Fort Lauderdale that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Columbus to Fort Lauderdale

Tue, Nov 11 - Wed, Nov 12
Spirit Airlines Logo
7:30 am - 10:11 amCMH-FLL
2h 41mnonstop
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8:35 pm - 11:10 pmFLL-CMH
2h 35mnonstop
$97Spirit Airlines
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Thu, Dec 11 - Tue, Dec 16
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10:50 am - 1:29 pmCMH-FLL
2h 39mnonstop
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7:20 am - 9:55 amFLL-CMH
2h 35mnonstop
$98Spirit Airlines
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Thu, Dec 4 - Mon, Dec 8
Spirit Airlines Logo
6:45 am - 9:20 amCMH-FLL
2h 35mnonstop
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6:35 pm - 9:12 pmFLL-CMH
2h 37mnonstop
$102Spirit Airlines
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Tue, Nov 4 - Fri, Nov 7
Spirit Airlines Logo
7:30 am - 10:11 amCMH-FLL
2h 41mnonstop
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8:35 pm - 11:10 pmFLL-CMH
2h 35mnonstop
$103Spirit Airlines
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Fri, Dec 5 - Mon, Dec 8
Allegiant Air Logo
6:21 pm - 8:58 pmLCK-FLL
2h 37mnonstop
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9:52 am - 12:29 pmFLL-LCK
2h 37mnonstop
$117Allegiant Air
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Fri, Dec 12 - Fri, Dec 19
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6:21 pm - 8:58 pmLCK-FLL
2h 37mnonstop
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9:52 am - 12:29 pmFLL-LCK
2h 37mnonstop
$118Allegiant Air
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Mon, Nov 10 - Fri, Nov 14
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5:25 am - 8:05 amCMH-FLL
2h 40mnonstop
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10:05 am - 3:35 pmFLL-CMH
5h 30m1 stop
$121Multiple Airlines
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Sat, Oct 18 - Fri, Oct 24
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5:00 am - 7:28 amCMH-FLL
2h 28mnonstop
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6:00 am - 11:56 amFLL-CMH
5h 56m1 stop
$123Multiple Airlines
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Mon, Oct 13 - Fri, Oct 17
Frontier Logo
1:25 pm - 12:06 amCMH-FLL
10h 41m1 stop
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6:00 am - 12:05 pmFLL-CMH
6h 05m1 stop
$144Frontier
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Fri, Oct 17 - Mon, Oct 27
Frontier Logo
1:25 pm - 12:20 amCMH-FLL
10h 55m1 stop
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6:00 am - 12:05 pmFLL-CMH
6h 05m1 stop
$164Frontier
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Expert advice for your flight from Columbus to Fort Lauderdale

 
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Columbus to Fort Lauderdale flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Columbus to Fort Lauderdale to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly and much more.

What is the cheapest Columbus to Fort Lauderdale flight route?

Data is based on round-trip flight searches on KAYAK over the past month.

The cheapest return flight from Columbus to Fort Lauderdale costs $96 on the route between Columbus Airport (CMH) and Fort Lauderdale (FLL). Over the past month, this route was, on average, 48% cheaper than other Columbus-Fort Lauderdale routes. It is also the most popular route.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Columbus to Fort Lauderdale?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Columbus to Fort Lauderdale clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to Fort Lauderdale on a Tuesday and more expensive on a Saturday. On your return trip to Columbus, you should consider flying back on a Saturday, and avoid Sundays for better deals.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Columbus to Fort Lauderdale?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Columbus to Fort Lauderdale, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Columbus to Fort Lauderdale is April, where tickets cost $143 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and March, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $293 and $244 respectively.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Columbus to Fort Lauderdale?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Columbus to Fort Lauderdale, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below average price on the flight from Columbus to Fort Lauderdale, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 29% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 4 weeks before departure.

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Cheapest flight$43
Flight from Columbus Rickenbacker to Fort Lauderdale

When to book flights from Columbus to Fort Lauderdale

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Columbus to Fort Lauderdale based on our flight data from the last year. Discover the cheapest month and even day to fly.
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FAQs for booking flights from Columbus to Fort Lauderdale

  • What is the cheapest flight from Columbus to Fort Lauderdale?

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Columbus to Fort Lauderdale was $43 for a one-way ticket and $97 for a round-trip.

  • Do I need a passport to fly between Columbus and Fort Lauderdale?

    Yes, you’ll need a passport to travel to Fort Lauderdale from Columbus.

  • Which airports will I be using when flying from Columbus to Fort Lauderdale?

    When flying out of Columbus you will be using one of these airports: Columbus or Columbus Rickenbacker. You will be landing at Fort Lauderdale.

  • Which aircraft models fly most regularly from Columbus to Fort Lauderdale?

    We unfortunately don’t have that data for this specific route.

  • Which airline alliances offer flights from Columbus to Fort Lauderdale?

    Star Alliance, SkyTeam, and oneworld are the airline alliances operating flights between Columbus and Fort Lauderdale, with Star Alliance being the most commonly used for this route.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Columbus to Fort Lauderdale?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Columbus to Fort Lauderdale.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Columbus to Fort Lauderdale?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Fort Lauderdale from Columbus is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Columbus to Fort Lauderdale?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Fort Lauderdale with an airline and back to Columbus with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Columbus to Fort Lauderdale?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Fort Lauderdale from Columbus up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Prefer to fly direct from Columbus to Fort Lauderdale?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Columbus to Fort Lauderdale.
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Direct departures

Columbus to Fort Lauderdale

Monday

Allegiant Air, Southwest, Spirit Airlines

Allegiant Air, Southwest, +1 more

Tuesday

Southwest, Spirit Airlines

Southwest, Spirit Airlines

Wednesday

Allegiant Air, Southwest, Spirit Airlines

Allegiant Air, Southwest, +1 more

Thursday

Southwest, Spirit Airlines

Southwest, Spirit Airlines

Friday

Allegiant Air, Southwest, Spirit Airlines

Allegiant Air, Southwest, +1 more

Saturday

Allegiant Air, Southwest, Spirit Airlines

Allegiant Air, Southwest, +1 more

Sunday

Allegiant Air, Southwest, Spirit Airlines

Allegiant Air, Southwest, +1 more

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Direct returns

Fort Lauderdale to Columbus

Monday

Allegiant Air, Southwest, Spirit Airlines

Allegiant Air, Southwest, +1 more

Tuesday

Southwest, Spirit Airlines

Southwest, Spirit Airlines

Wednesday

Allegiant Air, Southwest, Spirit Airlines

Allegiant Air, Southwest, +1 more

Thursday

Southwest, Spirit Airlines

Southwest, Spirit Airlines

Friday

Allegiant Air, Southwest, Spirit Airlines

Allegiant Air, Southwest, +1 more

Saturday

Allegiant Air, Southwest, Spirit Airlines

Allegiant Air, Southwest, +1 more

Sunday

Allegiant Air, Southwest, Spirit Airlines

Allegiant Air, Southwest, +1 more

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Reviews of the top 5 airlines serving from Columbus to Fort Lauderdale

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Columbus to Fort Lauderdale. Airline scores are aggregated from all reviews left by passengers on KAYAK after flying with an airline. KAYAK doesn’t show reviews that are older than 5 years. Learn how KAYAK collects reviews.
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Columbus to Fort Lauderdale? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.0
SouthwestOverall score based on 4248 reviews
8.1Boarding
7.5Entertainment
8.0Comfort
7.0Food
8.6Crew
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Connecting flight is on time and boarding was a breeze!

10.0 ExcellentGabriel, Sep 2025DEN - SMF
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Connecting flight is on time and boarding was a breeze!

Excellent. Would encourage Southwest to keep current boarding procedures with free style seating. Makes for a fantastic experience

As always, the entire Southwest experience was perfect. Purchasing the tickets on the Southwest web site was effortless, departure and arrival gates were spotless and comfortable, plane was clean and comfortable, crew was excellent and flight was on time. Wheelchair service in Las Vegas at departure was somewhat chaotic and disjointed, but I am not sure if that was Southwest problem, airport problem or combination.

I wish they had movie screens in the headrests. The seats are much improved, more legroom and recently renovated. Bathroom was clean. Staff was outstanding!!

As always, the entire Southwest experience was wonderful, from online booking to flight to baggage retrieval. Very grateful.

The weather could have been better. There was a 40 minute ATC delay in SFO because of marine fog and a micro cell storm delayed landing and take-off at Nashville. The gate was changed 5 minutes from boarding from gate B3 to gate C23 at Nashville airport.

The quality of Southwest Airlines continues to degrade each time I fly with them. If it were not for the free luggage, I would probably choose another airline. Their prices are a little bit competitive, but way too high for the quality of the service. Southwest is not unique in this way. Domestic flight in the United States of America has continued to be a lower and lower quality product. Very sad when you compare the quality of domestic airlines to that of many international airlines around the world.

Sat on tarmac for 2 hours and then missed my connecting flight

I'm not a fan of Southwest's model. I don't like the herding style of boarding.

It is southwest seat was ok. Not the most comfortable seat

Movie selection was meh. Food was great. Crew as always great. I paid for premium because that’s the only way not to feel like a sardine. That’s how economy should be imo. Sadly passengers have to pay an extra $1000 to get what they should at base price but that’s all airlines. The airline industry in general treats passengers as cargo.

Delta made it easy, comfortable and timely. The crew was fantastic.

Always good but we must do something about people in rows ahead of you that don't put their seats back up when they are suppose to. And It's rough to not be able to even lean over to get something out of my purse.

this crew didn't care much. bumping carts into seats more times than i care to remember

Everything was fine except the entertainment was not working for half of the flight.

Easy boarding with an extremely kind attendant. Seats were spacious and we had 3 seats for 2 people so we could stretch out. Comfortable air flow and very attentive and hospital attendants. Bathrooms and food were the only negative. Bathrooms were so small you could hardly get in and close the door. I don’t think an obese person would fit or a person with a movement disability. Food was the trending food for flights, nonexistent. We spent $40 getting sandwich and snack at airport for our 6 hour flught.

I like for how they process during check in. It was very smoothly.

I am very bothered by the events today. I can't believe the flight attendants allowed someone to take my seat and made me move. It was embarrassing. I was in the right. The lady just didn't want move. I can't believe delta would allow this to stand and disrespect my rights as a passenger. The lady complained about her leg and that she couldn't move. Firstly somehow she was able to make it to row 24. Not sure how much her leg could have hurt. Secondly, I'm in plenty of pain myself. I just finished chemotherapy a several weeks ago. My body is constantly sore. Yet deltas flight attendants didn't appropriately protect my rights. In the end they found me a seat on the plane but I want to understand how delta can operate this way. They in essence allowed a bully to get their way.

Crew was friendly Love the entertainment in the seat head rest.

Zero updates from the pilots for 30 minutes in the tarmac

It was a red eye flight, so no meals were provided, but it was fine with snacks. The seats felt cramped and almost too narrow.

We didn't take off until an hour after we boarded.

Wish they had the seat-back video screens for watching movies or playing games.

Very good but wish they had the seat-back video screens for movies & games

Flight was delayed not sure why no explanation given and no apologies either. Otherwise the flight was fine

Any flight to ORD after about 2pm this summer has been challenging. Flight was delayed getting in (coming from ORD) and that led to it not leaving before a ground stop due to lightening before they could fuel the plane, and so forth. They made up some time but we were still late in arriving at ORD, and that led to missed connections.

While waiting to claim my checked luggage, I discovered the airline had lost it. After a long wait and inquiries, I discovered it was on another flight. Fortunately, the airline finally sent my luggage home.

Couldn’t get the door on the plane to close leading to a nearly 2 hour delay. But, hey at least they didn’t cancel the flight.

Flight delays numerous times. Everytime we would get close to boarding it would be delayed again. Strung along the entire time.

The flight was fine and the crew awesome. The problem is ORD and AA. Computers went down, ORD fell apart and a 40 min flight turned into a 3 hour trip. Guess the answer is to not try and fly to ORD after noon. But, as I said, crew was awesome and did everything they could to lesson the flight time.

Crew was great. No entertainment and food and beverage was for purchase only, even water

It was canceled. The flight wasn’t rescheduled, everyone had to figure out their own new arrangements. They said we would get refunded our original fare and receive an additional $150. We received links for $100 only and they expired before we could activate them.

The plane had originated in Las Vegas at 6:30 in the morning and flew to Moline where we boarded. The flight left around 12:30 PM and there were no boxed snacks available and many of the alcoholic beverages were unavailable. I would find it hard to believe that that many of the passengers coming from Las Vegas at 6:30 in the morning, drank and ate that much of the items. I can only come to the conclusion that someone failed to stock the plane for the round-trip. This is a huge revenue failure for the airline and disappointment for the passengers. The flight crew did not seem happy to be there and did not engage with passengers. Allegiant you can do better.

They did not let my husband on the plane with our service animal at the last minute. Do NOT fly this airline with a service animal!

Tight! Seats are not designed for those of us who wear extra-large clothes.

The non-stop flight from Grand Rapids was excellent. I neither expected or needed a budget flight and Allegiant made the trip easy and for an affordable price, Arriving at the Mesa Airport (AZA) is a delight compared to the international airport. For our return flight, we were able to arrive 75 minutes before the flight, return the rental car, check our bag and make it to the gate in plenty of time. That would never happen at most airports.

Easiest flights I’ve ever taken. Plane was comfortable without overly crowded seating.

Terrible. Still have not received the refund from them. They sent it to some account that I don't even know. Spoke with costumer service and they are unable to help.

I didn’t like it at all. I miss my second flight because of the delay on Allegiant Air now I m stuck in MCO.

Good, but a bit late on take off after loading. Don't like charging for carry ons!

My baggage broke and they did not offer me anything. No conversation

It was not good at all, I think the crew could be kinder

Cheap flight but really uncomfortable. Seat cushions flimsy. Jammed in middle seat when flight is not full. They don’t even give you water

I never made this flight. When I got to the airport I had a message to say that the flight was delayed and would be getting into Fort Lauderdale at 10 pm. My connecting flight was due to leave around 10:10 pm so there is no way I would have made the connection. I went back to the Spirit desk and tried to explain this to a desk agent who didn't understand. Eventually her supervisor came over and explained it. The desk agent was unhelpful and only offered options that would have required getting a hotel overnight. She offered no hotel or meal vouchers and when I said that it seemed my only option was to go to another airline she told me I needed to make a decision because they were closing the desk and would not be back till 3 pm. I went to Delta and had to pay extra but they could help get me back to Orlando. I now have to file a claim against Spirit and I am just glad I paid for insurance. Very unhappy and very poor service.

Everything was fine. I'm average height and I pack light. I'm ready for my Spirit flight.

Wow truly top notch airline Efficient nice snacks courteous staff Fast boarding !

The staff was very sarcastic, the flight was delayed. There was no wi-fi o any type of entertainment. The plane was dirty and we have to wait a long time for the luggage to come out.

Booked through kayak, everything seemed normal but when it came time to go, my flight ticket didn’t exist, so I had to purchase another set of tickets at the airport the day of the flight, for about double. When I reached kayaks customer service, they claimed no responsibility, and pushed me onto another 3rd party booking service, airfare assist, where I have had no luck getting any kind of help or refund. I’ve used kayak many times, but I’ll never again after I’ve been burned by this.

The air fares are good, Charging me for every single thing 😩

I am very happy with my experience with Spirit Airlines. Both flights were on time. Boarding was very pleasant. Crew was very nice. Flights were amazing and we even arrived earlier than the schedule time. I am hoping Spirits keeps on having non stop flight from Ft Lauderdale to Hartford for many years to come.

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