$73 Find Cheap Flights from Fort Lauderdale to Columbus

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Cheapest round-trip
$101
Allegiant Air
Fri 11/21Mon 11/24
FLL - LCK • Non-stop
Cheapest one-way
$73
Typical prices: $98-$186
Frontier
Fri 12/19
FLL - CMH • 1 stop
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Southwest provides a free carry-on and personal item.
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Cheapest • 6% average savings
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Cheap Flights from Fort Lauderdale to Columbus (FLL-CMH)

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Fort Lauderdale to Columbus 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 Fort Lauderdale to Columbus

Fri, Nov 21 - Mon, Nov 24
Allegiant Air Logo
9:47 am - 12:22 pmFLL-LCK
2h 35mnonstop
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6:10 pm - 8:44 pmLCK-FLL
2h 34mnonstop
$101Allegiant Air
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Mon, Jan 19 - Mon, Jan 19
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9:26 am - 12:11 pmFLL-LCK
2h 45mnonstop
Allegiant Air Logo
6:16 pm - 9:02 pmLCK-FLL
2h 46mnonstop
$105Allegiant Air
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Thu, Nov 20 - Sun, Nov 23
Spirit Airlines Logo
9:15 pm - 11:51 pmFLL-CMH
2h 36mnonstop
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6:00 am - 8:41 amCMH-FLL
2h 41mnonstop
$108Spirit Airlines
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Thu, Nov 13 - Sun, Nov 16
Spirit Airlines Logo
8:35 pm - 11:10 pmFLL-CMH
2h 35mnonstop
Spirit Airlines Logo
5:25 am - 8:05 amCMH-FLL
2h 40mnonstop
$113Spirit Airlines
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Thu, Nov 13 - Sun, Nov 16
Spirit Airlines Logo
8:35 pm - 11:10 pmFLL-CMH
2h 35mnonstop
Spirit Airlines Logo
5:25 am - 8:05 amCMH-FLL
2h 40mnonstop
$114Spirit Airlines
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Thu, Dec 4 - Mon, Dec 8
Multiple Airlines Logo
8:58 pm - 11:51 amFLL-CMH
14h 53m1 stop
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12:36 pm - 6:09 pmCMH-FLL
5h 33m1 stop
$128Multiple Airlines
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Wed, Dec 3 - Tue, Dec 9
Spirit Airlines Logo
1:32 pm - 4:09 pmFLL-CMH
2h 37mnonstop
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6:00 am - 4:13 pmCMH-FLL
10h 13m1 stop
$130Spirit Airlines
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Fri, Nov 14 - Tue, Nov 18
Multiple Airlines Logo
10:05 am - 3:35 pmFLL-CMH
5h 30m1 stop
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7:30 am - 10:11 amCMH-FLL
2h 41mnonstop
$132Multiple Airlines
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Thu, Nov 20 - Sun, Nov 23
Spirit Airlines Logo
9:15 pm - 11:51 pmFLL-CMH
2h 36mnonstop
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6:00 am - 8:41 amCMH-FLL
2h 41mnonstop
$133Spirit Airlines
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Mon, Nov 10 - Fri, Nov 14
Frontier Logo
5:45 am - 3:35 pmFLL-CMH
9h 50m1 stop
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4:30 pm - 12:04 amCMH-FLL
7h 34m1 stop
$202Frontier
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Fort Lauderdale to Columbus flights

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

What is the cheapest Fort Lauderdale to Columbus flight route?

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

The cheapest return flight from Fort Lauderdale to Columbus costs $89 on the route between Fort Lauderdale (FLL) and Columbus Rickenbacker Airport (LCK). Over the past month, this route was, on average, 6% cheaper than other Fort Lauderdale-Columbus routes. The most popular route is between Fort Lauderdale (FLL) and Columbus Airport (CMH).

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

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

If you are looking for a flight deal from Fort Lauderdale to Columbus, look for departures on Saturdays and avoid leaving on a Sunday, as it's usually the priciest day. When flying back from Columbus, Tuesday is the cheapest day to fly and Saturday is the most expensive.

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

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Fort Lauderdale to Columbus, 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 Fort Lauderdale to Columbus is February, where tickets cost $113 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are September and January, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is $224 and $206 respectively.

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

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Fort Lauderdale to Columbus, 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 Fort Lauderdale to Columbus, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 40% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 3 weeks before departure.

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Cheapest flight$73
Flight from Fort Lauderdale to Columbus Airport

When to book flights from Fort Lauderdale to Columbus

Are your dates flexible? Find out the best times to travel from Fort Lauderdale to Columbus 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 Fort Lauderdale to Columbus

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

    In the last 3 days, the lowest price for a flight from Fort Lauderdale to Columbus was $73 for a one-way ticket and $101 for a round-trip.

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

    Yes

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

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

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

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

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

    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 Fort Lauderdale to Columbus.

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

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Columbus from Fort Lauderdale 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 Fort Lauderdale to Columbus?

    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 Columbus with an airline and back to Fort Lauderdale with another airline.

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

    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 Columbus from Fort Lauderdale up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Prefer to fly direct from Fort Lauderdale to Columbus?

 
Direct data is based off flight results for the next 60 days. Find direct flights from all airlines flying direct from Fort Lauderdale to Columbus.
Find which airlines fly direct from Fort Lauderdale Airport to Columbus, which days they fly and book direct flights.

Direct departures

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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Direct returns

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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Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving from Fort Lauderdale to Columbus

 
See real verified KAYAK customer reviews for airlines flying from Fort Lauderdale to Columbus. 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 Fort Lauderdale to Columbus? 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.
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SouthwestOverall score based on 4242 reviews
7.5Entertainment
8.1Boarding
7.0Food
8.6Crew
8.0Comfort
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Near 4 hour flight with only 1 service. Had to use call button to request water. Internet and power not working until into flight. Internet would stop working during flight.

6.0 GoodDavid, Aug 2025MCO - DEN
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Near 4 hour flight with only 1 service. Had to use call button to request water. Internet and power not working until into flight. Internet would stop working during flight.

My flight was delayed 50 minutes and we were rushed to board to then sit for 15 minutes until the pilot arrived. Unacceptable since we could have waited to board. Also the delayed flight was updated AFTER we boarded to more than the 10 minutes as originally stated.

Other than a bit of a delay, everything was good. Again, the boarding process and picking seats is the only thing I don't enjoy.

If we are going to have to pay for luggage, make it easier to do. Put something on the app during check-in so I don't need to do it at the kiosk. I've done it twice recently and I ended up having to pay at the desk because something went wrong at the kiosk in Tampa.

Everything was on time. I was disappointed by the front section female, African American flight attendant. I did not see her name tag or would have identified by name not race. As passengers moved to the bathroom early in flight, she would say with a disdainful tone “I have to say the seat belt light is on” then go back to her book. Better trained flight attendants say something like be careful the seat belt light is on.

The price of the tickets isn't matching the flight experience. No matter how long the flight is, you're only getting pretzels. The flight attendants looked unkept and over it.

Short flight with plenty of open seats. Drinks and snacks were still provided even on such a short flight. <1 hr

WiFi on the flight was not working. Thus, entertainment options were limited.

Flight was awfully bumpy and landing was a bit jolting. I was in the restroom when snacks and drinks were served and was not asked if i wanted any. I had to ask for water finally.

Crew was great flight was great baggage claim was a failure. It took over 1 hour for bags to arrive. Poor communication poor effort when I spoke to the supervisor about the delay

Non stop on long haul is the way to go. Great experience

The boarding process needs to be refined. Sometimes the gate crew call out the boarding zone, and then flip to the monitor to show which zones are boarding. So unless everyone is gathered around to see the monitor there is usually confusion as wi which zones are boarding.

Really low quality food especially for an international flight. The crew also was surprisingly unpleasant except couple of ladies. I know we were not in first class but that’s no reason to treat customers as less.

For a 69 year old with health problems I had the worse experience, no wheelchair when I entered a lady told me to sit and wait while a gentleman told me I had to walk to the Delta station, which I did. I had a carry on and a bag, and I was traveling with my service dog, which was on his carrier and the lady charged me for my carry on luggage, beside all the waiting cause of the delay, I had to walk to get my luggage cause no wheelchair showed up, I am so disappointed. I will get in touch with the company. I got home at 3:00 am, not good for my health situation.

Flight was an hour late, who knows why. It was OK, nothing outstanding.

Excellent check-in. Crew was good. Excellent communication from flight deck.

Amazing flight! I have never noticed the uniforms of the attendants before in twenty years of flying except today when one female had the most amazing dress on. It was beautifully designed and showed she was in charge. I never dreamed I would google who designed Delta uniforms . The ultimate compliment is when another woman admires your outfit. . I hope your designer puts it on the market

This had nothing to do with Delta… The flights were on time and flawless. The service was excellent. We purchased seats in (aisle/middle) comfort plus since this was a cross country flight. Unfortunately, the woman seated at the window was 300+ pounds and, as might be expected, covered up about a third of the middle seat also. there was absolutely nothing that Delta could have done about that… I just don’t know what the answer should be. If you purchase a seat, you should should be able to use the entire seat and not just the portion that someone else is not sitting/oozing in. Disappointing…there should be something that could be done….I'm just not sure what solution could be.

The worst part was I was NOT allowed in the lounge even though I was holding a first class ticket and have a premium American Express card. I have flown Business or First Class with many airlines. Delta is the ONLY one who does not extend this courtesy to anyone except people who hold the very expensive American Express card. As a result, I won’t fly Delta if I have any other choice.

The Dekta Rep that checked us in was great. She's very personable, pleasant, and can tell she enjoys her job.

We had 3 flights. 1 & 2 were on the same plane but we had to de-board just to re-board 30 mins later. That may have been due to a crew change though. Our 3rd flight had a couple “maintenance” issues that held us up. They were quickly resolved but it took forever for someone to bring the paperwork needed so we could leave. Apparently there was a computer glitch so a driver had to bring a physical copy. It delayed us about 1 1/2 hrs. The flights themselves were smooth & no problems. For boarding, I don’t know why they don’t start with the back of the plane & move forward. It would eliminate the back up from people trying to find their seats & put their bags in the overhead bins. Unless you’re on an overseas flight, there is no food, you get a beverage & either a small bag of pretzels or a biscuit cookie. Take your own food or snacks of you want something more.

Lost bag and 2 days no word leaving for cruise no clothes or stuff

We will be writing a long, detailed letter to corporate about our awful experience with American airlines.

Internet was a bit expensive and did not work ask that week otherwise a good flight

Food was ok, but not as good as I have had before on AA.

Pretty good. The food was just mediocre, the boarding and crew were good.

Sat on the ground in Cincinnati for 50 minutes before deplaning

It was very difficult to stretch my knee out and I am very short. I also had a torn tendon in my knee which made it extra uncomfortable anyways. My husband is 6'2" and I can't imagine him flying in that plane.

Flight was delayed and after being in the airport for like seven hours, it was canceled.

It was one of my worst flight ever. First they were changing the gate for at least 4 times, changing from gate D7 to D12 to D44. Considering the size of the Miami Airport, we are talking about long distance and the train at the airport was not working. Then the flight was delayed around one hour. Then finally we boarded into the plane and when everybody was seated, there was an announcement that there is an issue with one of the tire of the plane, so we all had to get out of the plane with our belongings, to replace the tire. So we had around 2.5-hour delay

Plastic seat really hurt my back. Cannot even recline on the flight. Very hard to sleep on the plane due to terrible seats . Food and drinks were expensive and not very good. There were like 2 open exit rows behind me. My isle was full so I asked flight attendants if I could sit there. They told me it was a safety issue??? I think it more unsafe to have no one sitting there. In case of emergency, you’d want someone there to help.

Had to deplane for undisclosed mechanical issue. Landed in Chicago 3 hours late. Food voucher at FLL came just as we were recording. Crew and agents were troopers--better than Spirit last night.

I never made my flight because of their poor service, as I said in my other review: 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.

I will use spirit more New clean aircraft Excellent crew ! Quick boarding process !

The flight was delayed be over 3 hours. I tried to get a refund for Vivian Kirby and my session kept being stopped. I was NEVER able to finish the prosses...after 2 hours of attempting.

For the minimalist experience, it is really a great ride-- feels a little like public transport i guess

This gate agents are always so rude! I stopped flirting with spirit years ago for that reason I thought it would change by now. It’s so tacky they try to treat you like a school child i hate it

Flight was on time and was not crowded. Flight attendants were very understanding of my wife’s back problems.

It amaze me how other airlines leave on time and Spirit always have some type of delay. I’ve flown with Spirit many times, but it reached a point I’d rather pay twice the amount and not deal with this corporation they never do nothing to reimburse people for their time or headaches.

Spirit charges you to breathe in their presence. They have you pick and buy your seat in advance and then I got bumped from the seat I paid for because THEY overbooked the flight by a dozen people. they do not provide any entertainment, they do not provide even a small cup of water - you have to pay for everything. I will never fly Spirit again.

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