Record attendance at Florida Airports Council conference in Broward County
Record attendance drew Florida airport leaders to Broward County, where Lamar Fisher highlighted the state’s 129 public airports and their $336 billion economic footprint.
Record attendance marked the 57th Annual Florida Airports Council Conference & Exposition in Broward County, where County Commissioner Lamar Fisher welcomed airport leaders and put aviation’s economic role front and center. Fisher, a fourth-generation Broward resident who once served as mayor of Pompano Beach and was elected to the Broward County Commission in 2018, gave the county a direct voice at an event built around airport policy and operations.
The Florida Airports Council says Florida’s 129 public airports generate $336 billion in economic activity and support 1.4 million jobs. The council describes airports as “the backbone of a thriving aviation industry” and says they connect Florida’s communities to the world, a scale that made the Broward meeting relevant well beyond the convention floor.
That context matters in Broward because the county’s aviation department oversees Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and North Perry Airport. Those two airports sit at the center of Broward’s aviation footprint, and the county’s annual reports treat both as major public assets.
The conference also fit into a continuing statewide circuit of airport gatherings. The Florida Airports Council’s 56th annual conference had been hosted in Tampa, presented by AVCON and supported by Lakeland Linder International Airport, Sarasota Bradenton International Airport and St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport. Planning for the Broward event was already underway by late July 2025, when the council’s program schedule page referenced a tentative schedule file dated July 28, 2025.
For Broward residents, the takeaway was not just the size of the crowd, but the scale of the industry being discussed in their backyard. With Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and North Perry Airport under county oversight, the policy conversations that filled the conference carried direct implications for local jobs, airport operations and the county’s role in Florida’s aviation economy.
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