Travelogue: Day 11 - Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Cincinnati, Ohio (almost)

From sunny south Florida, we move on to Cincinnati today. Well, not quite. Cincinnati's major airport happens to be located just over the river in Covington, Kentucky -- hence the name: Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. But if you're feeling blue about leaving Florida behind, not to worry -- we will be back yet again very shortly.

We start off this trip at Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport. Fort Lauderdale is a very popular airport with low-cost carriers serving the south Florida market. Vacation-oriented airline Spirit Airlines uses Fort Lauderdale as a base, and the airport also happens to be a major focus city for several airlines, including Allegiant Air, JetBlue, and AirTran. Southwest Airlines has also rapidly expanded to become a significant presence at the airport as well. Located only 20 miles north of Miami, Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International is a viable secondary alternative to Miami International Airport in south Florida.

We are directed to taxi to Runway 9L for takeoff. We will briefly fly over the water before we swing back to the northwest on our way to Cincinnati:



And we're off!



We do a U-turn back to the west. The airport and downtown Fort Lauderdale are right below us:



Initially, our routing is somewhat similar to the Miami-Atlanta leg of a few days ago. Here is Lake Okeechobee:



Flying along Florida's Atlantic coast:



Jacksonville, Florida is below us here. The airport is, of course, Jacksonville International Airport:



Over southern Georgia, there isn't much to see here:



Over northern Georgia, the terrain gets much hillier and more woodsy:



Eastern Tennessee and Kentucky aren't much different than this:





Finally we begin our descent into Cincinnati. We have been directed to circle around and land on 18L. We will do a nice little flyby over the city as we come in:



Downtown Cincinnati is visible here:



Here we are on final for 18L, touching down soon. We are actually over Ohio here, but we will cross over the Ohio River back into Kentucky again just before touching down:



Looking east, we can see the Cincinnati skyline while we are on short final:


Ahead, the Ohio River and the airport:



We touch down on 18L just fine!



Welcome to Cincinnati, also known as the "Queen City!" It's actually rather nice. Lots of hills and scenic views of the Ohio River abound.

Total flight time: around 2 hours.

Next stop: back to Florida again! Tampa, this time.