PHOTO: Fog obscures the runway at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. (Courtesy of Thinkstock)
Eight flights on four different airlines heading to Fort Lauderdale this morning were forced to divert to other airports after an unusual - and unexpected - thick, heavy fog enveloped the area.
The flights - three from Spirit Airlines, three from American, one from JetBlue and one from Frontier - were diverted away from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. One Spirit Airlines flight from Los Angeles was diverted to Tampa; the other seven were diverted to Orlando.
The majority of the flights were red-eyes scheduled to land early this morning when the thick fog accumulated well before the sun came out and had a chance to burn off the clouds. In addition to the flight from LAX, flights from San Pedro Sula, Honduras; Aguadilla, Puerto Rico; Lima, Peru; Denver; and Las Vegas were also inbound when they were forced to divert.
Miami International Airport also reported it was experiencing some delays due to the fog.
The South Florida Sun-Sentinel newspaper noted that because Fort Lauderdale's airport is so close to the coastline, fog delays are unusual but not unheard of.
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