Originally Posted by SoFloFlyer

I remember being in DEN when Kirby came through. He was asked about FLL and the NK gates/FLL hub possibility. He mentioned that FLL doesn’t have the infrastructure to be a hub. Only 2 runways and the NK gates (which is next to B6) is limited. NK owns something like 12 gates and hubs require a lot more than 12 gates. UA also
parks on the north side. It would be very inconvenient for a UA pax to run over to the south side and clear security again just to fly out of there.

Anything can happen, but I doubt FLL ever becomes a hub to compete with MIA. It’s just not there and probably will never be.