Facilities and Equipment Professional Flight Training is proud of its attractive, and well equipped Ft. Lauderdale Training Center.  Offices, lounges and classrooms are comfortable and inviting.  Ground and briefing sessions are taught in clean, air-conditioned classrooms. Pre-flight facilities are state-of-the-art with computer generated weather services and flight planning.  PFT provides its students with unlimited access to the most current weather data available.  Features include “in-motion” radar images and local/regional/national outlooks.  Professional Flight Training also provides its students with a complimentary media room with personal computers and television monitors at each of ten stations.  Students can use the room to study with interactive DVDs, watch videos, and/or read.  Professional Flight Training also provides its students with their own FAA computerized examination facility. Professional Flight Training maintains a clean, well maintained fleet of Piper and Beechcraft Aircraft. Serviced by a team of on-site technicians, the fleet has excellent availability to the students.  Professional Flight Training does not participate in the aircraft rental business.  Aircraft are utilized by students enrolled in course work only.  They are subject to an ongoing schedule of regular maintenance inspections in compliance with FAR part 141.      Location Ft. Lauderdale Executive Airport Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE) is located eight miles northwest of Ft. Lauderdale International Airport , and five miles west of the Atlantic Coastline on Commercial Boulevard .  It is strategically located within Florida 's premier commercial corridor (between Miami and West Palm Beach ), and is the fifth busiest general aviation airport in the country.  For this reason, Executive provides an excellent learning environment for those seeking a career in aviation.  The student is trained to develop the radio and navigational skills needed to maneuver within intensely controlled airspace.  This is considered an extremely valuable training element and great preparation for actual commercial conditions.  The field is also equipped for instrument approaches (ILS/NDB), and is in close proximity to satellite training facilities that offer a wide variety of instrument approach procedures (ie: Pompano localizer; Palm Beach; VOR/NDB/ILS/Localizer).  Furthermore – the expansive, designated practice area to the northwest of the airport is available for intensive student training.  Commercial Airports Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport – (Drive time is approx 15 minutes).  Airport Express (954-561-8888) provides shared service to and from Ft. Lauderdale International Airport at a current rate of $14 per passenger ($35 private car).  Their vans will pick you up at the curb outside the baggage claim area.  Look for their dispatcher wearing a white shirt and tell him you need a “shared ride”. Twenty four hour notice is required for your return trip to Ft. Lauderdale . Miami International Airport – (Drive time is approx 50 minutes) The Super Shuttle (954-764-1700) provides shared service to and from MIA at a current rate of $45 per passenger.  Their vans provide pick-up on the inside van service curb located outside the baggage claim area.  Twenty four hour in advance reservations are preferred when planning your return trip to Miami.      Directions Traveling from I-95:  Take the Commercial Boulevard exit and head west approximately two miles to NW 21st Avenue .  Make a right.  Then make your very first right onto South Perimeter Road .  We are the third building on your left. Traveling from the Florida Turnpike:  Take the Commercial Boulevard exit and east approximately three miles to NW 21st Avenue .  Make a left.  Then make your fist right onto South Perimeter Road .  We are the third building on your left. For Additional Information:   Contact Professional Flight Training, 1835 South Perimeter Road, Suite #120 , Ft. Lauderdale , Florida 33309 .  Our email is info@pft-inc.com.  Or call us Toll Free at 877-938-3043, local at 954-938-3043, Facsimile 954-938-9509.