When can I see the ISS over Fort Lauderdale tonight?

The next ISS pass over Fort Lauderdale starts at 04:11 local time on Friday 16 Oct, reaching 14° above the horizon. It is not visible to the naked eye, though. The next one you can actually see is Friday 16 Oct at 05:47, reaching 29°.

Which direction should I look?

The ISS always moves from roughly west to east. It looks like a very bright, fast, non-blinking star crossing the whole sky in a few minutes.

ISS over Fort Lauderdale — next pass times

Upcoming International Space Station passes over Fort Lauderdale, USA for the next 3 days, in local Fort Lauderdale time — computed from the latest orbital data and refreshed automatically.

🛰 Next ISS pass over Fort Lauderdale

Friday 16 Oct · 05:47 ★ · 29°

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Times shift and most passes cross in daylight — we email you the day before each pass genuinely visible, and only when the sky will be clear, over Fort Lauderdale: dark sky, station still lit by the Sun. Never watch an empty sky.

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Date	Local time	Max height	Lasts	Viewing
Friday 16 Oct	04:11	14°	~4 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Friday 16 Oct	05:47 visible 05:51–05:52	29°	~6 min	★ good
Friday 16 Oct	13:58	81°	~7 min	☀ daylight

Saturday 17 Oct	04:59	58°	~7 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Saturday 17 Oct	13:11	40°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Sunday 18 Oct	04:12	62°	~7 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Sunday 18 Oct	12:24	22°	~6 min	☀ daylight
Sunday 18 Oct	14:01	20°	~5 min	☀ daylight
Monday 19 Oct	03:25	28°	~6 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Monday 19 Oct	05:02	16°	~5 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Monday 19 Oct	11:38	13°	~4 min	☀ daylight
Monday 19 Oct	13:13	40°	~6 min	☀ daylight
Tuesday 20 Oct	02:39	15°	~4 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Tuesday 20 Oct	04:14	28°	~6 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Tuesday 20 Oct	12:26	90°	~7 min	☀ daylight

When will the International Space Station pass over Fort Lauderdale?

ISS stands for the International Space Station — the largest and brightest human-made object in orbit around Earth. Passes over Fort Lauderdale above 10° in the next 10 days: 29. Of those, visible to the naked eye: 1.

The next pass of the International Space Station over Fort Lauderdale is on Friday 16 Oct at 04:11 local time, reaching 14° above the horizon. The next pass you can actually see is on Friday 16 Oct at 05:47 (29° above the horizon).

How to spot it

Look for a bright, fast “star” that doesn't blink — the ISS outshines everything except the Moon and Venus.
It moves west to east, crossing the whole sky in 3–6 minutes.
Evening and pre-dawn passes are the visible ones — the station must be sunlit while your sky is dark. 1 good window in the next 3 days (marked ★).
Fort Lauderdale sits within the ISS's orbital band, so it can pass nearly straight overhead — those 70°+ passes are spectacular.