February 24, 2026: United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 Denver to Fort Lauderdale FULL Trip Report

Here’s the first trip report to Fort Lauderdale. This was our plane, a United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 bound for Fort Lauderdale, Florida as UA1374, N17425 at Gate B41 on Tuesday, February 24th. We were there until the 26th. This plane was two weeks old. I did not post any pictures of my trip to Fort Lauderdale earlier this week until after the trip because of the death of my grandmother and we had to fly there for the funeral. I valued my privacy and didn’t want to publish it until later. I usually document my trip but I didn’t this time because I wanted people to respect our privacy as we didn’t want to make a big deal from our grief, because then people would be wanting to see me. I didn’t want to say no so I didn’t say anything at all. I did practice a little bit of volleyball on Wednesday, the 25th of February before the funeral but did not play an actual game. (0:00) Overall, it was a boring flight. Taking off at night left me with nothing to really do on board. United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 taking off to New York/Newark (EWR) as UA1715, N77590 (0:00) United Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner preparing for takeoff to Munich (MUC) as UA760, N28987 (0:13) United Airlines Boeing 777-222er getting ready for takeoff to Honolulu (HNL) as UA1805, N220UA (0:25) American Airlines A321-211 arriving from Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) as AA1832, N186US (0:35) American Airlines A321-231 (Stand Up to Cancer Livery) arrived from Phoenix (PHX) as AA1997, N162AA (0:38) Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 taxiing for takeoff to Nashville (BNA) as SW1413, N8748Q (0:45) Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 arriving from Dallas-Love Field (DAL) as SW1501, N8874Q (0:50) Onboard and settled into 26A (0:55) United Airlines plane pulling out United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 pulling in to Gate B43 from Newark (EWR) as UA2120, N37563 (1:33) We finally pulled out, 30 minutes late (1:33) Taxiing towards runway (1:51) Finally takeoff (2:12) Cruising altitude of 31,000 feet & Resettled onto 26F (4:49) Flying over Dothan, Alabama (5:23) Welcome to Florida, flying over the Sunshine State (5:36) Gulf of America, part of the Atlantic Ocean (5:44) Gulf Coast of Florida Peninsula (5:52) Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Florida (6:07) Starting our initial descent into Fort Lauderdale/Miami over Cape Coral (6:36) Flying over Florida Everglades & I-75: Alligator Alley (6:50) Final approach to Fort Lauderdale & Downtown Miami, Hollywood and landing in Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood (7:01) American and Delta Air Lines planes (8:53) Allegiant Air Boeing 737 MAX 8-200 sitting at its gate before taking off to Knoxville (TYS) the next morning as AY517, N824NV (10:01) Arrived at Gate C3 (10:21)