As part of United Airlines’ major expansion in the competitive Florida market, the carrier added a number of flights to West Palm Beach, Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers and Tampa on December 13-14, 1979.

This cover was carried on the December 14, 1979 inaugural United Airlines flight from West Palm Beach, Florida to Fort Lauderdale, Florida (where it was backstamped) and is listed in The American Air Mail Catalogue as UA-D54S.