Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL) delays & on-time performance
Fort Lauderdale, Florida · 105 nonstop destinations · 9 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at FLL right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
71%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.4%
2,129 flights
Avg arrival delay
22 min
72 min when late
Departed on time
70%
avg taxi-out 18 min
Figures cover 90,381 departures from FLL; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into FLL were on time 72% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL) arrived on time 71% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, worse than the 78% national average.
- 2.4% were cancelled, and 11% arrived an hour or more late.
- United Airlines was the most punctual airline here (83% on time); Allegiant Air was the least (61%).
- Departures scheduled around 6am did best (90% on time); around 9pm did worst (54%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (40%).
Most delayed routes from FLL
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- AVL · Asheville59%659 flts
- AUS · Austin60%1,166 flts
- TYS · Knoxville61%481 flts
- BQN · Aguadilla62%379 flts
- ALB · Albany62%590 flts
- CMH · Columbus64%764 flts
- RIC · Richmond64%809 flts
- BUF · Buffalo65%555 flts
- MSY · New Orleans65%1,411 flts
- IND · Indianapolis65%1,020 flts
Most reliable routes from FLL
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- IAD · Washington84%782 flts
- DEN · Denver83%1,607 flts
- MSP · Minneapolis82%709 flts
- IAH · Houston81%2,816 flts
- SFO · San Francisco79%1,245 flts
- MCO · Orlando78%1,448 flts
- CLT · Charlotte78%3,022 flts
- CLE · Cleveland77%1,239 flts
- STL · St. Louis77%828 flts
- LAX · Los Angeles76%2,297 flts
Best airline at FLL
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines | 83% | 1.1% | 15 min | 7 | 8,978 |
| Delta Air Lines | 77% | 2.2% | 18 min | 12 | 12,922 |
| American Airlines | 74% | 2.5% | 26 min | 7 | 7,781 |
| Southwest Airlines | 72% | 1.1% | 16 min | 30 | 11,529 |
| Alaska Airlines | 71% | 0.9% | 17 min | 3 | 644 |
| JetBlue | 67% | 2.5% | 23 min | 47 | 23,603 |
| Spirit Airlines | 67% | 4.0% | 24 min | 45 | 16,659 |
| Frontier Airlines | 63% | 3.3% | 35 min | 18 | 3,584 |
| Allegiant Air | 61% | 0.9% | 31 min | 40 | 4,681 |
Best time to fly out of FLL
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am91%1,309 flts
- 6am90%6,643 flts
- 7am89%8,345 flts
- 8am85%5,718 flts
- 9am83%4,344 flts
- 10am80%3,226 flts
- 11am75%5,756 flts
- 12pm68%5,952 flts
- 1pm68%4,282 flts
- 2pm64%4,363 flts
- 3pm64%5,009 flts
- 4pm59%5,035 flts
- 5pm58%5,938 flts
- 6pm60%6,018 flts
- 7pm60%5,143 flts
- 8pm60%8,959 flts
- 9pm54%3,137 flts
- 10pm59%1,188 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft40%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)31%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion25%
- Extreme weather4%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.