Southwest Airlines FLL to ORD on-time performance
Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Fort Lauderdale to Chicago · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
39%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.0%
1 flights
Avg arrival delay
61 min
98 min when late
Rank on route
#6 of 6
route average 69% on time
Key facts
- Southwest Airlines flights on FLL to ORD arrived on time 39% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 3% were cancelled, and 26% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #6 of 6 airlines on this route, which averaged 69% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (80%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Air traffic control & airport congestion80%
- Late-arriving aircraft19%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)0%
- Extreme weather0%
- Security0%
Other airlines on FLL to ORD
- United Airlines75% on time · 21 min avg delay
- Spirit Airlines60% on time · 30 min avg delay
- American Airlines69% on time · 33 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines66% on time · 49 min avg delay
- JetBlue60% on time · 30 min avg delay
Full FLL to ORD comparison →
Southwest Airlines on-time record across all routes →
33 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 1 cancelled, 1 diverted.
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.