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Delta Air Lines JFK to FLL on-time performance

Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from New York to Fort Lauderdale · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
76%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.7%
59 flights
Avg arrival delay
17 min
67 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 2
route average 72% on time

Key facts

  • Delta Air Lines flights on JFK to FLL arrived on time 76% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 3.7% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 72% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (36%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 75.0% on time, 5.6% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 81.1% on time, 1.6% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 82.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 77.7% on time, 2.4% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 76.3% on time, 1.5% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 60.6% on time, 6.6% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 72.8% on time, 5.6% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 71.8% on time, 8.1% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 66.4% on time, 5.2% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 85.2% on time, 0.7% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 87.3% on time, 1.6% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 83.9% on time, 1.7% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 69.0% on time, 8.1% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Air traffic control & airport congestion36%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)31%
  • Late-arriving aircraft31%
  • Extreme weather2%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on JFK to FLL

1,614 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 59 cancelled, 6 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.