Southwest Airlines ORD to FLL on-time performance
Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Fort Lauderdale · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
66%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.0%
1 flights
Avg arrival delay
19 min
52 min when late
Rank on route
#5 of 6
route average 72% on time
Key facts
- Southwest Airlines flights on ORD to FLL arrived on time 66% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 3% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #5 of 6 airlines on this route, which averaged 72% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (54%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)54%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion46%
- Late-arriving aircraft0%
- Extreme weather0%
- Security0%
Other airlines on ORD to FLL
- United Airlines78% on time · 16 min avg delay
- Spirit Airlines64% on time · 31 min avg delay
- American Airlines71% on time · 24 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines67% on time · 29 min avg delay
- JetBlue78% on time · 15 min avg delay
Full ORD to FLL comparison →
Southwest Airlines on-time record across all routes →
33 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 1 cancelled, 0 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.