Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International in August 2023

60.4%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 7,024 domestic departures from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International (FLL). 60.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 62.4% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so FLL departures were 16.3 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at FLL that month were on time 67.6% of the time (7,026 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 62.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 35.4%
Cancelled 1.8%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from FLL in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	FLL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	60.4%	—	68.4%	76.7%
Arrived on time	62.4%	—	68.9%	76.9%
Cancelled	1.8%	—	2.4%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	30.4 min	—	22.1 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	234	—	248	20,100
Scheduled departures	7,024	—	90,381	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
NK Spirit Airlines	1,824	26%	53.0%	29.6 min	1.1%
B6 JetBlue Airways	1,519	22%	55.4%	29.1 min	4.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,316	19%	66.9%	16.1 min	0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	941	13%	74.3%	13.6 min	1.2%
UA United Airlines	551	8%	77.3%	8.6 min	0.7%
AA American Airlines	448	6%	73.4%	20.4 min	1.3%
G4 Allegiant Air	206	3%	54.9%	34.4 min	1.9%
F9 Frontier Airlines	188	3%	54.8%	30.4 min	6.4%
AS Alaska Airlines	31	0%	71.0%	11.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FLL–ATL	Fort Lauderdale to Atlanta	655	61.8%	26.9 min	1.5%
FLL–EWR	Fort Lauderdale to Newark	389	66.8%	15.9 min	1.3%
FLL–LGA	Fort Lauderdale to New York	372	67.2%	12.0 min	2.4%
FLL–BWI	Fort Lauderdale to Baltimore	352	66.2%	20.6 min	2.0%
FLL–JFK	Fort Lauderdale to New York	316	60.8%	29.0 min	3.2%
FLL–DFW	Fort Lauderdale to Dallas/Fort Worth	252	71.8%	16.8 min	0.8%
FLL–PHL	Fort Lauderdale to Philadelphia	234	66.7%	19.7 min	1.7%
FLL–CLT	Fort Lauderdale to Charlotte	216	64.8%	31.6 min	1.9%
FLL–BOS	Fort Lauderdale to Boston	206	55.8%	32.3 min	1.0%
FLL–ORD	Fort Lauderdale to Chicago	202	61.9%	24.2 min	0.0%
FLL–DCA	Fort Lauderdale to Washington	200	56.0%	21.6 min	4.5%
FLL–SJU	Fort Lauderdale to San Juan	200	62.5%	24.2 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	31.7%	36.7%	61,991
Late-arriving aircraft	38.2%	42.2%	74,618
National Aviation System	21.6%	15.7%	42,265
Extreme weather	6.7%	5.1%	13,018
Security	1.8%	0.2%	3,595

195,487 delay minutes on 2,488 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left FLL on time in August 2023?

60.4% of 7,024 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 62.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for FLL · methodology · corrections.