Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International in September 2023

70.3%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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 6,571 domestic departures from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International (FLL). 70.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.2% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so FLL departures were 10.2 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at FLL that month were on time 74.0% of the time (6,569 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 33%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 27%.

On time 71.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.3%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	FLL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	70.3%	—	68.4%	80.5%
Arrived on time	71.2%	—	68.9%	80.1%
Cancelled	1.3%	—	2.4%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.8 min	—	22.1 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	219	—	248	18,978
Scheduled departures	6,571	—	90,381	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
NK Spirit Airlines	1,984	30%	67.6%	15.0 min	1.5%
B6 JetBlue Airways	1,415	22%	59.0%	26.1 min	2.5%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,166	18%	76.8%	7.6 min	0.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	875	13%	81.6%	2.0 min	0.5%
UA United Airlines	487	7%	81.7%	2.2 min	1.4%
AA American Airlines	323	5%	81.1%	8.0 min	0.9%
G4 Allegiant Air	152	2%	76.3%	11.9 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	139	2%	68.3%	18.7 min	0.7%
AS Alaska Airlines	30	0%	66.7%	7.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FLL–ATL	Fort Lauderdale to Atlanta	632	75.2%	9.3 min	0.3%
FLL–LGA	Fort Lauderdale to New York	365	69.3%	10.8 min	3.3%
FLL–EWR	Fort Lauderdale to Newark	354	70.3%	12.3 min	4.0%
FLL–BWI	Fort Lauderdale to Baltimore	290	74.8%	7.2 min	1.4%
FLL–JFK	Fort Lauderdale to New York	275	64.0%	20.3 min	3.6%
FLL–BOS	Fort Lauderdale to Boston	234	55.6%	23.6 min	2.6%
FLL–DFW	Fort Lauderdale to Dallas/Fort Worth	222	77.9%	9.3 min	0.5%
FLL–ORD	Fort Lauderdale to Chicago	207	65.7%	15.1 min	0.5%
FLL–PHL	Fort Lauderdale to Philadelphia	196	76.0%	13.4 min	2.6%
FLL–DCA	Fort Lauderdale to Washington	193	71.0%	11.4 min	2.1%
FLL–CLT	Fort Lauderdale to Charlotte	186	74.2%	12.2 min	0.0%
FLL–SJU	Fort Lauderdale to San Juan	180	68.9%	16.6 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	30.7%	36.4%	38,366
Late-arriving aircraft	33.2%	38.3%	41,531
National Aviation System	27.0%	19.9%	33,768
Extreme weather	8.0%	5.1%	10,026
Security	1.1%	0.2%	1,342

125,033 delay minutes on 1,791 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 September 2023?

70.3% of 6,571 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 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 September 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.