Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International in October 2023

76.0%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 7,290 domestic departures from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International (FLL). 76.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.1% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so FLL departures were 7.8 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at FLL that month were on time 80.4% of the time (7,290 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 77.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.3%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	FLL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	76.0%	—	68.4%	83.8%
Arrived on time	77.1%	—	68.9%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.3%	—	2.4%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.5 min	—	22.1 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	243	—	248	19,966
Scheduled departures	7,290	—	90,381	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
NK Spirit Airlines	2,113	29%	73.2%	8.4 min	0.4%
B6 JetBlue Airways	1,465	20%	67.4%	14.7 min	0.3%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,316	18%	80.2%	4.3 min	0.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	956	13%	88.8%	-5.4 min	0.2%
UA United Airlines	556	8%	90.1%	-4.2 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	458	6%	84.7%	9.1 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	239	3%	66.5%	20.2 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	126	2%	62.7%	15.1 min	0.8%
AS Alaska Airlines	61	1%	91.8%	-17.8 min	3.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FLL–ATL	Fort Lauderdale to Atlanta	663	77.7%	7.3 min	0.2%
FLL–LGA	Fort Lauderdale to New York	425	79.5%	-1.4 min	0.9%
FLL–EWR	Fort Lauderdale to Newark	375	87.5%	-2.3 min	0.0%
FLL–BWI	Fort Lauderdale to Baltimore	341	83.0%	1.8 min	0.9%
FLL–JFK	Fort Lauderdale to New York	279	73.8%	6.5 min	0.0%
FLL–CLT	Fort Lauderdale to Charlotte	259	81.9%	3.8 min	0.4%
FLL–ORD	Fort Lauderdale to Chicago	253	80.2%	1.4 min	0.0%
FLL–BOS	Fort Lauderdale to Boston	247	70.4%	5.0 min	0.8%
FLL–DFW	Fort Lauderdale to Dallas/Fort Worth	241	75.5%	13.0 min	0.8%
FLL–DTW	Fort Lauderdale to Detroit	203	89.7%	-3.0 min	0.0%
FLL–BNA	Fort Lauderdale to Nashville	201	77.1%	6.2 min	0.0%
FLL–DCA	Fort Lauderdale to Washington	201	74.1%	7.9 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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	38.4%	41.3%	38,297
Late-arriving aircraft	38.5%	40.5%	38,323
National Aviation System	19.3%	14.4%	19,270
Extreme weather	2.5%	3.7%	2,478
Security	1.3%	0.2%	1,285

99,653 delay minutes on 1,629 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 October 2023?

76.0% of 7,290 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.