Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International in February 2024

73.9%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 8,111 domestic departures from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International (FLL). 73.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.7% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so FLL departures were 10.1 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at FLL that month were on time 78.9% of the time (8,113 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 72.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.6%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from FLL in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	FLL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	73.9%	—	68.4%	84.0%
Arrived on time	72.7%	—	68.9%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.6%	—	2.4%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.1 min	—	22.1 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	270	—	248	17,307
Scheduled departures	8,111	—	90,381	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
NK Spirit Airlines	2,039	25%	65.5%	15.4 min	0.7%
B6 JetBlue Airways	1,667	21%	70.3%	13.1 min	1.1%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,371	17%	70.3%	14.2 min	0.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	1,018	13%	79.6%	7.9 min	0.4%
UA United Airlines	757	9%	87.6%	-3.4 min	0.5%
AA American Airlines	633	8%	80.9%	9.0 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	283	3%	66.8%	27.0 min	1.1%
AS Alaska Airlines	174	2%	69.5%	5.0 min	0.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines	169	2%	75.7%	12.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FLL–ATL	Fort Lauderdale to Atlanta	679	72.9%	12.6 min	0.0%
FLL–EWR	Fort Lauderdale to Newark	488	79.9%	2.0 min	1.4%
FLL–LGA	Fort Lauderdale to New York	428	71.0%	11.6 min	1.2%
FLL–CLT	Fort Lauderdale to Charlotte	326	76.7%	9.1 min	0.0%
FLL–BWI	Fort Lauderdale to Baltimore	320	72.8%	12.4 min	0.6%
FLL–JFK	Fort Lauderdale to New York	311	73.6%	14.8 min	1.9%
FLL–BOS	Fort Lauderdale to Boston	293	62.8%	19.0 min	2.4%
FLL–ORD	Fort Lauderdale to Chicago	291	77.0%	11.8 min	0.3%
FLL–DFW	Fort Lauderdale to Dallas/Fort Worth	248	72.6%	10.8 min	0.0%
FLL–DCA	Fort Lauderdale to Washington	243	76.1%	7.1 min	0.0%
FLL–PHL	Fort Lauderdale to Philadelphia	230	74.3%	13.7 min	0.4%
FLL–DTW	Fort Lauderdale to Detroit	214	79.9%	5.4 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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	36.7%	35.9%	49,128
Late-arriving aircraft	38.8%	36.9%	51,966
National Aviation System	20.7%	21.7%	27,684
Extreme weather	2.8%	5.3%	3,746
Security	1.1%	0.3%	1,520

134,044 delay minutes on 2,155 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 February 2024?

73.9% of 8,111 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 2023 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 February 2024; 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.