Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International in May 2024

71.2%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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 7,892 domestic departures from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International (FLL). 71.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.6% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so FLL departures were 2.2 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at FLL that month were on time 72.1% of the time (7,891 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 29%.

On time 69.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 29.0%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	May 2024	Year earlier	FLL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time	71.2%	—	68.4%	73.4%
Arrived on time	69.6%	—	68.9%	72.3%
Cancelled	0.9%	—	2.4%	1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.6 min	—	22.1 min	20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day	263	—	248	20,325
Scheduled departures	7,892	—	90,381	609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
NK Spirit Airlines	2,292	29%	63.3%	20.3 min	0.8%
B6 JetBlue Airways	1,554	20%	74.3%	9.6 min	0.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,227	16%	67.8%	17.7 min	0.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	1,053	13%	74.6%	13.1 min	0.1%
UA United Airlines	691	9%	78.6%	9.5 min	0.7%
AA American Airlines	620	8%	63.9%	33.2 min	2.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	263	3%	74.9%	12.9 min	1.9%
F9 Frontier Airlines	131	2%	67.9%	8.7 min	6.1%
AS Alaska Airlines	61	1%	67.2%	8.8 min	1.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FLL–ATL	Fort Lauderdale to Atlanta	704	67.3%	19.2 min	0.9%
FLL–EWR	Fort Lauderdale to Newark	441	75.3%	9.8 min	0.7%
FLL–LGA	Fort Lauderdale to New York	376	74.5%	9.4 min	0.0%
FLL–BWI	Fort Lauderdale to Baltimore	343	68.8%	15.4 min	0.6%
FLL–CLT	Fort Lauderdale to Charlotte	340	69.7%	20.9 min	1.2%
FLL–JFK	Fort Lauderdale to New York	314	68.8%	12.1 min	1.0%
FLL–ORD	Fort Lauderdale to Chicago	280	58.9%	44.0 min	1.4%
FLL–DFW	Fort Lauderdale to Dallas/Fort Worth	273	50.9%	37.8 min	5.1%
FLL–PHL	Fort Lauderdale to Philadelphia	250	77.2%	14.2 min	1.2%
FLL–DTW	Fort Lauderdale to Detroit	246	77.6%	9.7 min	0.4%
FLL–SJU	Fort Lauderdale to San Juan	221	73.8%	9.3 min	0.0%
FLL–BOS	Fort Lauderdale to Boston	217	64.5%	17.5 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), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	30.9%	29.8%	52,193
Late-arriving aircraft	36.9%	43.0%	62,299
National Aviation System	28.8%	20.1%	48,662
Extreme weather	2.8%	7.0%	4,709
Security	0.6%	0.1%	1,041

168,904 delay minutes on 2,292 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 May 2024?

71.2% of 7,892 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 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 May 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.