On-Time Report

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Airport month · August 2024

Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International in August 2024

63.7%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 6,885 domestic departures from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International (FLL). 63.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 63.6% reached their destination on time; 3.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so FLL departures were 11.7 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 7,024 departures with 60.4% leaving on time: a change of +3.3 points, with flights down 2%.

Flights arriving at FLL that month were on time 64.8% of the time (6,887 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 36%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 27%.

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

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

MeasureAug 2024Aug 2023FLL, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time63.7%60.4%68.4%75.4%
Arrived on time63.6%62.4%68.9%74.7%
Cancelled3.5%1.8%2.4%2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)26.5 min30.4 min22.1 min18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day23023424820,634
Scheduled departures6,8857,02490,381619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
NK Spirit Airlines2,22532%59.4%21.7 min4.3%
B6 JetBlue Airways1,45221%60.9%23.8 min2.3%
DL Delta Air Lines93214%68.0%17.2 min2.6%
WN Southwest Airlines93114%71.4%11.4 min3.5%
UA United Airlines5438%71.6%14.3 min3.9%
AA American Airlines4206%62.1%29.3 min5.2%
G4 Allegiant Air2183%64.7%18.3 min2.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines1332%44.4%39.8 min5.3%
AS Alaska Airlines310%77.4%13.2 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
FLL–ATLFort Lauderdale to Atlanta58764.6%18.9 min2.6%
FLL–LGAFort Lauderdale to New York37160.9%25.5 min4.9%
FLL–EWRFort Lauderdale to Newark36468.1%21.5 min5.8%
FLL–BWIFort Lauderdale to Baltimore31461.1%18.9 min3.8%
FLL–JFKFort Lauderdale to New York31057.1%30.5 min6.8%
FLL–CLTFort Lauderdale to Charlotte25857.0%26.9 min5.4%
FLL–DFWFort Lauderdale to Dallas/Fort Worth24566.5%26.7 min3.3%
FLL–BOSFort Lauderdale to Boston23260.3%18.3 min1.3%
FLL–ORDFort Lauderdale to Chicago21554.0%32.0 min1.9%
FLL–PHLFort Lauderdale to Philadelphia21248.6%38.2 min7.5%
FLL–SJUFort Lauderdale to San Juan20857.7%23.1 min1.9%
FLL–IAHFort Lauderdale to Houston20363.5%20.0 min3.9%

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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Aug 2024Minutes
Air carrier28.4%33.8%49,389
Late-arriving aircraft36.2%39.8%62,914
National Aviation System27.1%20.4%47,189
Extreme weather7.9%5.9%13,763
Security0.4%0.1%640
173,895 delay minutes on 2,244 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left FLL on time in August 2024?

63.7% of 6,885 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 63.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 60.4% of 7,024 departures left on time and 1.8% were cancelled, against 63.7% and 3.5% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.