Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International in September 2024

79.1%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 6,037 domestic departures from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International (FLL). 79.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.2% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so FLL departures were 5.3 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 6,571 departures with 70.3% leaving on time: a change of +8.8 points, with flights down 8%.

Flights arriving at FLL that month were on time 80.7% of the time (6,028 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 32%, national aviation system 28% and late-arriving aircraft 28%.

On time 77.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.0%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	FLL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	79.1%	70.3%	68.4%	84.4%
Arrived on time	77.2%	71.2%	68.9%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.6%	1.3%	2.4%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.1 min	20.8 min	22.1 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	201	219	248	19,421
Scheduled departures	6,037	6,571	90,381	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
NK Spirit Airlines	1,916	32%	73.3%	8.6 min	0.9%
B6 JetBlue Airways	1,267	21%	76.6%	6.4 min	0.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	886	15%	78.3%	7.8 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	847	14%	84.4%	1.8 min	0.4%
UA United Airlines	480	8%	86.5%	-3.0 min	0.2%
AA American Airlines	366	6%	72.7%	13.0 min	0.8%
G4 Allegiant Air	150	2%	79.3%	5.1 min	3.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines	95	2%	55.8%	20.9 min	4.2%
AS Alaska Airlines	30	0%	90.0%	-9.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FLL–ATL	Fort Lauderdale to Atlanta	540	70.2%	16.4 min	1.3%
FLL–LGA	Fort Lauderdale to New York	340	80.9%	3.3 min	0.0%
FLL–EWR	Fort Lauderdale to Newark	336	81.0%	1.6 min	0.3%
FLL–BWI	Fort Lauderdale to Baltimore	287	77.0%	4.8 min	0.3%
FLL–JFK	Fort Lauderdale to New York	271	74.5%	9.4 min	0.0%
FLL–DFW	Fort Lauderdale to Dallas/Fort Worth	245	73.1%	10.4 min	0.0%
FLL–BOS	Fort Lauderdale to Boston	241	73.0%	10.4 min	0.0%
FLL–CLT	Fort Lauderdale to Charlotte	228	69.3%	16.7 min	1.8%
FLL–IAH	Fort Lauderdale to Houston	193	78.8%	3.7 min	1.0%
FLL–ORD	Fort Lauderdale to Chicago	176	77.3%	5.8 min	0.0%
FLL–SJU	Fort Lauderdale to San Juan	164	73.8%	8.7 min	0.0%
FLL–PHL	Fort Lauderdale to Philadelphia	162	68.5%	16.6 min	0.6%

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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	31.9%	38.6%	25,319
Late-arriving aircraft	27.8%	38.4%	22,015
National Aviation System	28.2%	18.2%	22,327
Extreme weather	11.8%	4.8%	9,376
Security	0.3%	0.1%	272

79,309 delay minutes on 1,329 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 2024?

79.1% of 6,037 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 70.3% of 6,571 departures left on time and 1.3% were cancelled, against 79.1% and 0.6% in September 2024.

Provenance

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