Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International in December 2024

72.3%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 8,219 domestic departures from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International (FLL). 72.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.5% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so FLL departures were 5.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 8,440 departures with 67.2% leaving on time: a change of +5.1 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at FLL that month were on time 73.6% of the time (8,239 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 74.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.8%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	FLL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	72.3%	67.2%	68.4%	77.8%
Arrived on time	74.5%	71.4%	68.9%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.5%	2.4%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.2 min	21.4 min	22.1 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	274	281	248	19,686
Scheduled departures	8,219	8,440	90,381	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
NK Spirit Airlines	2,056	25%	73.0%	10.1 min	0.2%
B6 JetBlue Airways	1,803	22%	70.5%	13.3 min	0.7%
DL Delta Air Lines	1,133	14%	75.1%	9.9 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,110	14%	79.4%	6.6 min	0.5%
UA United Airlines	834	10%	80.0%	4.1 min	0.5%
AA American Airlines	639	8%	79.5%	6.1 min	1.3%
G4 Allegiant Air	346	4%	72.3%	16.2 min	1.4%
AS Alaska Airlines	148	2%	61.5%	20.1 min	0.7%
F9 Frontier Airlines	142	2%	65.5%	21.5 min	2.1%
9E Endeavor Air	8	0%	75.0%	3.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FLL–ATL	Fort Lauderdale to Atlanta	606	72.6%	14.5 min	0.2%
FLL–EWR	Fort Lauderdale to Newark	504	70.6%	11.5 min	0.6%
FLL–LGA	Fort Lauderdale to New York	422	75.6%	5.6 min	0.2%
FLL–JFK	Fort Lauderdale to New York	391	72.4%	16.0 min	0.8%
FLL–BOS	Fort Lauderdale to Boston	344	73.0%	14.7 min	1.5%
FLL–CLT	Fort Lauderdale to Charlotte	326	80.4%	3.0 min	0.3%
FLL–BWI	Fort Lauderdale to Baltimore	291	76.6%	5.5 min	0.3%
FLL–ORD	Fort Lauderdale to Chicago	281	79.7%	8.6 min	0.0%
FLL–DFW	Fort Lauderdale to Dallas/Fort Worth	250	75.2%	14.3 min	2.8%
FLL–IAH	Fort Lauderdale to Houston	245	76.3%	6.4 min	1.2%
FLL–SJU	Fort Lauderdale to San Juan	223	69.5%	11.8 min	0.4%
FLL–DTW	Fort Lauderdale to Detroit	221	75.1%	10.6 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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	30.3%	34.3%	41,929
Late-arriving aircraft	47.2%	40.2%	65,276
National Aviation System	21.6%	17.8%	29,900
Extreme weather	0.7%	7.5%	936
Security	0.3%	0.2%	370

138,411 delay minutes on 2,035 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 December 2024?

72.3% of 8,219 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 67.2% of 8,440 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 72.3% and 0.5% in December 2024.

Provenance

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