Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International in January 2025

73.6%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 7,892 domestic departures from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International (FLL). 73.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.7% reached their destination on time; 2.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so FLL departures were 5.7 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 8,460 departures with 64.9% leaving on time: a change of +8.7 points, with flights down 7%.

Flights arriving at FLL that month were on time 74.9% of the time (7,887 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 75.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.8%
Cancelled 2.2%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from FLL in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2025	Jan 2024	FLL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time	73.6%	64.9%	68.4%	79.3%
Arrived on time	75.7%	66.7%	68.9%	78.6%
Cancelled	2.2%	3.1%	2.4%	3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.6 min	22.2 min	22.1 min	14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	263	282	248	17,992
Scheduled departures	7,892	8,460	90,381	539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
NK Spirit Airlines	2,093	27%	73.5%	5.6 min	2.7%
B6 JetBlue Airways	1,586	20%	75.5%	3.2 min	1.7%
DL Delta Air Lines	1,135	14%	71.9%	13.2 min	1.9%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,069	14%	79.0%	1.7 min	2.9%
UA United Airlines	853	11%	80.9%	3.5 min	1.4%
AA American Airlines	600	8%	82.5%	-1.5 min	3.2%
G4 Allegiant Air	326	4%	72.7%	18.4 min	0.9%
F9 Frontier Airlines	134	2%	64.9%	24.0 min	4.5%
AS Alaska Airlines	96	1%	70.8%	9.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FLL–ATL	Fort Lauderdale to Atlanta	581	68.8%	17.7 min	4.6%
FLL–EWR	Fort Lauderdale to Newark	534	79.0%	1.2 min	1.7%
FLL–LGA	Fort Lauderdale to New York	388	72.4%	5.6 min	1.5%
FLL–JFK	Fort Lauderdale to New York	348	81.3%	-0.1 min	1.1%
FLL–BWI	Fort Lauderdale to Baltimore	326	78.8%	-0.4 min	5.2%
FLL–BOS	Fort Lauderdale to Boston	303	77.2%	2.4 min	1.3%
FLL–CLT	Fort Lauderdale to Charlotte	301	81.7%	-2.1 min	2.0%
FLL–ORD	Fort Lauderdale to Chicago	278	83.5%	-2.2 min	0.7%
FLL–IAH	Fort Lauderdale to Houston	238	67.6%	13.0 min	3.4%
FLL–DFW	Fort Lauderdale to Dallas/Fort Worth	222	76.6%	5.0 min	5.4%
FLL–DTW	Fort Lauderdale to Detroit	210	71.9%	11.7 min	0.5%
FLL–DCA	Fort Lauderdale to Washington	206	73.8%	-0.2 min	5.8%

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), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	34.8%	36.2%	35,148
Late-arriving aircraft	40.5%	34.7%	40,881
National Aviation System	22.3%	19.9%	22,496
Extreme weather	1.9%	9.1%	1,884
Security	0.6%	0.2%	628

101,037 delay minutes on 1,722 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 January 2025?

73.6% of 7,892 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 64.9% of 8,460 departures left on time and 3.1% were cancelled, against 73.6% and 2.2% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.