Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International in February 2025

77.1%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 7,387 domestic departures from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International (FLL). 77.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.7% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so FLL departures were 2.1 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 8,111 departures with 73.9% leaving on time: a change of +3.2 points, with flights down 9%.

Flights arriving at FLL that month were on time 77.0% of the time (7,383 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 27%.

On time 79.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.2%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	FLL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	77.1%	73.9%	68.4%	79.2%
Arrived on time	79.7%	72.7%	68.9%	77.9%
Cancelled	1.0%	0.6%	2.4%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.6 min	18.1 min	22.1 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	246	270	248	16,830
Scheduled departures	7,387	8,111	90,381	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
NK Spirit Airlines	1,869	25%	82.3%	0.7 min	0.5%
B6 JetBlue Airways	1,545	21%	76.1%	6.1 min	1.7%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,039	14%	81.3%	2.9 min	1.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	1,033	14%	78.6%	5.9 min	0.2%
UA United Airlines	758	10%	83.6%	0.5 min	0.5%
AA American Airlines	567	8%	80.2%	12.7 min	2.6%
G4 Allegiant Air	315	4%	74.9%	16.0 min	0.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines	177	2%	72.3%	26.3 min	0.6%
AS Alaska Airlines	84	1%	72.6%	3.5 min	2.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FLL–ATL	Fort Lauderdale to Atlanta	530	75.3%	6.6 min	0.0%
FLL–EWR	Fort Lauderdale to Newark	472	79.9%	3.0 min	1.3%
FLL–LGA	Fort Lauderdale to New York	344	79.7%	7.1 min	1.5%
FLL–BOS	Fort Lauderdale to Boston	341	75.1%	9.5 min	1.2%
FLL–JFK	Fort Lauderdale to New York	338	79.0%	5.3 min	1.2%
FLL–CLT	Fort Lauderdale to Charlotte	295	83.1%	-2.3 min	2.4%
FLL–BWI	Fort Lauderdale to Baltimore	280	84.3%	-3.1 min	1.4%
FLL–ORD	Fort Lauderdale to Chicago	242	81.4%	12.4 min	1.7%
FLL–DTW	Fort Lauderdale to Detroit	220	82.7%	3.7 min	0.0%
FLL–IAH	Fort Lauderdale to Houston	196	81.6%	-1.8 min	0.0%
FLL–DFW	Fort Lauderdale to Dallas/Fort Worth	194	78.4%	6.4 min	1.0%
FLL–DCA	Fort Lauderdale to Washington	191	60.7%	22.3 min	2.6%

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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	29.1%	33.9%	30,142
Late-arriving aircraft	42.8%	36.9%	44,291
National Aviation System	26.8%	22.5%	27,723
Extreme weather	1.1%	6.6%	1,162
Security	0.2%	0.1%	247

103,565 delay minutes on 1,417 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 February 2025?

77.1% of 7,387 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 73.9% of 8,111 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 77.1% and 1.0% in February 2025.

Provenance

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