On-Time Report

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Airport month · March 2025

Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International in March 2025

75.1%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 8,771 domestic departures from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International (FLL). 75.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.2% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so FLL departures were 4.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 9,235 departures with 64.5% leaving on time: a change of +10.6 points, with flights down 5%.

Flights arriving at FLL that month were on time 75.7% of the time (8,771 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, national aviation system 29% and air carrier 26%.

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

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

MeasureMar 2025Mar 2024FLL, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time75.1%64.5%68.4%79.9%
Arrived on time74.2%64.4%68.9%79.3%
Cancelled1.1%1.5%2.4%1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)21.1 min28.1 min22.1 min14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day29230824820,029
Scheduled departures8,7719,23590,381600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
NK Spirit Airlines2,21625%76.5%8.6 min0.9%
B6 JetBlue Airways1,75820%72.1%12.3 min0.6%
WN Southwest Airlines1,27915%74.7%13.7 min1.2%
DL Delta Air Lines1,19914%71.6%19.3 min1.4%
UA United Airlines88710%77.7%10.2 min0.3%
AA American Airlines6988%72.5%25.2 min2.3%
G4 Allegiant Air4535%73.3%27.5 min0.9%
F9 Frontier Airlines1812%70.2%12.0 min3.9%
AS Alaska Airlines1001%75.0%-0.2 min1.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
FLL–ATLFort Lauderdale to Atlanta59972.1%17.3 min1.5%
FLL–EWRFort Lauderdale to Newark50174.3%13.1 min0.8%
FLL–JFKFort Lauderdale to New York36975.6%14.3 min0.8%
FLL–BOSFort Lauderdale to Boston36671.0%14.2 min0.3%
FLL–LGAFort Lauderdale to New York36273.8%14.0 min2.2%
FLL–CLTFort Lauderdale to Charlotte34778.1%10.8 min1.2%
FLL–BWIFort Lauderdale to Baltimore30778.8%9.9 min2.0%
FLL–ORDFort Lauderdale to Chicago29472.4%14.5 min1.0%
FLL–DTWFort Lauderdale to Detroit28771.8%15.9 min1.0%
FLL–DFWFort Lauderdale to Dallas/Fort Worth25766.1%33.2 min2.7%
FLL–IAHFort Lauderdale to Houston24879.8%7.3 min0.8%
FLL–PHLFort Lauderdale to Philadelphia24372.8%26.8 min2.5%

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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Mar 2025Minutes
Air carrier26.0%33.0%47,188
Late-arriving aircraft39.5%39.2%71,573
National Aviation System29.1%21.9%52,804
Extreme weather5.0%5.9%9,082
Security0.3%0.1%524
181,171 delay minutes on 2,132 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 March 2025?

75.1% of 8,771 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 64.5% of 9,235 departures left on time and 1.5% were cancelled, against 75.1% and 1.1% in March 2025.

Provenance

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