Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International in August 2025

74.3%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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 6,561 domestic departures from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International (FLL). 74.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.9% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so FLL departures were 2.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 6,885 departures with 63.7% leaving on time: a change of +10.6 points, with flights down 5%.

Flights arriving at FLL that month were on time 74.8% of the time (6,561 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, national aviation system 27% and air carrier 27%.

On time 73.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.1%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2025	Aug 2024	FLL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2025
Departed on time	74.3%	63.7%	68.4%	76.8%
Arrived on time	73.9%	63.6%	68.9%	76.3%
Cancelled	0.5%	3.5%	2.4%	1.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.6 min	26.5 min	22.1 min	17.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	219	230	248	20,079
Scheduled departures	6,561	6,885	90,381	602,378

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
NK Spirit Airlines	1,839	28%	76.8%	7.1 min	0.2%
B6 JetBlue Airways	1,499	23%	69.4%	14.9 min	0.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	941	14%	77.9%	6.7 min	0.9%
WN Southwest Airlines	818	12%	74.2%	8.2 min	0.2%
UA United Airlines	555	8%	78.2%	5.6 min	0.5%
AA American Airlines	467	7%	66.0%	25.1 min	2.6%
G4 Allegiant Air	295	4%	75.9%	10.0 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	116	2%	67.2%	15.3 min	3.4%
AS Alaska Airlines	31	0%	45.2%	24.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FLL–ATL	Fort Lauderdale to Atlanta	495	73.7%	6.7 min	0.6%
FLL–EWR	Fort Lauderdale to Newark	357	65.8%	20.6 min	0.3%
FLL–LGA	Fort Lauderdale to New York	328	76.5%	7.4 min	0.6%
FLL–JFK	Fort Lauderdale to New York	294	71.4%	17.5 min	1.0%
FLL–PHL	Fort Lauderdale to Philadelphia	253	71.1%	16.1 min	1.6%
FLL–BWI	Fort Lauderdale to Baltimore	245	77.1%	5.1 min	0.4%
FLL–CLT	Fort Lauderdale to Charlotte	244	76.2%	7.7 min	0.4%
FLL–BOS	Fort Lauderdale to Boston	240	69.6%	11.9 min	0.0%
FLL–DTW	Fort Lauderdale to Detroit	207	81.6%	9.7 min	0.0%
FLL–DFW	Fort Lauderdale to Dallas/Fort Worth	203	61.6%	26.5 min	3.9%
FLL–ORD	Fort Lauderdale to Chicago	203	75.4%	16.5 min	0.5%
FLL–SJU	Fort Lauderdale to San Juan	195	69.2%	14.5 min	1.5%

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), August 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	26.9%	33.1%	32,464
Late-arriving aircraft	39.1%	40.5%	47,173
National Aviation System	27.4%	19.2%	32,989
Extreme weather	6.4%	7.0%	7,750
Security	0.2%	0.1%	240

120,616 delay minutes on 1,649 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 August 2025?

74.3% of 6,561 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2024, 63.7% of 6,885 departures left on time and 3.5% were cancelled, against 74.3% and 0.5% in August 2025.

Provenance

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