Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International in September 2025

78.7%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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 5,663 domestic departures from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International (FLL). 78.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.2% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so FLL departures were 4.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 6,037 departures with 79.1% leaving on time: a change of −0.4 points, with flights down 6%.

Flights arriving at FLL that month were on time 81.5% of the time (5,672 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 33%, late-arriving aircraft 29% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 82.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.1%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2025	Sep 2024	FLL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time	78.7%	79.1%	68.4%	83.1%
Arrived on time	82.2%	77.2%	68.9%	82.8%
Cancelled	0.4%	0.6%	2.4%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.8 min	13.1 min	22.1 min	12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	189	201	248	18,748
Scheduled departures	5,663	6,037	90,381	562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
NK Spirit Airlines	1,807	32%	79.6%	3.6 min	0.6%
B6 JetBlue Airways	1,077	19%	81.6%	1.0 min	0.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	865	15%	83.1%	2.0 min	0.5%
WN Southwest Airlines	768	14%	84.4%	-1.0 min	0.3%
UA United Airlines	467	8%	87.2%	-5.4 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	412	7%	80.3%	3.9 min	1.5%
G4 Allegiant Air	142	3%	87.3%	3.3 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	95	2%	92.6%	-11.3 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	30	1%	70.0%	7.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FLL–ATL	Fort Lauderdale to Atlanta	453	83.4%	3.3 min	0.0%
FLL–LGA	Fort Lauderdale to New York	311	81.4%	-3.1 min	0.3%
FLL–EWR	Fort Lauderdale to Newark	291	75.3%	6.8 min	0.7%
FLL–JFK	Fort Lauderdale to New York	258	84.9%	-3.1 min	0.0%
FLL–BWI	Fort Lauderdale to Baltimore	236	87.3%	-4.4 min	0.4%
FLL–BOS	Fort Lauderdale to Boston	232	68.1%	16.6 min	1.7%
FLL–CLT	Fort Lauderdale to Charlotte	227	85.0%	0.2 min	0.4%
FLL–PHL	Fort Lauderdale to Philadelphia	213	84.0%	-1.9 min	0.5%
FLL–ORD	Fort Lauderdale to Chicago	206	84.5%	-0.3 min	0.5%
FLL–DFW	Fort Lauderdale to Dallas/Fort Worth	204	68.1%	14.4 min	2.5%
FLL–IAH	Fort Lauderdale to Houston	195	85.1%	-7.3 min	0.0%
FLL–DTW	Fort Lauderdale to Detroit	167	87.4%	-4.8 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), September 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	33.3%	34.3%	24,130
Late-arriving aircraft	29.3%	37.4%	21,224
National Aviation System	20.6%	22.6%	14,912
Extreme weather	16.6%	5.6%	12,040
Security	0.2%	0.1%	140

72,446 delay minutes on 967 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 September 2025?

78.7% of 5,663 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 79.1% of 6,037 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 78.7% and 0.4% in September 2025.

Provenance

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