Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International in October 2025

79.1%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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 6,591 domestic departures from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International (FLL). 79.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.8% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so FLL departures were 0.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 6,766 departures with 83.1% leaving on time: a change of −4.0 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at FLL that month were on time 78.2% of the time (6,587 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 34%, national aviation system 33% and air carrier 29%.

On time 79.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.6%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2025	Oct 2024	FLL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time	79.1%	83.1%	68.4%	80.0%
Arrived on time	79.8%	83.7%	68.9%	79.1%
Cancelled	0.4%	1.0%	2.4%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.3 min	10.4 min	22.1 min	13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	220	226	248	20,195
Scheduled departures	6,591	6,766	90,381	605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
NK Spirit Airlines	1,798	27%	78.0%	3.2 min	0.7%
B6 JetBlue Airways	1,352	21%	78.5%	2.2 min	0.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	965	15%	82.3%	3.9 min	0.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	881	13%	79.6%	4.8 min	0.2%
UA United Airlines	657	10%	86.0%	-2.4 min	0.3%
AA American Airlines	503	8%	83.7%	7.9 min	0.2%
G4 Allegiant Air	277	4%	67.5%	20.0 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	127	2%	82.7%	12.3 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	31	0%	74.2%	7.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FLL–ATL	Fort Lauderdale to Atlanta	486	80.9%	3.7 min	0.2%
FLL–EWR	Fort Lauderdale to Newark	364	70.9%	12.6 min	1.6%
FLL–LGA	Fort Lauderdale to New York	326	72.7%	10.4 min	0.9%
FLL–JFK	Fort Lauderdale to New York	280	77.5%	6.9 min	1.8%
FLL–IAH	Fort Lauderdale to Houston	267	89.9%	-9.5 min	0.0%
FLL–BWI	Fort Lauderdale to Baltimore	265	82.6%	2.6 min	0.0%
FLL–CLT	Fort Lauderdale to Charlotte	264	87.9%	1.4 min	0.0%
FLL–PHL	Fort Lauderdale to Philadelphia	259	85.3%	5.0 min	0.4%
FLL–BOS	Fort Lauderdale to Boston	249	66.7%	17.8 min	0.4%
FLL–ORD	Fort Lauderdale to Chicago	219	76.3%	1.7 min	0.0%
FLL–DFW	Fort Lauderdale to Dallas/Fort Worth	215	79.1%	2.1 min	0.0%
FLL–DTW	Fort Lauderdale to Detroit	201	83.1%	-1.5 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), October 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	29.4%	34.0%	24,895
Late-arriving aircraft	34.4%	39.7%	29,081
National Aviation System	32.7%	22.9%	27,700
Extreme weather	3.4%	3.3%	2,846
Security	0.1%	0.1%	59

84,581 delay minutes on 1,294 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 October 2025?

79.1% of 6,591 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 83.1% of 6,766 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 79.1% and 0.4% in October 2025.

Provenance

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