Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International in December 2025

61.4%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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 8,886 domestic departures from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International (FLL). 61.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 63.4% reached their destination on time; 2.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so FLL departures were 10.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 8,219 departures with 72.3% leaving on time: a change of −10.9 points, with flights up 8%.

Flights arriving at FLL that month were on time 63.1% of the time (8,909 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 63.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 34.3%
Cancelled 2.1%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	FLL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	61.4%	72.3%	68.4%	72.0%
Arrived on time	63.4%	74.5%	68.9%	71.9%
Cancelled	2.1%	0.5%	2.4%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	27.2 min	19.2 min	22.1 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	296	274	248	19,410
Scheduled departures	8,886	8,219	90,381	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	2,285	26%	57.5%	25.1 min	2.2%
NK Spirit Airlines	1,833	21%	58.2%	22.3 min	2.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	1,188	13%	68.6%	15.4 min	3.4%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,083	12%	66.2%	15.3 min	1.1%
UA United Airlines	924	10%	78.6%	6.5 min	0.8%
AA American Airlines	745	8%	73.3%	13.7 min	0.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	431	5%	53.4%	27.9 min	0.9%
F9 Frontier Airlines	302	3%	56.3%	37.8 min	4.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	95	1%	52.6%	23.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FLL–ATL	Fort Lauderdale to Atlanta	686	66.2%	14.9 min	2.6%
FLL–EWR	Fort Lauderdale to Newark	486	59.7%	22.2 min	3.3%
FLL–LGA	Fort Lauderdale to New York	455	53.2%	30.1 min	5.9%
FLL–JFK	Fort Lauderdale to New York	384	58.3%	26.2 min	5.2%
FLL–BOS	Fort Lauderdale to Boston	360	60.0%	27.2 min	2.8%
FLL–ORD	Fort Lauderdale to Chicago	360	68.3%	17.6 min	0.6%
FLL–PHL	Fort Lauderdale to Philadelphia	325	70.2%	19.0 min	1.5%
FLL–BWI	Fort Lauderdale to Baltimore	281	60.9%	20.8 min	2.5%
FLL–DTW	Fort Lauderdale to Detroit	280	59.3%	22.8 min	2.1%
FLL–IAH	Fort Lauderdale to Houston	279	81.7%	-0.7 min	0.4%
FLL–SJU	Fort Lauderdale to San Juan	261	56.3%	21.5 min	1.1%
FLL–CLT	Fort Lauderdale to Charlotte	258	73.6%	9.9 min	0.4%

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), December 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	32.3%	33.3%	70,001
Late-arriving aircraft	47.7%	41.1%	103,441
National Aviation System	19.3%	19.1%	41,802
Extreme weather	0.5%	6.4%	1,191
Security	0.1%	0.2%	318

216,753 delay minutes on 3,046 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 December 2025?

61.4% of 8,886 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 63.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 72.3% of 8,219 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 61.4% and 2.1% in December 2025.

Provenance

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