Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International in January 2026

65.3%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 8,607 domestic departures from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International (FLL). 65.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 67.6% reached their destination on time; 4.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so FLL departures were 10.3 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 7,892 departures with 73.6% leaving on time: a change of −8.3 points, with flights up 9%.

Flights arriving at FLL that month were on time 67.6% of the time (8,596 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 67.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.5%
Cancelled 4.8%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from FLL in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	FLL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	65.3%	73.6%	68.4%	75.6%
Arrived on time	67.6%	75.7%	68.9%	75.3%
Cancelled	4.8%	2.2%	2.4%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.2 min	15.6 min	22.1 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	287	263	248	18,133
Scheduled departures	8,607	7,892	90,381	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
NK Spirit Airlines	1,992	23%	61.6%	14.2 min	6.8%
B6 JetBlue Airways	1,982	23%	63.4%	15.7 min	5.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	1,171	14%	72.9%	9.9 min	3.4%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,072	12%	71.8%	5.1 min	2.5%
UA United Airlines	913	11%	81.6%	-0.1 min	1.6%
AA American Airlines	741	9%	68.4%	17.1 min	8.1%
G4 Allegiant Air	383	4%	61.9%	19.4 min	4.2%
F9 Frontier Airlines	284	3%	60.2%	25.5 min	4.2%
AS Alaska Airlines	69	1%	68.1%	10.5 min	1.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FLL–ATL	Fort Lauderdale to Atlanta	675	68.0%	10.8 min	3.6%
FLL–EWR	Fort Lauderdale to Newark	502	70.7%	7.8 min	4.8%
FLL–LGA	Fort Lauderdale to New York	457	67.8%	15.2 min	6.3%
FLL–ORD	Fort Lauderdale to Chicago	384	62.2%	18.5 min	2.3%
FLL–JFK	Fort Lauderdale to New York	338	64.5%	14.2 min	5.9%
FLL–PHL	Fort Lauderdale to Philadelphia	328	64.0%	15.2 min	8.5%
FLL–BOS	Fort Lauderdale to Boston	304	63.8%	17.5 min	6.9%
FLL–BWI	Fort Lauderdale to Baltimore	293	67.2%	11.9 min	6.1%
FLL–CLT	Fort Lauderdale to Charlotte	278	73.0%	4.1 min	11.5%
FLL–IAH	Fort Lauderdale to Houston	271	84.1%	-4.5 min	1.5%
FLL–DFW	Fort Lauderdale to Dallas/Fort Worth	256	70.3%	12.2 min	9.8%
FLL–DTW	Fort Lauderdale to Detroit	256	62.9%	23.8 min	1.6%

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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	34.5%	37.3%	54,352
Late-arriving aircraft	41.2%	35.0%	64,901
National Aviation System	21.6%	18.0%	34,053
Extreme weather	2.3%	9.6%	3,649
Security	0.4%	0.1%	630

157,585 delay minutes on 2,364 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 January 2026?

65.3% of 8,607 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 67.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 73.6% of 7,892 departures left on time and 2.2% were cancelled, against 65.3% and 4.8% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.