Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International in March 2026

55.8%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 9,928 domestic departures from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International (FLL). 55.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 56.7% reached their destination on time; 4.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so FLL departures were 17.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 8,771 departures with 75.1% leaving on time: a change of −19.3 points, with flights up 13%.

Flights arriving at FLL that month were on time 58.4% of the time (9,915 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 26%.

On time 56.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 38.3%
Cancelled 4.7%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	FLL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	55.8%	75.1%	68.4%	72.8%
Arrived on time	56.7%	74.2%	68.9%	73.2%
Cancelled	4.7%	1.1%	2.4%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	34.3 min	21.1 min	22.1 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	331	292	248	20,403
Scheduled departures	9,928	8,771	90,381	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	2,424	24%	58.2%	22.2 min	2.4%
NK Spirit Airlines	2,190	22%	37.4%	46.0 min	10.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	1,279	13%	64.5%	20.3 min	4.8%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,156	12%	62.2%	18.6 min	2.9%
UA United Airlines	978	10%	76.5%	12.0 min	2.4%
AA American Airlines	775	8%	68.4%	25.6 min	2.5%
G4 Allegiant Air	569	6%	48.0%	48.0 min	2.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines	469	5%	51.6%	40.2 min	5.3%
AS Alaska Airlines	88	1%	72.7%	8.0 min	1.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FLL–ATL	Fort Lauderdale to Atlanta	782	54.6%	27.7 min	6.8%
FLL–EWR	Fort Lauderdale to Newark	496	60.9%	21.4 min	4.0%
FLL–LGA	Fort Lauderdale to New York	496	40.9%	44.6 min	10.3%
FLL–ORD	Fort Lauderdale to Chicago	440	48.6%	48.7 min	5.5%
FLL–BOS	Fort Lauderdale to Boston	387	58.9%	28.8 min	3.6%
FLL–JFK	Fort Lauderdale to New York	386	54.7%	27.5 min	4.1%
FLL–DFW	Fort Lauderdale to Dallas/Fort Worth	348	62.9%	26.3 min	3.2%
FLL–PHL	Fort Lauderdale to Philadelphia	346	57.8%	27.8 min	3.5%
FLL–DTW	Fort Lauderdale to Detroit	328	54.0%	33.8 min	5.5%
FLL–CLT	Fort Lauderdale to Charlotte	324	66.7%	16.1 min	4.9%
FLL–BWI	Fort Lauderdale to Baltimore	307	55.0%	23.1 min	7.8%
FLL–IAH	Fort Lauderdale to Houston	294	69.4%	18.8 min	3.7%

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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	31.4%	33.5%	98,905
Late-arriving aircraft	37.3%	39.3%	117,334
National Aviation System	26.0%	21.0%	81,898
Extreme weather	5.1%	5.9%	16,119
Security	0.2%	0.2%	497

314,753 delay minutes on 3,802 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 March 2026?

55.8% of 9,928 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 56.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 75.1% of 8,771 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 55.8% and 4.7% in March 2026.

Provenance

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