Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International in May 2026

74.2%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 6,437 domestic departures from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International (FLL). 74.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.2% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so FLL departures were 2.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 6,890 departures with 75.7% leaving on time: a change of −1.5 points, with flights down 7%.

Flights arriving at FLL that month were on time 74.5% of the time (6,428 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 26% and national aviation system 25%.

On time 74.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.9%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	FLL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	74.2%	75.7%	68.4%	77.1%
Arrived on time	74.2%	74.4%	68.9%	77.6%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.5%	2.4%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.6 min	18.7 min	22.1 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	215	230	248	20,391
Scheduled departures	6,437	6,890	90,381	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	1,976	31%	76.0%	6.0 min	0.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	1,143	18%	78.7%	2.0 min	1.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	954	15%	68.2%	11.0 min	0.2%
UA United Airlines	748	12%	87.3%	-4.0 min	0.3%
AA American Airlines	732	11%	71.0%	15.6 min	1.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	417	6%	55.6%	29.0 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	375	6%	66.7%	18.1 min	0.5%
NK Spirit Airlines	48	1%	58.3%	8.2 min	14.6%
AS Alaska Airlines	44	1%	88.6%	-12.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FLL–ATL	Fort Lauderdale to Atlanta	563	73.0%	6.0 min	1.8%
FLL–LGA	Fort Lauderdale to New York	359	66.6%	15.0 min	0.3%
FLL–EWR	Fort Lauderdale to Newark	310	85.8%	-4.2 min	0.3%
FLL–JFK	Fort Lauderdale to New York	304	78.6%	1.9 min	1.0%
FLL–PHL	Fort Lauderdale to Philadelphia	258	74.8%	17.9 min	0.4%
FLL–DFW	Fort Lauderdale to Dallas/Fort Worth	246	66.7%	19.3 min	2.4%
FLL–ORD	Fort Lauderdale to Chicago	229	77.3%	2.6 min	0.0%
FLL–CLT	Fort Lauderdale to Charlotte	223	82.1%	6.8 min	0.0%
FLL–BWI	Fort Lauderdale to Baltimore	215	69.8%	10.3 min	0.5%
FLL–BOS	Fort Lauderdale to Boston	206	81.6%	3.4 min	0.0%
FLL–DCA	Fort Lauderdale to Washington	195	73.3%	11.1 min	0.0%
FLL–DTW	Fort Lauderdale to Detroit	182	83.5%	0.2 min	0.5%

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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	25.9%	33.0%	25,320
Late-arriving aircraft	44.4%	40.4%	43,423
National Aviation System	25.3%	20.5%	24,801
Extreme weather	4.4%	6.0%	4,291
Security	0.1%	0.1%	62

97,897 delay minutes on 1,601 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 May 2026?

74.2% of 6,437 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 75.7% of 6,890 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 74.2% and 0.5% in May 2026.

Provenance

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