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Route · 12 months to July 2026
Fort Lauderdale to Albany: on-time record
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International to Albany International
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. Data through July 2026; this is a monthly history, not live flight status.
Flights from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Albany (ALB) arrived on time 61.4% of the time in the 12 months to July 2026. Reporting carriers scheduled 590 flights on the route in that period, about 1.6 a day, a distance of 1,204 miles.
That is 14.6 points below the national on-time share of 76.0% for the same period and 7.5 points below the 68.9% recorded for all departures from FLL. Flights that did arrive were 16.9 min late on average, and 1.5% of scheduled flights were cancelled (national: 1.8%).
JetBlue Airways operates most of the reported flights on the route, with 518 flights in the period.
By scheduled departure hour (local time at FLL), flights leaving from 7 am to 8 am had the highest on-time share, 87.9%; those leaving from 9 pm to 10 pm had the lowest, 19.0%.
The on-time share is down 10.2 points on the previous 12 months (71.6%); cancellations moved from 0.8% to 1.5%.
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category on this route, late-arriving aircraft 52%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 17%.
- On time 61.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 37.1%
- Cancelled 1.5%
- Diverted 0.0%
Airlines on the route compared
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 518 | 88% | 61.8% | 17.2 min | 1.7% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 51 | 9% | 52.9% | 16.5 min | 0.0% |
Carriers with at least 24 flights in the 12 months to July 2026. The on-time pill is green when a carrier is at or above the route's overall share. Regional carriers operate flights sold under larger airlines' brands; BTS lists the carrier that operated the flight.
Compared with the airports and the nation
| Measure | FLL to ALB | All departures from FLL | All arrivals at ALB | All reported flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrived on time | 61.4% | 68.9% | 73.2% | 76.0% |
| Arrived 15+ minutes late | 37.1% | 28.4% | 24.8% | 21.9% |
| Cancelled | 1.5% | 2.4% | 1.9% | 1.8% |
| Diverted | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.3% |
| Average arrival delay | 16.9 min | 14.0 min | 10.9 min | 8.1 min |
| Delay minutes per 100 flights | 2,294 | 2,134 | 1,785 | 1,684 |
| Scheduled flights | 590 | 90,381 | 12,921 | 7,043,858 |
12 months to July 2026. Delay minutes count late arrivals only (an early arrival is zero), so the per-100-flights row is a normalised total rather than an average of early and late.
The return direction, ALB to FLL, recorded 68.1% on time across 589 flights in the same period.
Month by month
Year on year: on time 61.4% against 71.6% (−10.2 pts), cancelled 1.5% against 0.8%, flights 590 against 529.
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Seasonality
| Calendar month | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg arrival delay | Years in sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 138 | 62.3% | 3.6% | 11.3 min | 3 |
| Feb | 167 | 61.7% | 3.0% | 18.6 min | 3 |
| Mar | 182 | 59.3% | 0.5% | 22.7 min | 3 |
| Apr | 169 | 72.8% | 0.0% | 8.2 min | 3 |
| May | 102 | 79.4% | 0.0% | 1.7 min | 3 |
| Jun | 111 | 65.8% | 1.8% | 13.2 min | 3 |
| Jul | 126 | 52.4% | 2.4% | 30.5 min | 3 |
| Aug | 106 | 57.5% | 0.9% | 35.9 min | 3 |
| Sep | 76 | 75.0% | 0.0% | 5.5 min | 3 |
| Oct | 80 | 70.0% | 0.0% | 4.7 min | 3 |
| Nov | 107 | 58.9% | 0.9% | 22.5 min | 3 |
| Dec | 125 | 56.0% | 0.0% | 27.9 min | 3 |
Each calendar month summed across the 36 months on file, so most rows combine three years. The pill compares the month with the route's own 12-month share.
Other routes from Fort Lauderdale (FLL)
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLL–ATL | Fort Lauderdale to Atlanta | 7,260 | 69.5% | 13.3 min | 2.4% |
| FLL–EWR | Fort Lauderdale to Newark | 4,716 | 68.3% | 14.4 min | 3.4% |
| FLL–LGA | Fort Lauderdale to New York | 4,690 | 62.4% | 19.7 min | 4.4% |
| FLL–JFK | Fort Lauderdale to New York | 3,888 | 67.3% | 14.5 min | 4.2% |
| FLL–PHL | Fort Lauderdale to Philadelphia | 3,508 | 70.0% | 16.5 min | 3.2% |
| FLL–ORD | Fort Lauderdale to Chicago | 3,464 | 67.2% | 20.2 min | 1.7% |
| FLL–BOS | Fort Lauderdale to Boston | 3,347 | 64.5% | 19.1 min | 3.5% |
| FLL–BWI | Fort Lauderdale to Baltimore | 3,118 | 69.9% | 11.7 min | 2.9% |
All 105 routes and the airport record for FLL · airport record for ALB
Questions and answers
How often are flights from Fort Lauderdale to Albany on time?
61.4% of the 590 flights scheduled from FLL to ALB in the 12 months to July 2026 arrived less than 15 minutes after their scheduled time. The national share for the same period was 76.0%. Cancelled and diverted flights count as not on time.
Which airline has the highest on-time share from FLL to ALB?
JetBlue Airways is the only reporting carrier with at least 60 flights on the route in the period, so there is no comparison to make.
What causes delays between Fort Lauderdale and Albany?
For flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late, carriers attributed the delay minutes as follows: late-arriving aircraft 52%, air carrier 27%, national aviation system 17%, extreme weather 3%, security 1%. The categories are the carriers' own reports to BTS; weather that slows the wider system is usually recorded under the National Aviation System rather than extreme weather.
What time of day has the highest on-time share from FLL?
Flights scheduled to leave FLL from 7 am to 8 am arrived on time 87.9% of the time, the highest of any hour with enough flights to compare. The lowest was 9 pm to 10 pm at 19.0%. Delays tend to build through the day as late aircraft carry over to later flights.
Is it getting better?
The on-time share for the 12 months to July 2026 was 61.4%, down 10.2 points on the previous 12 months (71.6%). The monthly chart on this page shows each of the last 36 months. Across those months, May had the highest on-time share (79.4%) and July the lowest (52.4%).
Where does this data come from?
Every figure is computed from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance files, which list each scheduled domestic flight by the carriers required to report. This page covers August 2023 to July 2026. It shows totals and averages only; it is not a live flight-status service.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (1987 to present), monthly files August 2023 to July 2026, a US government work in the public domain. Figures are totals and averages over all scheduled flights by reporting carriers on the route; no individual flight or aircraft is identified. Times are local to the departure airport. The load factor and passenger counts from the BTS T-100 series are not included in this edition. See the methodology; report processing errors through corrections.