On-Time Report

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Route · 12 months to July 2026

Fort Lauderdale to Memphis: on-time record

Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International to Memphis International

57.0%arrived 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. Data through July 2026; this is a monthly history, not live flight status.

Flights from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Memphis (MEM) arrived on time 57.0% of the time in the 12 months to July 2026. Reporting carriers scheduled 207 flights on the route in that period, about 0.6 a day, a distance of 851 miles.

That is 19.0 points below the national on-time share of 76.0% for the same period and 11.9 points below the 68.9% recorded for all departures from FLL. Flights that did arrive were 39.8 min late on average, and 1.0% of scheduled flights were cancelled (national: 1.8%).

Allegiant Air is the only reporting carrier on the route, with 189 flights in the period.

By scheduled departure hour (local time at FLL), flights leaving from 6 am to 7 am had the highest on-time share, 84.7%; those leaving from 4 pm to 5 pm had the lowest, 30.2%.

The on-time share is down 20.5 points on the previous 12 months (77.5%); cancellations moved from 1.8% to 1.0%.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category on this route, air carrier 36%, national aviation system 28% and late-arriving aircraft 27%.

57.0%arrived on timenational 76.0%
39.8 minaverage arrival delayearly arrivals count as negative; national 8.1 min
1.0%cancellednational 1.8%
17flights a month207 in 12 months · 851 miles
Every scheduled FLL to MEM flight by a reporting carrier, August 2025 to July 2026.

Airlines on the route compared

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
G4 Allegiant Air18991%55.0%42.2 min1.1%

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

MeasureFLL to MEMAll departures from FLLAll arrivals at MEMAll reported flights
Arrived on time57.0%68.9%73.5%76.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late42.0%28.4%24.2%21.9%
Cancelled1.0%2.4%2.2%1.8%
Diverted0.0%0.3%0.1%0.3%
Average arrival delay39.8 min14.0 min9.4 min8.1 min
Delay minutes per 100 flights4,3712,1341,6821,684
Scheduled flights20790,38124,7207,043,858

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, MEM to FLL, recorded 42.5% on time across 207 flights in the same period.

Month by month

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Share of scheduled FLL to MEM flights that arrived on time, Aug 2023 to Jul 2026. Green columns are at or above the national figure for that month (the dark tick), amber below it, red more than eight points below.

Year on year: on time 57.0% against 77.5% (−20.5 pts), cancelled 1.0% against 1.8%, flights 207 against 222.

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of flights that arrived on time, by the hour they were scheduled to leave FLL (local time), 12 months to July 2026. Faded cells have few flights. Hover or tap a cell for counts.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNationalMinutes
Air carrier35.5%33.3%3,142
Late-arriving aircraft27.2%39.7%2,404
National Aviation System27.6%20.7%2,441
Extreme weather9.3%6.1%824
Security0.3%0.1%30
8,841 delay minutes on 87 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Seasonality

Calendar monthFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg arrival delayYears in sample
Jan3066.7%3.3%17.1 min3
Feb3043.3%0.0%47.1 min3
Mar6358.7%4.8%39.7 min3
Apr5060.0%2.0%25.0 min3
May6170.5%0.0%16.7 min3
Jun8967.4%0.0%23.2 min3
Jul7682.9%1.3%6.0 min3
Aug4383.7%0.0%15.6 min3
Sep3482.4%0.0%12.4 min3
Oct2885.7%0.0%4.3 min3
Nov2989.7%0.0%5.3 min3
Dec3655.6%5.6%28.7 min3

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)

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
FLL–ATLFort Lauderdale to Atlanta7,26069.5%13.3 min2.4%
FLL–EWRFort Lauderdale to Newark4,71668.3%14.4 min3.4%
FLL–LGAFort Lauderdale to New York4,69062.4%19.7 min4.4%
FLL–JFKFort Lauderdale to New York3,88867.3%14.5 min4.2%
FLL–PHLFort Lauderdale to Philadelphia3,50870.0%16.5 min3.2%
FLL–ORDFort Lauderdale to Chicago3,46467.2%20.2 min1.7%
FLL–BOSFort Lauderdale to Boston3,34764.5%19.1 min3.5%
FLL–BWIFort Lauderdale to Baltimore3,11869.9%11.7 min2.9%

All 105 routes and the airport record for FLL · airport record for MEM

Questions and answers

How often are flights from Fort Lauderdale to Memphis on time?

57.0% of the 207 flights scheduled from FLL to MEM 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 MEM?

Allegiant Air 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 Memphis?

For flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late, carriers attributed the delay minutes as follows: air carrier 36%, national aviation system 28%, late-arriving aircraft 27%, extreme weather 9%, security 0%. 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 6 am to 7 am arrived on time 84.7% of the time, the highest of any hour with enough flights to compare. The lowest was 4 pm to 5 pm at 30.2%. 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 57.0%, down 20.5 points on the previous 12 months (77.5%). The monthly chart on this page shows each of the last 36 months.

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.