On-Time Report

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Route · 12 months to July 2026

Fort Lauderdale to Phoenix: on-time record

Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International to Phoenix Sky Harbor International

71.8%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.

71.8% of scheduled FLL to PHX flights arrived on time in the 12 months to July 2026. The figure covers 570 flights between Fort Lauderdale and Phoenix by carriers that report to BTS, a distance of 1,972 miles.

That is 4.2 points below the national on-time share of 76.0% for the same period and 2.9 points above the 68.9% recorded for all departures from FLL. Flights that did arrive were 11.0 min late on average, and 0.7% of scheduled flights were cancelled (national: 1.8%).

2 reporting carriers flew the route at least 60 times. JetBlue Airways had the highest on-time share at 74.4% of 297 flights; American Airlines had the lowest at 64.6% of 212.

By scheduled departure hour (local time at FLL), flights leaving from 9 am to 10 am had the highest on-time share, 84.4%; those leaving from 8 pm to 9 pm had the lowest, 51.6%.

The on-time share is down 8.5 points on the previous 12 months (80.3%); cancellations moved from 0.7% to 0.7%.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category on this route, late-arriving aircraft 37%, air carrier 26% and national aviation system 19%.

71.8%arrived on timenational 76.0%
11.0 minaverage arrival delayearly arrivals count as negative; national 8.1 min
0.7%cancellednational 1.8%
48flights a month570 in 12 months · 1,972 miles
Every scheduled FLL to PHX flight by a reporting carrier, August 2025 to July 2026.

Airlines on the route compared

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways29752%74.4%3.8 min0.7%
AA American Airlines21237%64.6%25.0 min0.5%
NK Spirit Airlines438%90.7%-9.9 min0.0%

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

MeasureFLL to PHXAll departures from FLLAll arrivals at PHXAll reported flights
Arrived on time71.8%68.9%78.7%76.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late27.2%28.4%20.1%21.9%
Cancelled0.7%2.4%0.9%1.8%
Diverted0.4%0.3%0.2%0.3%
Average arrival delay11.0 min14.0 min6.9 min8.1 min
Delay minutes per 100 flights2,0582,1341,5811,684
Scheduled flights57090,381197,6477,043,858

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, PHX to FLL, recorded 65.2% on time across 572 flights in the same period.

Month by month

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Share of scheduled FLL to PHX 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 71.8% against 80.3% (−8.5 pts), cancelled 0.7% against 0.7%, flights 570 against 295.

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 carrier26.3%33.3%2,939
Late-arriving aircraft37.4%39.7%4,182
National Aviation System18.6%20.7%2,075
Extreme weather17.7%6.1%1,971
Security0.0%0.1%0
11,167 delay minutes on 155 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
Jan14068.6%1.4%8.6 min3
Feb13171.8%0.8%8.2 min3
Mar16463.4%1.8%22.1 min3
Apr11268.8%0.0%11.9 min3
May6058.3%0.0%21.6 min2
Jun6460.9%3.1%18.6 min2
Jul6659.1%1.5%17.7 min2
Aug3458.8%2.9%10.2 min2
Sep3588.6%0.0%-10.2 min3
Oct8176.5%1.2%4.3 min3
Nov14473.6%0.0%2.9 min3
Dec15070.7%1.3%10.6 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 PHX

Questions and answers

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

71.8% of the 570 flights scheduled from FLL to PHX 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 PHX?

Among reporting carriers with at least 60 flights on the route, JetBlue Airways had the highest on-time share (74.4%), followed by American Airlines (64.6%). Differences of a point or two on a few hundred flights are small.

What causes delays between Fort Lauderdale and Phoenix?

For flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late, carriers attributed the delay minutes as follows: late-arriving aircraft 37%, air carrier 26%, national aviation system 19%, extreme weather 18%, 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 9 am to 10 am arrived on time 84.4% of the time, the highest of any hour with enough flights to compare. The lowest was 8 pm to 9 pm at 51.6%. 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 71.8%, down 8.5 points on the previous 12 months (80.3%). The monthly chart on this page shows each of the last 36 months. Across those months, October had the highest on-time share (76.5%) and May the lowest (58.3%).

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.