OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Boston to Fort Lauderdale

1,237 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on BOS–FLL arrive on time 64% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate64%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay80 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.4%of scheduled flights

based on 3,444 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.

  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time67%
    Medianon time
    p9070 min
    Cancel2.9%
    Flights883
  • JetBlue Airways
    On-time63%
    Medianon time
    p9075 min
    Cancel3.1%
    Flights1,960
  • Spirit Airlines
    On-time60%
    Medianon time
    p9095 min
    Cancel4.8%
    Flights601

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline29%
  • Weather2%
  • Air traffic (NAS)34%
  • Late aircraft35%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline25%
  • Weather51%
  • Air traffic (NAS)24%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 116 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly BOS → FLL

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 78% on time.

  • Mornings78% on time · p90 35 min · 3,688 flights
  • Middays67% on time · p90 70 min · 1,637 flights
  • Afternoons61% on time · p90 80 min · 2,043 flights
  • Evenings57% on time · p90 100 min · 1,494 flights
  • Overnights51% on time · p90 115 min · 980 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 59% to 73% on time.

  • Wednesdays73% on time · p90 50 min · 1,320 flights
  • Tuesdays72% on time · p90 50 min · 1,318 flights
  • Saturdays68% on time · p90 85 min · 1,374 flights
  • Thursdays66% on time · p90 75 min · 1,436 flights
  • Fridays66% on time · p90 60 min · 1,463 flights
  • Mondays64% on time · p90 80 min · 1,470 flights
  • Sundays59% on time · p90 110 min · 1,461 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.