Historical on-time performance
Cleveland to Fort Lauderdale
1,062 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on CLE–FLL arrive on time 81% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate81%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay40 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.7%of scheduled flights
based on 559 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.
- United AirlinesOn-time86%Medianon timep9025 minCancel0.0%Flights285
- Spirit AirlinesOn-time84%Medianon timep9035 minCancel1.4%Flights73
- Frontier AirlinesOn-time72%Medianon timep9070 minCancel1.5%Flights201
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline21%
- Weather8%
- Air traffic (NAS)43%
- Late aircraft28%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS).
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly CLE → FLL
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 87% on time.
- Mornings87% on time · p90 15 min · 2,136 flights
- Afternoons74% on time · p90 80 min · 318 flights
- Middays74% on time · p90 45 min · 366 flights
- Evenings66% on time · p90 105 min · 229 flights
- Overnights62% on time · p90 70 min · 313 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 78% to 82% on time.
- Thursdays82% on time · p90 30 min · 516 flights
- Tuesdays82% on time · p90 35 min · 354 flights
- Mondays81% on time · p90 35 min · 516 flights
- Wednesdays80% on time · p90 40 min · 414 flights
- Fridays80% on time · p90 35 min · 518 flights
- Saturdays80% on time · p90 45 min · 515 flights
- Sundays78% on time · p90 55 min · 529 flights
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