OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Fort Lauderdale to Dallas-Fort Worth

1,119 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on FLL–DFW arrive on time 70% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate70%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay65 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.1%of scheduled flights

based on 2,840 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.

  • Spirit Airlines
    On-time72%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel2.8%
    Flights779
  • American Airlines
    On-time70%
    Medianon time
    p9070 min
    Cancel3.3%
    Flights1,970
  • JetBlue Airways
    On-time66%
    Medianon time
    p9075 min
    Cancel1.1%
    Flights91

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline36%
  • Weather9%
  • Air traffic (NAS)18%
  • Late aircraft37%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline17%
  • Weather78%
  • Air traffic (NAS)5%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 88 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 FLL → DFW

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 — 82% on time.

  • Mornings82% on time · p90 25 min · 3,090 flights
  • Middays74% on time · p90 60 min · 2,172 flights
  • Overnights63% on time · p90 75 min · 829 flights
  • Afternoons57% on time · p90 90 min · 653 flights
  • Evenings52% on time · p90 100 min · 2,134 flights

Best day of week

Tuesdays are the most reliable day to fly this route — 75% on time.

  • Tuesdays75% on time · p90 55 min · 1,183 flights
  • Wednesdays71% on time · p90 55 min · 1,182 flights
  • Fridays71% on time · p90 60 min · 1,299 flights
  • Saturdays69% on time · p90 80 min · 1,225 flights
  • Thursdays68% on time · p90 65 min · 1,310 flights
  • Mondays67% on time · p90 70 min · 1,350 flights
  • Sundays63% on time · p90 85 min · 1,329 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.