OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Fort Lauderdale to Newark

1,065 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on FLL–EWR arrive on time 68% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate68%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay75 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.3%of scheduled flights

based on 4,756 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • United Airlinesbest
    On-time75%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel2.3%
    Flights2,640
  • JetBlue Airways
    On-time60%
    Medianon time
    p9090 min
    Cancel3.3%
    Flights988
  • Spirit Airlines
    On-time57%
    Medianon time
    p9090 min
    Cancel5.8%
    Flights1,128

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline20%
  • Weather3%
  • Air traffic (NAS)50%
  • Late aircraft27%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS).

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline15%
  • Weather64%
  • Air traffic (NAS)22%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 158 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 → EWR

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 — 88% on time.

  • Mornings88% on time · p90 15 min · 4,746 flights
  • Middays72% on time · p90 55 min · 3,225 flights
  • Overnights58% on time · p90 100 min · 2,590 flights
  • Afternoons58% on time · p90 120 min · 2,373 flights
  • Evenings57% on time · p90 115 min · 2,256 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 64% to 75% on time.

  • Tuesdays75% on time · p90 55 min · 2,145 flights
  • Wednesdays74% on time · p90 65 min · 2,134 flights
  • Fridays71% on time · p90 75 min · 2,226 flights
  • Saturdays71% on time · p90 75 min · 2,089 flights
  • Mondays70% on time · p90 75 min · 2,205 flights
  • Thursdays68% on time · p90 80 min · 2,191 flights
  • Sundays64% on time · p90 100 min · 2,200 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.