Historical on-time performance
Fort Lauderdale to Pittsburgh
994 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on FLL–PIT arrive on time 72% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate72%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay70 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.7%of scheduled flights
based on 943 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time70%Medianon timep9065 minCancel0.8%Flights400
- Spirit AirlinesbestOn-time77%Medianon timep9050 minCancel0.8%Flights482
- JetBlue AirwaysOn-time52%Median5 minp90120 minCancel0.0%Flights61
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline33%
- Weather2%
- Air traffic (NAS)16%
- Late aircraft50%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly FLL → PIT
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 — 88% on time.
- Mornings88% on time · p90 15 min · 348 flights
- Middays75% on time · p90 40 min · 328 flights
- Afternoons68% on time · p90 60 min · 664 flights
- Overnights61% on time · p90 90 min · 1,095 flights
- Evenings59% on time · p90 80 min · 701 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 60% to 74% on time.
- Tuesdays74% on time · p90 50 min · 380 flights
- Wednesdays72% on time · p90 50 min · 411 flights
- Fridays69% on time · p90 60 min · 446 flights
- Saturdays66% on time · p90 75 min · 550 flights
- Thursdays65% on time · p90 85 min · 427 flights
- Mondays62% on time · p90 80 min · 445 flights
- Sundays60% on time · p90 90 min · 477 flights
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