OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Houston to Fort Lauderdale

957 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on HOU–FLL arrive on time 71% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate71%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay40 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.9%of scheduled flights

based on 797 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time71%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel0.9%
    Flights797

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline31%
  • Weather3%
  • Air traffic (NAS)19%
  • Late aircraft46%
  • 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 HOU → 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 — 91% on time.

  • Mornings91% on time · p90 10 min · 645 flights
  • Evenings77% on time · p90 35 min · 608 flights
  • Middays75% on time · p90 35 min · 603 flights
  • Overnights68% on time · p90 45 min · 483 flights
  • Afternoons62% on time · p90 60 min · 536 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 70% to 77% on time.

  • Tuesdays77% on time · p90 30 min · 396 flights
  • Saturdays77% on time · p90 35 min · 442 flights
  • Mondays77% on time · p90 40 min · 404 flights
  • Wednesdays77% on time · p90 35 min · 395 flights
  • Fridays75% on time · p90 40 min · 403 flights
  • Sundays74% on time · p90 45 min · 437 flights
  • Thursdays70% on time · p90 45 min · 398 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.