OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Los Angeles to Fort Lauderdale

2,342 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on LAX–FLL arrive on time 80% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate80%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.3%of scheduled flights

based on 1,897 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • JetBlue Airwaysbest
    On-time82%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel0.2%
    Flights1,623
  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time69%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel0.4%
    Flights274

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline36%
  • Weather1%
  • Air traffic (NAS)17%
  • 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 LAX → FLL

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 74% to 83% on time.

  • Mornings83% on time · p90 25 min · 1,001 flights
  • Afternoons79% on time · p90 45 min · 508 flights
  • Middays77% on time · p90 45 min · 1,840 flights
  • Overnights74% on time · p90 45 min · 2,808 flights

Best day of week

Tuesdays are the most reliable day to fly this route — 84% on time.

  • Tuesdays84% on time · p90 25 min · 798 flights
  • Thursdays79% on time · p90 40 min · 891 flights
  • Wednesdays77% on time · p90 40 min · 851 flights
  • Mondays77% on time · p90 40 min · 921 flights
  • Saturdays76% on time · p90 50 min · 877 flights
  • Fridays76% on time · p90 45 min · 903 flights
  • Sundays72% on time · p90 55 min · 916 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.