OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Los Angeles to Fort Lauderdale

2,342 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on LAX–FLL arrive on time 74% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate74%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.9%of scheduled flights

based on 2,028 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.

  • JetBlue Airways
    On-time74%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel0.9%
    Flights1,722
  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time70%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel1.0%
    Flights306

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline32%
  • Weather0%
  • Air traffic (NAS)23%
  • Late aircraft44%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline32%
  • Weather58%
  • Air traffic (NAS)11%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 19 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 LAX → FLL

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 74% to 82% on time.

  • Mornings82% on time · p90 25 min · 1,007 flights
  • Afternoons80% on time · p90 35 min · 511 flights
  • Middays76% on time · p90 40 min · 1,934 flights
  • Overnights74% on time · p90 50 min · 2,768 flights

Best day of week

Tuesdays are the most reliable day to fly this route — 81% on time.

  • Tuesdays81% on time · p90 25 min · 803 flights
  • Saturdays77% on time · p90 50 min · 890 flights
  • Thursdays77% on time · p90 45 min · 908 flights
  • Fridays77% on time · p90 45 min · 919 flights
  • Wednesdays77% on time · p90 40 min · 850 flights
  • Mondays74% on time · p90 45 min · 924 flights
  • Sundays72% on time · p90 50 min · 926 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.