OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

New York to Fort Lauderdale

1,076 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on LGA–FLL arrive on time 65% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate65%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay80 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled4.5%of scheduled flights

based on 4,608 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.

  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time67%
    Medianon time
    p9065 min
    Cancel3.9%
    Flights1,600
  • American Airlines
    On-time67%
    Medianon time
    p9070 min
    Cancel4.2%
    Flights430
  • Spirit Airlines
    On-time65%
    Medianon time
    p9085 min
    Cancel6.6%
    Flights1,039
  • JetBlue Airways
    On-time62%
    Medianon time
    p9095 min
    Cancel3.6%
    Flights1,539

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline23%
  • Weather3%
  • Air traffic (NAS)35%
  • Late aircraft39%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline21%
  • Weather57%
  • Air traffic (NAS)22%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 206 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 LGA → FLL

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 — 82% on time.

  • Mornings82% on time · p90 25 min · 4,359 flights
  • Middays72% on time · p90 55 min · 3,698 flights
  • Evenings64% on time · p90 95 min · 2,022 flights
  • Afternoons58% on time · p90 95 min · 3,067 flights
  • Overnights51% on time · p90 115 min · 598 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 63% to 76% on time.

  • Saturdays76% on time · p90 55 min · 1,814 flights
  • Tuesdays74% on time · p90 60 min · 1,944 flights
  • Wednesdays73% on time · p90 60 min · 1,944 flights
  • Thursdays70% on time · p90 70 min · 2,008 flights
  • Fridays69% on time · p90 80 min · 2,007 flights
  • Mondays66% on time · p90 75 min · 2,014 flights
  • Sundays63% on time · p90 80 min · 2,013 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.