OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Seattle to Fort Lauderdale

2,717 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on SEA–FLL arrive on time 79% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate79%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay25 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.6%of scheduled flights

based on 810 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-time76%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel1.0%
    Flights307
  • Alaska Airlines
    On-time81%
    Medianon time
    p9020 min
    Cancel0.4%
    Flights503

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline51%
  • Weather1%
  • Air traffic (NAS)34%
  • Late aircraft14%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly SEA → FLL

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

Best time of day

Overnights are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 82% on time.

  • Overnights82% on time · p90 20 min · 538 flights
  • Mornings78% on time · p90 30 min · 1,912 flights
  • Middays77% on time · p90 25 min · 249 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 73% to 84% on time.

  • Tuesdays84% on time · p90 20 min · 382 flights
  • Thursdays80% on time · p90 25 min · 387 flights
  • Saturdays80% on time · p90 25 min · 389 flights
  • Wednesdays79% on time · p90 25 min · 382 flights
  • Fridays78% on time · p90 25 min · 394 flights
  • Mondays78% on time · p90 30 min · 395 flights
  • Sundays73% 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.