OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

St. Thomas to Fort Lauderdale

1,107 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

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

On-time rate71%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay75 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.8%of scheduled flights

based on 169 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Spirit Airlines
    On-time71%
    Medianon time
    p9075 min
    Cancel1.8%
    Flights169

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline8%
  • Weather0%
  • Air traffic (NAS)47%
  • Late aircraft45%
  • Security1%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS).

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline33%
  • Weather67%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 3 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 STT → FLL

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

Best time of day

Middays are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 85% on time.

  • Middays85% on time · p90 20 min · 666 flights
  • Evenings66% on time · p90 55 min · 453 flights
  • Afternoons46% on time · p90 105 min · 105 flights · limited

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 67% to 81% on time.

  • Wednesdays81% on time · p90 25 min · 148 flights · limited
  • Fridays80% on time · p90 25 min · 172 flights · limited
  • Mondays75% on time · p90 45 min · 171 flights · limited
  • Thursdays73% on time · p90 55 min · 183 flights · limited
  • Sundays73% on time · p90 50 min · 181 flights · limited
  • Tuesdays73% on time · p90 60 min · 172 flights · limited
  • Saturdays67% on time · p90 70 min · 197 flights · limited

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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.