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Route Reliability

Cleveland → Fort Lauderdale

CLE–FLL · 1,062 miles · Cleveland Hopkins International Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport

80
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
81%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
1.9%
Cancelled
1,115
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.United Airlines91%479 flights
  2. 2.Frontier Airlines75%380 flights
  3. 3.Spirit Airlines71%255 flights

Not enough history to rank: Southwest Airlines (1 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

CLE–FLL flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 62% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

CLE–FLL flights arrived on time 94% of the time on Wednesdays and just 70% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

United Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

United Airlines arrived on time 91% of the time on this route; Spirit Airlines managed 71%.

Ticking up lately.

CLE–FLL flights arrived on time 82% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 77% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon80%(171 flights)
  • Tue82%(81 flights)
  • Wed94%(116 flights)
  • Thu80%(185 flights)
  • Fri83%(180 flights)
  • Sat84%(169 flights)
  • Sun70%(188 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM84%(19 flights)
  • 6–9 AM90%(429 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM81%(197 flights)
  • 12–3 PM85%(73 flights)
  • 3–6 PM76%(203 flights)
  • 6–9 PM62%(161 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(8 flights)
On-time trend by month
93%
May

Jun 82% → May 93% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202582%62
July 202588%59
August 202577%68
September 202582%56
October 202590%68
November 202586%79
December 202576%92
January 202674%107
February 202680%120
March 202669%150
April 202684%105
May 202693%124

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 1,115 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.