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Route Reliability

Charlotte → Fort Lauderdale

CLTFLL · 632 miles · Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport

71
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
75%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
2.7%
Cancelled
3,075
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Spirit Airlines76%801 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines75%2,142 flights
  3. 3.Frontier Airlines69%132 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

CLT–FLL flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 65% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

CLT–FLL flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Wednesdays and just 65% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Spirit Airlines has a slight edge here.

Spirit Airlines arrived on time 76% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 69%.

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
  • Mon73%(440 flights)
  • Tue81%(374 flights)
  • Wed81%(381 flights)
  • Thu76%(456 flights)
  • Fri75%(457 flights)
  • Sat76%(419 flights)
  • Sun65%(457 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM95%(85 flights)
  • 6–9 AM88%(679 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM81%(314 flights)
  • 12–3 PM71%(653 flights)
  • 3–6 PM65%(301 flights)
  • 6–9 PM68%(470 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM67%(482 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 59% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202559%235
July 202560%234
August 202571%241
September 202587%226
October 202583%264
November 202580%202
December 202569%257
January 202683%245
February 202680%249
March 202669%303
April 202678%307
May 202681%221

Based on 3,075 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.