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Route Reliability

Denver → Fort Lauderdale

DEN–FLL · 1,703 miles · Denver International Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport

83
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
0.5%
Cancelled
1,655
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines82%1,250 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines68%383 flights

Not enough history to rank: JetBlue Airways (22 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DEN–FLL flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 64% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

DEN–FLL flights arrived on time 84% of the time on Wednesdays. On Fridays: 73%.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 82% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 68%.

Slipping a little lately.

DEN–FLL flights arrived on time 78% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 81% 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

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The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon83%(232 flights)
  • Tue83%(201 flights)
  • Wed84%(206 flights)
  • Thu78%(239 flights)
  • Fri73%(242 flights)
  • Sat77%(267 flights)
  • Sun75%(251 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 AM—(7 flights)
  • 3–6 AM95%(19 flights)
  • 6–9 AM82%(138 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM81%(592 flights)
  • 12–3 PM76%(302 flights)
  • 3–6 PM75%(392 flights)
  • 6–9 PM64%(50 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM85%(138 flights)
On-time trend by month
79%
May

Jun 75% → May 79% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202575%118
July 202566%121
August 202571%114
September 202576%88
October 202587%119
November 202590%146
December 202576%184
January 202684%162
February 202684%156
March 202673%195
April 202682%122
May 202679%113

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Based on 1,655 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.