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Route Reliability

Fort Lauderdale → Washington

FLL–DCA · 899 miles · Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
68%
Arrive within 15 minutes
20 min
Average arrival delay
1.7%
Cancelled
2,301
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.American Airlines69%576 flights
  2. 2.JetBlue Airways68%1,360 flights
  3. 3.Southwest Airlines63%365 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

FLL–DCA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 56% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

FLL–DCA flights arrived on time 74% of the time on Tuesdays and just 57% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

American Airlines has a slight edge here.

American Airlines arrived on time 69% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 63%.

Ticking up lately.

FLL–DCA flights arrived on time 69% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 65% 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
  • Mon63%(331 flights)
  • Tue74%(315 flights)
  • Wed73%(312 flights)
  • Thu67%(327 flights)
  • Fri67%(330 flights)
  • Sat73%(300 flights)
  • Sun57%(329 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM90%(337 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM79%(416 flights)
  • 12–3 PM63%(355 flights)
  • 3–6 PM61%(435 flights)
  • 6–9 PM56%(676 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM76%(25 flights)
On-time trend by month
75%
May

Jun 64% → May 75% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202564%166
July 202558%165
August 202563%170
September 202580%143
October 202577%186
November 202571%194
December 202564%230
January 202667%206
February 202664%184
March 202661%206
April 202672%200
May 202675%194

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 2,301 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.