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Route Reliability

Fort Lauderdale → Denver

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

86
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
0.3%
Cancelled
1,656
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines88%1,251 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.

FLL–DEN flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 70% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

FLL–DEN flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Thursdays. On Sundays: 73%.

United Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

United Airlines arrived on time 88% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 68%.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 1,656 scheduled flights, only 0.3% were cancelled.

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
  • Mon85%(239 flights)
  • Tue84%(201 flights)
  • Wed85%(205 flights)
  • Thu88%(239 flights)
  • Fri84%(241 flights)
  • Sat82%(265 flights)
  • Sun73%(248 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM100%(12 flights)
  • 6–9 AM94%(426 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM91%(300 flights)
  • 12–3 PM80%(387 flights)
  • 3–6 PM70%(457 flights)
  • 6–9 PM75%(56 flights)
On-time trend by month
85%
May

Jun 77% → May 85% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202577%117
July 202577%119
August 202580%114
September 202582%88
October 202590%118
November 202592%147
December 202580%184
January 202687%162
February 202680%156
March 202679%201
April 202687%121
May 202685%111

Based on 1,656 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.