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Route Reliability

Fort Lauderdale → Newark

FLL–EWR · 1,065 miles · Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
71%
Arrive within 15 minutes
16 min
Average arrival delay
3.3%
Cancelled
4,759
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines77%2,640 flights
  2. 2.JetBlue Airways64%988 flights
  3. 3.Spirit Airlines62%1,131 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

FLL–EWR flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 46% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

FLL–EWR flights arrived on time 77% of the time on Wednesdays and just 61% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 77% of the time on this route; Spirit Airlines managed 62%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.3% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

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
  • Mon69%(658 flights)
  • Tue76%(645 flights)
  • Wed77%(634 flights)
  • Thu68%(674 flights)
  • Fri73%(681 flights)
  • Sat72%(639 flights)
  • Sun61%(659 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM—(1 flights)
  • 6–9 AM90%(1286 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM81%(700 flights)
  • 12–3 PM64%(702 flights)
  • 3–6 PM59%(849 flights)
  • 6–9 PM57%(891 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM46%(161 flights)
On-time trend by month
87%
May

Jun 74% → May 87% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202574%270
July 202560%311
August 202567%356
September 202577%288
October 202572%358
November 202570%415
December 202562%470
January 202675%478
February 202666%404
March 202665%474
April 202680%457
May 202687%309

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 4,759 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.