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Route Reliability

Fort Lauderdale → Norfolk

FLL–ORF · 781 miles · Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to Norfolk International Airport

66
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
73%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
3.8%
Cancelled
446
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.JetBlue Airways75%133 flights
  2. 2.Spirit Airlines70%293 flights

Not enough history to rank: Allegiant Air (20 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

FLL–ORF flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 66% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

FLL–ORF flights arrived on time 86% of the time on Wednesdays and just 60% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

JetBlue Airways has a slight edge here.

JetBlue Airways arrived on time 75% of the time on this route; Spirit Airlines managed 70%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.8% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon75%(59 flights)
  • Tue75%(36 flights)
  • Wed86%(36 flights)
  • Thu71%(83 flights)
  • Fri78%(72 flights)
  • Sat74%(65 flights)
  • Sun60%(78 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM89%(65 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM69%(62 flights)
  • 12–3 PM68%(106 flights)
  • 3–6 PM66%(132 flights)
  • 6–9 PM81%(64 flights)
On-time trend by month
75%
May

Jun 77% → May 75% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202577%34
July 202579%42
August 202583%35
September 202596%22
October 202570%20
November 202592%25
December 202567%51
January 202663%41
February 202677%43
March 202658%48
April 202661%44
May 202675%24

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 446 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.