Skip to content
WanderNerd
Check a flight

Route Reliability

Fort Lauderdale → Philadelphia

FLL–PHL · 993 miles · Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport

65
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
73%
Arrive within 15 minutes
17 min
Average arrival delay
3.0%
Cancelled
3,291
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.American Airlines78%1,372 flights
  2. 2.JetBlue Airways74%615 flights
  3. 3.Spirit Airlines72%763 flights
  4. 4.Frontier Airlines63%541 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

FLL–PHL flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 60% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

FLL–PHL flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Wednesdays and just 66% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

American Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

American Airlines arrived on time 78% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 63%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.0% 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

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon71%(466 flights)
  • Tue79%(409 flights)
  • Wed83%(410 flights)
  • Thu72%(483 flights)
  • Fri72%(480 flights)
  • Sat73%(470 flights)
  • Sun66%(469 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM—(1 flights)
  • 6–9 AM93%(851 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM75%(425 flights)
  • 12–3 PM69%(694 flights)
  • 3–6 PM61%(381 flights)
  • 6–9 PM63%(603 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM60%(232 flights)
On-time trend by month
75%
May

Jun 73% → May 75% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202573%167
July 202571%222
August 202573%248
September 202584%212
October 202586%257
November 202582%253
December 202572%319
January 202670%300
February 202668%288
March 202661%334
April 202672%330
May 202675%257

Same trip, other airports

Keep nerding

Based on 3,291 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.