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Route Reliability

Fort Lauderdale → Raleigh–Durham

FLLRDU · 680 miles · Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to Raleigh–Durham International Airport

65
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
69%
Arrive within 15 minutes
18 min
Average arrival delay
1.8%
Cancelled
1,310
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Delta Air Lines75%376 flights
  2. 2.Spirit Airlines67%216 flights
  3. 3.Southwest Airlines67%142 flights
  4. 4.JetBlue Airways66%545 flights

Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (31 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

FLL–RDU flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 59% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

FLL–RDU flights arrived on time 80% of the time on Wednesdays and just 61% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Delta Air Lines runs this route best.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 75% of the time on this route; JetBlue Airways managed 66%.

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
  • Mon67%(198 flights)
  • Tue75%(125 flights)
  • Wed80%(120 flights)
  • Thu66%(193 flights)
  • Fri69%(206 flights)
  • Sat71%(209 flights)
  • Sun61%(234 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM91%(79 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(84 flights)
  • 12–3 PM66%(192 flights)
  • 3–6 PM69%(537 flights)
  • 6–9 PM64%(282 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM59%(111 flights)
On-time trend by month
76%
May

Jun 70% → May 76% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202570%84
July 202574%102
August 202572%90
September 202582%81
October 202589%90
November 202573%122
December 202559%136
January 202665%108
February 202662%101
March 202653%131
April 202665%129
May 202676%111

Based on 1,310 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.