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Route Reliability

New York → Fort Lauderdale

JFK–FLL · 1,069 miles · John F. Kennedy International Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
73%
Arrive within 15 minutes
11 min
Average arrival delay
3.7%
Cancelled
3,896
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 Lines77%1,614 flights
  2. 2.JetBlue Airways70%2,282 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

JFK–FLL flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 42% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

JFK–FLL flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Tuesdays and just 61% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Delta Air Lines runs this route best.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 77% of the time on this route; JetBlue Airways managed 70%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.7% 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
  • Mon72%(535 flights)
  • Tue81%(492 flights)
  • Wed76%(518 flights)
  • Thu71%(557 flights)
  • Fri75%(561 flights)
  • Sat73%(533 flights)
  • Sun61%(539 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM90%(57 flights)
  • 6–9 AM83%(1046 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM80%(623 flights)
  • 12–3 PM70%(551 flights)
  • 3–6 PM65%(746 flights)
  • 6–9 PM62%(621 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM42%(91 flights)
On-time trend by month
86%
May

Jun 66% → May 86% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202566%288
July 202569%270
August 202575%288
September 202580%254
October 202572%275
November 202579%317
December 202558%363
January 202669%316
February 202673%313
March 202669%375
April 202678%378
May 202686%298

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 3,896 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.