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Route Reliability

New York → Fort Lauderdale

LGA–FLL · 1,076 miles · LaGuardia Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
69%
Arrive within 15 minutes
17 min
Average arrival delay
4.5%
Cancelled
4,610
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 Lines71%1,600 flights
  2. 2.Spirit Airlines71%1,041 flights
  3. 3.American Airlines71%430 flights
  4. 4.JetBlue Airways65%1,539 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

LGA–FLL flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 84% of the time, versus 52% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

LGA–FLL flights arrived on time 75% of the time on Tuesdays and just 58% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Delta Air Lines has a slight edge here.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 71% of the time on this route; JetBlue Airways managed 65%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 4.5% 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
  • Mon66%(619 flights)
  • Tue75%(620 flights)
  • Wed73%(634 flights)
  • Thu68%(648 flights)
  • Fri70%(652 flights)
  • Sat73%(578 flights)
  • Sun58%(643 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM75%(16 flights)
  • 6–9 AM84%(1226 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM73%(656 flights)
  • 12–3 PM69%(879 flights)
  • 3–6 PM52%(814 flights)
  • 6–9 PM60%(802 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
71%
May

Jun 64% → May 71% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202564%277
July 202564%284
August 202576%326
September 202580%307
October 202570%322
November 202569%386
December 202558%429
January 202674%430
February 202674%386
March 202663%443
April 202667%446
May 202671%358

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 4,610 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.