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Route Reliability

Norfolk → Fort Lauderdale

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

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
73%
Arrive within 15 minutes
13 min
Average arrival delay
4.5%
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 Airlines71%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.

ORF–FLL flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 65% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

ORF–FLL flights arrived on time 79% of the time on Tuesdays and just 62% 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 71%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 4.5% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon75%(67 flights)
  • Tue79%(34 flights)
  • Wed77%(30 flights)
  • Thu76%(82 flights)
  • Fri74%(72 flights)
  • Sat72%(65 flights)
  • Sun62%(76 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM85%(61 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM79%(65 flights)
  • 12–3 PM76%(46 flights)
  • 3–6 PM72%(110 flights)
  • 6–9 PM65%(141 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(3 flights)
On-time trend by month
88%
May

Jun 82% → May 88% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202582%34
July 202576%41
August 202580%35
September 202583%23
October 202590%20
November 202583%24
December 202563%51
January 202663%41
February 202673%41
March 202652%48
April 202671%44
May 202688%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.