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Route Reliability

San Francisco → Fort Lauderdale

SFO–FLL · 2,584 miles · San Francisco International Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport

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Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
0.5%
Cancelled
1,270
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines87%493 flights
  2. 2.JetBlue Airways79%777 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

SFO–FLL flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 60% between 3–6 PM.

Tuesday has been the better bet.

A small edge: 84% on time on Tuesdays against 78% on Saturdays.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 87% of the time on this route; JetBlue Airways managed 79%.

Slipping a little lately.

SFO–FLL flights arrived on time 76% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 82% in the three months before that.

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
  • Mon83%(185 flights)
  • Tue84%(161 flights)
  • Wed84%(176 flights)
  • Thu84%(186 flights)
  • Fri83%(186 flights)
  • Sat78%(178 flights)
  • Sun81%(190 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM91%(331 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM74%(221 flights)
  • 12–3 PM76%(67 flights)
  • 3–6 PM60%(10 flights)
  • 6–9 PM75%(28 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM82%(605 flights)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 89% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202589%89
July 202576%110
August 202589%79
September 202586%66
October 202587%99
November 202592%122
December 202580%143
January 202684%122
February 202681%105
March 202671%119
April 202677%115
May 202680%93

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 1,270 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.