Airport month record
FLLJAN
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International in January 2026
- Departures
- 8,607
- Month
- January 2026
- National, same month
- 79.2%
- Carriers
- 9
Historical statistics for January 2026, not live status or a forecast for this year’s January. For today’s conditions at FLL, see live FAA status.
FLL in January carries a cancellation problem, not just a delay problem: 4.8% of scheduled flights never operate, against 4.7% nationally. Of the ones that do fly, about seven flights in ten arrive on time, worth a C− overall. The punctuality figure counts only flights that actually departed, so it flatters an operation that cancels this often. That rests on 8,607 flights, of which United Airlines flew 913 at 83.2% on time.
United Airlines is the most reliable of the seven carriers covered here at 83.2% on time across 913 flights.
Key figures
On time
71.1%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 8,179 completed departures
Avg delay
67 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
4.76%
Nationally in January: 4.71%
Whole year
71.5%
FLL across all twelve months
These figures cover 8,607 departures from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International in January 2026. On time means an arrival less than 15 minutes after the scheduled gate time, the DOT's threshold, and the national comparison uses every US departure in the same month rather than the whole year.
Against the year
January next to FLL's other months
Against FLL's own year, January ran level with the twelve-month rate of 71.5%, which makes it number eight of twelve months, best first. Cancellations are where January stands out: 4.76% of scheduled departures were called off, 2.1 times the airport's rate across the year. Either side of it, December ran 64.9% on time and February 67.3%, so a trip moved by a few weeks would have landed in a worse stretch.
| Month | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | 6,944 | 71.4% | 88 min | 2.23% | C |
| August 2025 | 6,561 | 74.6% | 73 min | 0.55% | C+ |
| September 2025 | 5,663 | 82.8% | 75 min | 0.42% | B+ |
| October 2025 | 6,591 | 80.3% | 65 min | 0.39% | B+ |
| November 2025 | 7,609 | 77.6% | 72 min | 2.42% | B |
| December 2025 | 8,886 | 64.9% | 71 min | 2.07% | D |
| January 2026 (this page) | 8,607 | 71.1% | 67 min | 4.76% | C− |
| February 2026 | 8,251 | 67.3% | 67 min | 3.95% | C− |
| March 2026 | 9,928 | 59.7% | 83 min | 4.66% | D− |
| April 2026 | 8,610 | 69.0% | 65 min | 1.06% | C |
| May 2026 | 6,437 | 74.9% | 61 min | 0.53% | C+ |
| June 2026 | 6,077 | 74.3% | 76 min | 1.14% | C |
Departure window
The best time of day to leave FLL in January
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 28 points, against 18 points between the best and worst carrier. Each bar is the on-time rate for flights scheduled inside that window.
- 5am–8am1,382 flights89.0%
- 8am–11am1,300 flights78.4%
- 11am–2pm1,573 flights68.3%
- 2pm–5pm1,412 flights65.5%
- 5pm–8pm1,646 flights65.9%
- 8pm–5am1,294 flights60.6%
Scale runs 50% to 95%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
The 8pm–5am window is where this operation falls apart: 60.6% on time, against 89.0% for the 5am–8am slot. By evening the aircraft flying these rotations have absorbed a full day of small delays and there is no slack left to recover in. The 5pm–8pm window is the busiest, with 1,646 flights scheduled in it.
Across the week, Wednesday is the strongest day at 85.1% on time and Sunday the weakest at 54.0%. 31 points is a smaller lever than departure hour, but it is free.
Carrier by carrier
Which airlines ran best at FLL in January
The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. United Airlines arrives on time 83.2% of the time; Allegiant Air manages 64.8%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 383 flights means less than a ten-point one.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spirit Airlines | 1,992 | 66.3% | 61 min | 6.78% | C− |
| JetBlue Airways | 1,982 | 67.0% | 70 min | 5.25% | C− |
| Delta Air Lines | 1,171 | 75.6% | 71 min | 3.42% | B− |
| Southwest Airlines | 1,072 | 73.8% | 41 min | 2.52% | C |
| United Airlines | 913 | 83.2% | 59 min | 1.64% | B |
| American Airlines | 741 | 74.7% | 96 min | 8.10% | C− |
| Allegiant Air | 383 | 64.8% | 76 min | 4.18% | D− |
| Frontier Airlinesthin sample | 284 | 62.9% | 88 min | 4.23% | D− |
| Alaska Airlinesthin sample | 69 | 70.1% | 58 min | 1.45% | C |
American Airlines cancels 8.1% of what it schedules here, the highest in the table. A cancelled flight never appears in an on-time rate, so read that column alongside the punctuality one rather than after it.
Route by route
Busiest routes out of FLL in January
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLL to ATL · Atlanta | 675 | 70.6% | 58 min | 3.56% | C− |
| FLL to EWR · Newark | 502 | 74.3% | 62 min | 4.78% | C− |
| FLL to LGA · New York | 457 | 72.6% | 84 min | 6.35% | C− |
| FLL to ORD · Chicago | 384 | 63.9% | 65 min | 2.34% | D |
| FLL to JFK · New Yorkthin sample | 338 | 68.6% | 69 min | 5.92% | C− |
| FLL to PHL · Philadelphiathin sample | 328 | 70.0% | 81 min | 8.54% | C− |
| FLL to BOS · Bostonthin sample | 304 | 68.6% | 84 min | 6.91% | C− |
| FLL to BWI · Baltimorethin sample | 293 | 71.6% | 61 min | 6.14% | C− |
| FLL to CLT · Charlottethin sample | 278 | 82.9% | 74 min | 11.51% | B− |
| FLL to IAH · Houstonthin sample | 271 | 85.4% | 62 min | 1.48% | A |
| FLL to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample | 256 | 78.3% | 88 min | 9.77% | B− |
| FLL to DTW · Detroitthin sample | 256 | 64.1% | 81 min | 1.56% | D |
| FLL to DCA · Washingtonthin sample | 222 | 65.5% | 76 min | 6.76% | C− |
| FLL to SJU · San Juanthin sample | 216 | 61.6% | 64 min | 6.02% | D− |
| FLL to LAX · Los Angelesthin sample | 208 | 73.8% | 56 min | 0.96% | C+ |
| FLL to BNA · Nashvillethin sample | 197 | 77.3% | 48 min | 8.12% | B− |
| FLL to DEN · Denverthin sample | 163 | 86.4% | 38 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| FLL to TPA · Tampathin sample | 156 | 77.1% | 55 min | 1.92% | B |
| FLL to MCO · Orlandothin sample | 155 | 78.6% | 45 min | 0.65% | B+ |
| FLL to MSY · New Orleansthin sample | 128 | 60.7% | 65 min | 4.69% | D− |
| FLL to PIT · Pittsburghthin sample | 124 | 76.5% | 54 min | 6.45% | B− |
| FLL to SFO · San Franciscothin sample | 122 | 81.0% | 75 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| FLL to AUS · Austinthin sample | 120 | 53.4% | 63 min | 3.33% | F− |
| FLL to RDU · Raleighthin sample | 116 | 63.8% | 90 min | 9.48% | D− |
| FLL to IND · Indianapolisthin sample | 112 | 63.0% | 59 min | 3.57% | D− |
Delay causes
What held FLL up in January
Carriers report a reason for every delay minute they cause, in five DOT categories. The split below is by minutes, not by number of flights, so a handful of very long weather delays weighs as much as many short ones. It covers 158,000 reported delay minutes.
- 41%Late-arriving aircraft
- 34%Carrier
- 22%National Airspace System
- 2%Extreme weather
- 0%Security
41% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. That is a cascade, and cascades start small and grow through the day. Across 158,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 18 to one. It is the strongest argument for booking the first departure of the morning, when the aircraft has been sitting at the gate overnight with nothing to inherit. The split is drawn from 157,585 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations run at 4.76%, against 4.71% nationally. That is about one flight in twenty cancelled outright. A cancelled flight is invisible in every on-time figure on this page, so the punctuality numbers above describe only the flights that actually operated.
For anyone connecting, the number to weigh is not the on-time rate but the tail behind it. 10.8% of arrivals land a full hour or more behind schedule, against 7.6% nationally. A 45-minute layover does not survive that, and no amount of walking quickly changes it. Ninety minutes is the honest minimum here, and two hours if the onward flight is on a separate ticket.
What to do with this
Flying from FLL in January
For a January trip through FLL: expect 71.1% on time and 4.76% cancelled, going by January 2026. The 5am–8am window was the strongest part of the day.
Related
Where to go next
- Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International (FLL), the whole year
- FLL in July71.4%
- FLL in August74.6%
- FLL in September82.8%
- FLL in October80.3%
- FLL in November77.6%
- FLL in December64.9%
- FLL in February67.3%
- FLL in March59.7%
- FLL in April69.0%
- FLL in May74.9%
- FLL in June74.3%
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, July 2025 to June 2026. Last updated 15 September 2026; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.