Airport month record

FLLOCT

Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International in October 2025

Departures: 6,591
Month: October 2025
National, same month: 79.7%
Carriers: 9

Historical statistics for October 2025, not live status or a forecast for this year’s October. For today’s conditions at FLL, see live FAA status.

FLL in October lands a B+, level with the national rate of 79.7%. About one flight in five arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by about an hour on average. That is a workable record, not a spotless one. That rests on 6,591 flights, of which United Airlines flew 657 at 86.3% on time.

United Airlines is the most reliable of the six carriers covered here at 86.3% on time across 657 flights.

On time

80.3%

Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 6,554 completed departures

Avg delay

65 min

Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights

Cancelled

0.39%

Nationally in October: 0.53%

Whole year

71.5%

FLL across all twelve months

These figures cover 6,591 departures from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International in October 2025. 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

October next to FLL's other months

Against FLL's own year, October ran 9 points better than the twelve-month rate of 71.5%, which makes it number two of twelve months, best first. Cancellations were unusually low for FLL in October, at 0.39% against 2.22% across the year. Either side of it, September ran 82.8% on time and November 77.6%, so this month sits in line with its neighbours.

FLL month by month
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 (this page)	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	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 October

Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 22 points, against 8 points between the best and worst carrier. Each bar is the on-time rate for flights scheduled inside that window.

5am–8am1,215 flights93.4%
8am–11am1,010 flights89.4%
11am–2pm1,126 flights81.4%
2pm–5pm1,073 flights72.4%
5pm–8pm1,126 flights72.3%
8pm–5am1,041 flights71.6%

Scale runs 65% to 100%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.

Book the early departure. Flights leaving between 5am–8am arrive on time 93.4% of the time, against 71.6% for the overnight window. That is 22 points of difference for no extra money, and it comes from the same aircraft having had no earlier flight to fall behind on. The 5am–8am window is the busiest, with 1,215 flights scheduled in it.

Across the week, Wednesday is the strongest day at 90.9% on time and Monday the weakest at 73.4%. 18 points is a smaller lever than departure hour, but it is free.

Carrier by carrier

Which airlines ran best at FLL in October

The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. United Airlines arrives on time 86.3% of the time; Spirit Airlines manages 78.6%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 1,798 flights means less than a ten-point one.

Carriers at FLL in October 2025
Airline	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
Spirit Airlines	1,798	78.6%	54 min	0.67%	B+
JetBlue Airways	1,352	78.9%	57 min	0.22%	B+
Delta Air Lines	965	83.0%	78 min	0.62%	B+
Southwest Airlines	881	79.7%	52 min	0.23%	B+
United Airlines	657	86.3%	67 min	0.30%	A+
American Airlines	503	84.2%	123 min	0.20%	B+
Allegiant Airthin sample	277	68.0%	74 min	0.00%	C+
Frontier Airlinesthin sample	127	82.7%	138 min	0.00%	B+
Alaska Airlinesthin sample	31	74.2%	54 min	0.00%	C+

United leads Spirit by 8 points. Real, but small enough that a better departure time on the weaker carrier can outweigh it.

Route by route

Busiest routes out of FLL in October

Routes from FLL in October 2025
Route	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
FLL to ATL · Atlanta	486	81.0%	60 min	0.21%	B+
FLL to EWR · Newarkthin sample	364	72.1%	72 min	1.65%	C
FLL to LGA · New Yorkthin sample	326	73.6%	63 min	0.92%	C+
FLL to JFK · New Yorkthin sample	280	79.2%	82 min	1.79%	B
FLL to IAH · Houstonthin sample	267	89.9%	52 min	0.00%	A+
FLL to BWI · Baltimorethin sample	265	82.6%	57 min	0.00%	B+
FLL to CLT · Charlottethin sample	264	87.9%	112 min	0.00%	A+
FLL to PHL · Philadelphiathin sample	259	86.0%	144 min	0.39%	A+
FLL to BOS · Bostonthin sample	249	66.9%	81 min	0.40%	C+
FLL to ORD · Chicagothin sample	219	76.3%	39 min	0.00%	B+
FLL to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample	215	79.4%	54 min	0.00%	B+
FLL to DTW · Detroitthin sample	201	83.5%	56 min	0.00%	B+
FLL to BNA · Nashvillethin sample	197	77.7%	51 min	0.00%	B+
FLL to DCA · Washingtonthin sample	187	76.9%	59 min	0.00%	B+
FLL to LAX · Los Angelesthin sample	171	82.9%	82 min	0.58%	B+
FLL to SJU · San Juanthin sample	147	81.6%	81 min	0.00%	B+
FLL to MCO · Orlandothin sample	121	89.2%	32 min	0.83%	A+
FLL to DEN · Denverthin sample	118	89.8%	36 min	0.00%	A+
FLL to TPA · Tampathin sample	113	81.2%	45 min	0.88%	B+
FLL to MSY · New Orleansthin sample	107	83.0%	56 min	0.93%	B+
FLL to SFO · San Franciscothin sample	97	87.5%	42 min	0.00%	A+
FLL to MDW · Chicagothin sample	91	85.7%	60 min	0.00%	A+
FLL to RDU · Raleighthin sample	90	88.9%	38 min	0.00%	A+
FLL to PIT · Pittsburghthin sample	81	73.8%	56 min	1.23%	C
FLL to IND · Indianapolisthin sample	78	82.1%	84 min	0.00%	B+

Delay causes

What held FLL up in October

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 85,000 reported delay minutes.

Late-arriving aircraft
34%
National Airspace System
33%
Carrier
29%
Extreme weather
3%
Security
0%

34% 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 85,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 10 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 84,581 reported delay minutes.

Cancellations are rare at 0.39%, below the national 0.53% and low enough to earn the plus on the grade. Roughly one flight in 100 is called off; the risk here is arriving late, not not arriving.

6.3% of arrivals land an hour or more late, close to the national 6.3%. That is the figure that decides a connection, and it says a 60 to 75 minute layover is reasonable here while anything under 45 minutes is a bet. Most delays on this route last about an hour, which a normal layover absorbs.

What to do with this

Flying from FLL in October

For a October trip through FLL: this is one of the better months to be flying from here, 80.3% on time with 0.39% cancelled. That is a base rate for the month as a whole; a single storm can still spoil a particular day.

Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International (FLL), the whole year
FLL in July71.4%
FLL in August74.6%
FLL in September82.8%
FLL in November77.6%
FLL in December64.9%
FLL in January71.1%
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.

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