Route profile
FLL→AUS
Flight reliability, delays and best times to fly from Fort Lauderdale to Austin, 1,105 miles.
Right now
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Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
Route reliability
July 2023 – July 2026
Better than 6% of comparable major US routes (4,598 compared)
Calculated from 3,285 flights. How this is calculated · What counts as on time
FLL → AUS arrives on time 65.2% of the time; the return trip, AUS → FLL, arrives on time 69.4% of the time, a 4.2-point gap between the two directions of the same city pair.
FLL → AUS spends 26.2 minutes on the ground on a 1,105-mile trip: 17.3 minutes from pushback to wheels-up at FLL and 8.9 minutes from touchdown to gate at AUS.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026
What stands out
Reliability on this route has fallen unusually sharply over the past year, a bigger swing than 99% of 5,368 comparable routes.
60.2% on time over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), against 79.0% in the 12 months before (2024-08 to 2025-07), a change of 18.8 points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Ranked against every other route with the same kind of figure and at least 5,368 in the comparison.
What sets this route apart
Where FLL to AUS differs most from similar routes by hour, weekday, month and airline, July 2023 – July 2026.
FLL to AUS struggles most at 1 PM: 52.0% of its flights scheduled then arrive on time, 23.1 points behind the 75.1% on routes of similar length at the same hour. Against all other routes the gap is 25.1 points.
Sunday is the day FLL to AUS slips furthest against routes of similar length, 57.3% on time where they average 73.1%, 15.8 points lower. Against all other routes the gap is 17.5 points.
In December, FLL to AUS runs 24.7 points below routes of similar length, 52.3% on time to 77.0%. Against all other routes the gap is 26.5 points.
JetBlue’s flights on FLL to AUS arrive on time 53.6% of the time, 16.7 points below the 70.3% it manages on its routes of similar length. Against all other routes the gap is 18.6 points.
FLL to AUS against comparable routes
July 2023 – July 2026| Measure | This route | Compared with | Them | Gap | Flights behind it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hour: 1 PM departures | 52.0% | routes of similar length | 75.1% | −23.1 pts | 202 here, 148,837 there |
| Weekday: Sunday | 57.3% | routes of similar length | 73.1% | −15.8 pts | 494 here, 397,630 there |
| Month: December | 52.3% | routes of similar length | 77.0% | −24.7 pts | 298 here, 228,643 there |
| Airline: JetBlue | 53.6% | routes of similar length | 70.3% | −16.7 pts | 752 here, 177,167 there |
Each comparison pools the flights of other routes, with this route’s own left out. Similar length means within 15% of this route’s 1,105 miles, with at least 5 such routes. A bucket is set against the most comparable group that has enough flights: similar length, then the same origin (at least 3 routes), then all other routes. Hours, weekdays and months appear only where both sides have 120 completed flights, and airlines where both have 600. The gap must be at least 2 points and 2 standard errors, and only the largest gap each way is kept per measure. These are differences in the flights counted, not causes.
When it goes wrong
July 2023 – July 2026
69 min late
against a median of 3 min late
FLL → AUS has an average that understates its risk: a typical arrival is 3 min late, but the worst tenth are 66 minutes worse than that. If the trip has something unmissable at the end of it, the median is the wrong number to plan against.
Percentiles over 3,285 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.
Will your connection be tight enough?
Layovers at AUS after arriving from FLL.
| Connection time | Chance of missing | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 30 min | 54% | Likely to miss |
| 45 min | 34% | Likely to miss |
| 60 min | 23% | High risk |
| 90 min | 12% | Some risk |
| 120 min | 6.6% | Some risk |
This is one leg of a connection. Gate changes and the next flight's own schedule matter too. And a connection can fail before delay is even the question — this route cancels 1.46% of the time and diverts 0.37% of the time, which a late arrival never shows up in.
Chance of missing is the share of 3,225 arrivals on this route that landed later than the connection time less 30 minutes to reach the next gate.
The worst tenth of arrivals on this route land at least 69 minutes late (90th-percentile gate arrival delay), over 3,285 operations.
Any other layover length: connection checker.
Best time to fly
FLL → AUS flights departing 5–9 AM arrived on time 87.5% of the time, against 53.5% for 6–9 PM departures, a gap of 34.0 percentage points.
By departure window
By departure hour
- 12 AM to 6 AM: too few flights to score
- 7 AM: 89.1% on time from 199 flights
- 8 AM: 81.8% on time from 121 flights
- 9 AM: 79.6% on time from 274 flights
- 10 AM: 80.6% on time from 280 flights
- 11 AM: 65.6% on time from 217 flights
- 12 PM: 67.0% on time from 331 flights
- 1 PM: 52.0% on time from 205 flights
- 2 PM: 58.8% on time from 189 flights
- 3 PM: 57.0% on time from 190 flights
- 4 PM: 63.1% on time from 123 flights
- 5 PM: too few flights to score
- 6 PM: 45.4% on time from 150 flights
- 7 PM: 55.0% on time from 316 flights
- 8 PM: 55.2% on time from 418 flights
- 9 PM to 11 PM: too few flights to score
Departure windows with fewer than 120 flights are not scored.
Why FLL → AUS runs late
July 2023 – July 2026
crew, maintenance, boarding and fueling, all within the carrier’s control
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
screening or terminal security incidents
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for FLL → AUS. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed. What the five causes mean
Airlines on this route
Carriers with at least 200 flights, by the airline that operated each one.
| Carrier | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 1,416 | 69.9% | 0.42% | 1 min | 8.7% |
| Spirit Airlines | 1,103 | 67.1% | 2.99% | -1 min | 13.1% |
| JetBlue | 765 | 53.6% | 1.18% | 12 min | 16.2% |
Southwest Airlines flew 43.1% of the 3,284 flights listed. Spirit Airlines cancelled 2.99% of its flights here against 0.42% for Southwest Airlines.
Southwest Airlines arrived on time 16.3 percentage points more often than JetBlue on this route.
Weekly and seasonal patterns
By day of week
Tuesday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 15.7 percentage points.
By month
- Jan: 56.9%
- Feb: 60.7%
- Mar: 52.8%
- Apr: 67.2%
- May: 66.8%
- Jun: 75.6%
- Jul: 72.8%
- Aug: 62.7%
- Sep: 72.8%
- Oct: 73.2%
- Nov: 74.9%
- Dec: 52.3%
December is historically the weakest month and June the strongest, a spread of 23.3 percentage points.
Reliability over time
July 2023 – July 2026
- July 2023: 54.6% from 121 flights
- August 2023: 56.6% from 124 flights
- September 2023: too few flights to score (116)
- October 2023: 73.7% from 120 flights
- November 2023: too few flights to score (115)
- December 2023: 48.7% from 121 flights
- January 2024: 52.0% from 126 flights
- February 2024: 67.5% from 120 flights
- March 2024: 50.0% from 135 flights
- April 2024: too few flights to score (99)
- May 2024: too few flights to score (62)
- June 2024: too few flights to score (64)
- July 2024: too few flights to score (66)
- August 2024: too few flights to score (54)
- September 2024: too few flights to score (51)
- October 2024: too few flights to score (72)
- November 2024: too few flights to score (70)
- December 2024: too few flights to score (61)
- January 2025: too few flights to score (54)
- February 2025: too few flights to score (51)
- March 2025: too few flights to score (68)
- April 2025: too few flights to score (57)
- May 2025: too few flights to score (62)
- June 2025: too few flights to score (64)
- July 2025: too few flights to score (66)
- August 2025: too few flights to score (53)
- September 2025: too few flights to score (51)
- October 2025: too few flights to score (76)
- November 2025: too few flights to score (84)
- December 2025: 47.5% from 121 flights
- January 2026: 53.4% from 120 flights
- February 2026: too few flights to score (110)
- March 2026: 44.5% from 149 flights
- April 2026: too few flights to score (117)
- May 2026: too few flights to score (87)
- June 2026: too few flights to score (82)
- July 2026: too few flights to score (116)
Over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), on-time arrivals averaged 60.2% against 79.0% in the 12 months before — declining by 18.8 percentage points.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 3,285 FLL → AUS flight records from the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, covering July 2023 – July 2026. Late means 15 or more minutes past scheduled arrival; cancelled and diverted flights are left out of on-time rates.
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Related research: How Long a Layover Needs to Be · Two Airlines on One Route · Best Time of Day to Fly From Major US Airports
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