Route profile
LGA→FLL
Flight reliability, delays and best times to fly from New York to Fort Lauderdale, 1,076 miles.
Right now
Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
Route reliability
July 2023 – July 2026
Better than 7% of comparable major US routes (4,598 compared)
Calculated from 14,072 flights. How this is calculated
LGA → FLL arrives on time 72.5% of the time; the return trip, FLL → LGA, arrives on time 71.6% of the time.
LGA → FLL spends 31.1 minutes on the ground on a 1,076-mile trip: 23.5 minutes from pushback to wheels-up at LGA and 7.6 minutes from touchdown to gate at FLL.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026
What stands out
This route's worst arrivals run unusually far past its typical one, a bigger gap than 94% of 4,598 comparable routes.
A typical arrival is 6 min early, but the worst tenth run 75 minutes worse than that.
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 4,598 in the comparison.
Why LGA → FLL flights are cancelled
July 2023 – July 2026
LGA → FLL cancelled 402 of 14,072 scheduled flights — about 1 in every 35. The reason filed most often was extreme weather, 52.2% of the cancellations coded on this route — about 1 in every 67 scheduled flights.
Share of cancellations
Of 402 cancelled departures carrying a reason code.
What each reason means
Conditions the carrier judged severe enough to stop the flight: a blizzard, a hurricane, a line of thunderstorms.
210 cancellations, 52.2% of the total.
Airport capacity, air traffic control flow programs, heavy traffic and ordinary bad weather. A system decision, not the airline’s.
102 cancellations, 25.4% of the total.
Crew, maintenance, aircraft cleaning, baggage or fueling: what BTS counts as within the carrier’s own control.
90 cancellations, 22.4% of the total.
A terminal evacuation, a security breach, screening equipment failure, or screening queues over 29 minutes.
0 cancellations, 0.0% of the total.
Reason codes are the operating airline’s own filing with US DOT, not an independent finding of fault. Ordinary bad weather is filed under air traffic, so weather’s full share is larger than its bar.
402 coded cancellations were recorded on LGA → FLL; the section appears from 50.
When it goes wrong
July 2023 – July 2026
69 min late
against a median of 6 min early
LGA → FLL has an average that understates its risk: a typical arrival is 6 min early, but the worst tenth are 75 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 14,072 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.
Will your connection be tight enough?
Layovers at FLL after arriving from LGA.
| Connection time | Chance of missing | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 30 min | 41% | Likely to miss |
| 45 min | 27% | High risk |
| 60 min | 19% | High risk |
| 90 min | 12% | Some risk |
| 120 min | 7.2% | 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 2.86% of the time and diverts 0.36% of the time, which a late arrival never shows up in.
Chance of missing is the share of 13,620 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 14,072 operations.
Any other layover length: connection checker.
Best time to fly
LGA → FLL flights departing 5–9 AM arrived on time 86.3% of the time, against 54.4% for 9 PM–5 AM departures, a gap of 31.9 percentage points.
By day and hour
On-time arrival rate for each weekday and scheduled departure hour, in local time at the departure airport (LGA).
Hour of departure matters more than day of the week: hourly averages sit a typical 10.9 points from the route-wide rate, weekday averages 3.6 points.
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On-time rate, % · stronger color, fewer on time
- 50–59
- 60–69
- 70–79
- 80–89
- 90–99
- Fewer than 120 flights, not scored
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · On time is arrival within 15 minutes of schedule. Cells round to whole percentages; the table shows one decimal.
No slot is named best or worst: too few reach 500 flights. Departures before 6 AM and after 8 PM (643 flights) are not drawn: no slot in those hours has enough flights to score.
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| Hour | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
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| 6 AM–7 AM | 89.8% on time268 flights | 91.0% on time265 flights | 89.7% on time259 flights | 90.5% on time268 flights | 89.9% on time265 flights | 91.1% on time268 flights | 86.5% on time258 flights |
| 7 AM–8 AM | 85.4% on time232 flights | 86.2% on time235 flights | 80.9% on time238 flights | 82.2% on time236 flights | 81.9% on time235 flights | 87.2% on time220 flights | 82.9% on time231 flights |
| 8 AM–9 AM | 19 flights, too few to score | 19 flights, too few to score | 18 flights, too few to score | 17 flights, too few to score | 16 flights, too few to score | 23 flights, too few to score | 30 flights, too few to score |
| 9 AM–10 AM | 72.7% on time127 flights | 85.6% on time123 flights | 115 flights, too few to score | 77.7% on time122 flights | 73.6% on time122 flights | 78.0% on time122 flights | 114 flights, too few to score |
| 10 AM–11 AM | 76.3% on time141 flights | 80.5% on time137 flights | 82.5% on time140 flights | 73.5% on time139 flights | 80.6% on time141 flights | 82.8% on time153 flights | 72.3% on time142 flights |
| 11 AM–12 PM | 73.1% on time120 flights | 80.7% on time120 flights | 75.0% on time121 flights | 79.2% on time123 flights | 73.0% on time123 flights | 115 flights, too few to score | 117 flights, too few to score |
| 12 PM–1 PM | 75.9% on time139 flights | 80.2% on time135 flights | 81.3% on time135 flights | 77.9% on time139 flights | 74.2% on time136 flights | 108 flights, too few to score | 61.6% on time138 flights |
| 1 PM–2 PM | 65.2% on time142 flights | 71.8% on time137 flights | 83.1% on time134 flights | 72.3% on time142 flights | 69.8% on time140 flights | 75.6% on time159 flights | 57.2% on time144 flights |
| 2 PM–3 PM | 51 flights, too few to score | 51 flights, too few to score | 44 flights, too few to score | 44 flights, too few to score | 48 flights, too few to score | 56 flights, too few to score | 51 flights, too few to score |
| 3 PM–4 PM | 57.2% on time261 flights | 67.5% on time246 flights | 62.7% on time259 flights | 59.1% on time261 flights | 59.9% on time264 flights | 69.9% on time198 flights | 53.0% on time260 flights |
| 4 PM–5 PM | 52.0% on time153 flights | 54.5% on time138 flights | 56.4% on time144 flights | 55.0% on time155 flights | 58.7% on time152 flights | 66.0% on time150 flights | 57.5% on time155 flights |
| 5 PM–6 PM | 22 flights, too few to score | 14 flights, too few to score | 14 flights, too few to score | 21 flights, too few to score | 22 flights, too few to score | 43 flights, too few to score | 23 flights, too few to score |
| 6 PM–7 PM | 89 flights, too few to score | 86 flights, too few to score | 86 flights, too few to score | 90 flights, too few to score | 90 flights, too few to score | 82 flights, too few to score | 92 flights, too few to score |
| 7 PM–8 PM | 63.8% on time206 flights | 72.5% on time196 flights | 61.5% on time193 flights | 63.2% on time200 flights | 66.3% on time203 flights | 87 flights, too few to score | 59.6% on time204 flights |
By departure window
By departure hour
- 12 AM to 5 AM: too few flights to score
- 6 AM: 89.8% on time from 1,851 flights
- 7 AM: 83.7% on time from 1,627 flights
- 8 AM: 71.7% on time from 142 flights
- 9 AM: 78.1% on time from 845 flights
- 10 AM: 78.4% on time from 993 flights
- 11 AM: 75.8% on time from 839 flights
- 12 PM: 74.3% on time from 930 flights
- 1 PM: 70.7% on time from 998 flights
- 2 PM: 62.6% on time from 345 flights
- 3 PM: 61.0% on time from 1,749 flights
- 4 PM: 57.2% on time from 1,047 flights
- 5 PM: 68.9% on time from 159 flights
- 6 PM: 69.5% on time from 615 flights
- 7 PM: 65.5% on time from 1,289 flights
- 8 PM: 52.3% on time from 468 flights
- 9 PM: 54.4% on time from 157 flights
- 10 PM to 11 PM: too few flights to score
Why LGA → FLL runs late
July 2023 – July 2026
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
crew, maintenance, boarding and fueling, all within the carrier’s 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 LGA → FLL. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed.
Late-arriving aircraft is the largest cause on LGA → FLL, at 38.6%: flights here mostly leave late because the plane came in late, and the day shows it: 5–9 AM departures arrived on time 86.3% of the time and 9 PM–5 AM departures 54.4%.
How this route holds up in bad weather
July 2023 – July 2026
The harder-hit end is the one the flight leaves from, where a cancellation keeps it from departing at all. Bad weather cancels 4.1 times the normal rate at LGA against 2.1 times at FLL. Cancelled in bad weather against normal hours: LGA 9.0% against 2.2%, FLL 3.3% against 1.6%. Flights that did leave FLL in bad weather arrived on time 54.6% of the time, against 73.3% in normal hours.
Bad weather and normal hours at the airports
Scheduled departures, July 2023 – July 2026| Departures from | LGA | FLL |
|---|---|---|
| Cancelled in bad weather | 9.0% | 3.3% |
| Cancelled in normal hours | 2.2% | 1.6% |
| Arrived on time, bad weather | 63.6% | 54.6% |
| Arrived on time, normal hours | 80.9% | 73.3% |
| Departures in bad weather | 56,339 | 13,418 |
Delta Air Lines (6.5% cancelled against 9.9% for the other carriers at LGA), American Airlines (7.6% cancelled against 9.3% for the other carriers at LGA) and JetBlue (6.9% cancelled against 8.3% for the other carriers at LGA) cancelled fewer departures from LGA in bad weather than the other carriers there did in the same months. None of the route’s other carriers was clearly worse.
This route’s airlines in bad weather at LGA
All departures from LGA| Airline | Bad-weather departures | Cancelled | Other carriers |
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| Delta Air Lines | 10,841 | 6.5%below the others | 9.9% |
| American Airlines | 6,685 | 7.6%below the others | 9.3% |
| JetBlue | 3,007 | 6.9%below the others | 8.3% |
| Spirit Airlines | 2,577 | 8.9%about level | 8.4% |
These are airport figures, not route figures: every scheduled departure from LGA and FLL, to any destination, in hours the weather report called bad. The airline rows count each carrier’s departures from LGA on every route.
Weather source and limits. In full: LGA (airlines), FLL, What Weather Costs Each Airport, Who Cancels More When the Weather Turns, Airports That Change Places When Weather Turns.
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 |
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| JetBlue | 5,099 | 68.5% | 2.61% | -3 min | 14.3% |
| Delta Air Lines | 4,970 | 75.5% | 2.41% | -8 min | 9.3% |
| Spirit Airlines | 3,468 | 74.6% | 3.72% | -9 min | 11.1% |
| American Airlines | 535 | 69.8% | 3.74% | -3 min | 11.9% |
JetBlue flew 36.2% of the 14,072 flights listed. American Airlines cancelled 3.74% of its flights here against 2.41% for Delta Air Lines.
Delta Air Lines arrived on time 7.0 percentage points more often than JetBlue on this route.
Other ways to fly New York to Miami
Airport pairs in the same two city markets, as the DOT defines them.
| Route | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LGA→MIA New York to Miami | 17,949 | 74.0% | 2.69% | -8 min | 46 |
| JFK→MIA New York to Miami | 15,837 | 75.0% | 2.10% | -7 min | 51 |
| EWR→FLL Newark to Fort Lauderdale | 15,393 | 75.3% | 2.81% | -8 min | 49 |
| LGA→FLL this route New York to Fort Lauderdale | 14,072 | 72.5% | 2.86% | -6 min | 43 |
| EWR→MIA Newark to Miami | 12,777 | 75.7% | 2.65% | -8 min | 51 |
| JFK→FLL New York to Fort Lauderdale | 11,955 | 72.5% | 2.76% | -6 min | 45 |
EWR → MIA is the most reliable pairing for this journey at 75.7% on time, against 72.5% for LGA → FLL.
Flying to FLL from the New York area? Compare LGA, EWR, JFK for FLL, with the same test for what counts as a real difference.
Flights on this route
Flight numbers with at least 600 operations here and still on the schedule.
B61471 (6:00 AM) arrived on time 82.6% of the time, 25.9 points more often than B6471 (3:55 PM) at 56.7%.
Weekly and seasonal patterns
By day of week
Saturday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 11.5 percentage points.
By month
- Jan: 73.9%
- Feb: 73.3%
- Mar: 69.1%
- Apr: 75.9%
- May: 73.3%
- Jun: 70.1%
- Jul: 62.2%
- Aug: 69.7%
- Sep: 77.1%
- Oct: 80.0%
- Nov: 78.9%
- Dec: 69.1%
July is historically the weakest month and October the strongest, a spread of 17.8 percentage points.
Reliability over time
July 2023 – July 2026
- July 2023: 57.6% from 370 flights
- August 2023: 73.3% from 372 flights
- September 2023: 70.9% from 365 flights
- October 2023: 84.7% from 425 flights
- November 2023: 78.8% from 434 flights
- December 2023: 74.8% from 416 flights
- January 2024: 71.9% from 461 flights
- February 2024: 70.9% from 430 flights
- March 2024: 67.3% from 448 flights
- April 2024: 80.9% from 386 flights
- May 2024: 76.9% from 376 flights
- June 2024: 71.9% from 351 flights
- July 2024: 63.7% from 372 flights
- August 2024: 60.9% from 371 flights
- September 2024: 81.4% from 339 flights
- October 2024: 85.6% from 359 flights
- November 2024: 91.2% from 331 flights
- December 2024: 75.5% from 423 flights
- January 2025: 78.3% from 389 flights
- February 2025: 76.8% from 344 flights
- March 2025: 80.5% from 363 flights
- April 2025: 82.0% from 349 flights
- May 2025: 71.5% from 308 flights
- June 2025: 62.5% from 289 flights
- July 2025: 63.7% from 309 flights
- August 2025: 74.8% from 329 flights
- September 2025: 79.5% from 311 flights
- October 2025: 67.7% from 325 flights
- November 2025: 68.4% from 405 flights
- December 2025: 57.3% from 455 flights
- January 2026: 72.1% from 459 flights
- February 2026: 73.1% from 419 flights
- March 2026: 61.6% from 496 flights
- April 2026: 66.8% from 454 flights
- May 2026: 70.9% from 359 flights
- June 2026: 74.8% from 334 flights
- July 2026: 64.2% from 346 flights
Over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), on-time arrivals averaged 68.7% against 76.1% in the 12 months before — declining by 7.4 percentage points.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 14,072 LGA → FLL 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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