Flights Dallas-Fort Worth → Fort Lauderdale
DFW → FLL
Route overview
The flight route from Dallas-Fort Worth to Fort Lauderdale operates with a high frequency of 914 flights annually, using aircraft such as the Boeing 737-800 and Airbus A320/A319 models. With an on-time performance rate of 73%, these flights experience an average delay of 19 minutes, serving one of the busiest destination airports in terms of passenger traffic with over 31 million passengers per year.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Fort Lauderdale (FLL) route is operated by American Airlines, Spirit Airlines. Across 1163 flights monitored in recent months, 73% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 19 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.49%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 29.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Fort Lauderdale the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Fort Lauderdale: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL) heads east for about 1,799 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 40m.
Departures from Dallas-Fort Worth on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 45% of DFW-FLL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Fort Lauderdale it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,163 tracked DFW-FLL flights, 73% left on time with an average delay of 19 min and a 2.5% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
| Spirit Airlines (NK) | 74% | 10 min | 1.5% |
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Frequently asked questions about DFW-FLL
On the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) -> Fort Lauderdale (FLL) route, on-time performance is 73% with an average delay of 19 minutes, based on 1163 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Dallas-Fort Worth-Fort Lauderdale is 2.49% across 1163 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American Airlines, Spirit Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
