Flights Fort Lauderdale → Charlotte
FLL → CLT
Route overview
The flight route from Fort Lauderdale to Charlotte operates with a mix of aircraft including Airbus A319, A320, A321, and Boeing 737 models. With 891 total flights recorded, the route experiences an average delay of 19.7 minutes per flight, achieving on-time performance in 71% of cases. The destination airport serves over 47 million passengers annually, indicating high traffic volume.
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 Fort Lauderdale (FLL) → Charlotte (CLT) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 1212 flights monitored in recent months, 71% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 19 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.39%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 34/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Fort Lauderdale the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Charlotte: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Charlotte (CLT) heads north for about 1,019 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 42m.
Departures from Fort Lauderdale on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 36% of FLL-CLT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Fort Lauderdale the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Charlotte it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,212 tracked FLL-CLT flights, 71% left on time with an average delay of 19 min and a 2.4% 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% |
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Frequently asked questions about FLL-CLT
On the Fort Lauderdale (FLL) -> Charlotte (CLT) route, on-time performance is 71% with an average delay of 19 minutes, based on 1212 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Fort Lauderdale-Charlotte is 2.39% across 1212 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American 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.
