Flights Fort Lauderdale → Detroit
FLL → DTW
Route overview
The flight route from Fort Lauderdale to Detroit has a punctuality rate of 67%, with an average delay of 25 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 865 flights operated by various aircraft models including the Boeing 737 series, Airbus A320 family, and McDonnell Douglas MD-88, serving one of the busiest destination airports in the country with over 28 million passengers annually.
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) → Detroit (DTW) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, Spirit Airlines. Across 1085 flights monitored in recent months, 68% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 24 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.76%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.7/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Detroit 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 Detroit: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Detroit (DTW) heads north for about 1,818 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 42m.
Departures from Fort Lauderdale on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 40% of FLL-DTW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Fort Lauderdale the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Detroit it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,085 tracked FLL-DTW flights, 68% left on time with an average delay of 24 min and a 2.8% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
| Spirit Airlines (NK) | 74% | 10 min | 1.5% |
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Frequently asked questions about FLL-DTW
On the Fort Lauderdale (FLL) -> Detroit (DTW) route, on-time performance is 68% with an average delay of 24 minutes, based on 1085 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Fort Lauderdale-Detroit is 2.76% across 1085 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Delta Air Lines, 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.
