Flights Fort Lauderdale → Houston
FLL → HOU
Route overview
The flight route from Fort Lauderdale to Houston operates with a moderate on-time performance, with 65% of flights arriving as scheduled. The average delay for this route is seventeen minutes, and it sees a total of 180 flights annually. Houston's airport serves over thirteen million passengers yearly, indicating significant traffic and connectivity.
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) → Houston (HOU) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 273 flights monitored in recent months, 62% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 19 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.73%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Houston 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 Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Houston (HOU) heads west for about 1,538 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 21m.
Departures from Fort Lauderdale on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 44% of FLL-HOU flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Fort Lauderdale the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Houston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 273 tracked FLL-HOU flights, 62% left on time with an average delay of 19 min and a 0.7% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about FLL-HOU
On the Fort Lauderdale (FLL) -> Houston (HOU) route, on-time performance is 62% with an average delay of 19 minutes, based on 273 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Fort Lauderdale-Houston is 0.73% across 273 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest 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.
