Flights Fort Lauderdale → Milwaukee
FLL → MKE
Route overview
The flight route from Fort Lauderdale to Milwaukee has a moderate on-time performance rate of 67%, with an average delay of approximately 16 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees 36 flights, serving a significant number of passengers at the destination airport, which handles about 6,015,731 travelers 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) → Milwaukee (MKE) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 46 flights monitored in recent months, 63% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 16 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 11.7/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Milwaukee 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 Milwaukee: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Milwaukee (MKE) heads north for about 2,004 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 55m.
Departures from Fort Lauderdale on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 46% of FLL-MKE flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Fort Lauderdale the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Milwaukee it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 46 tracked FLL-MKE flights, 63% left on time with an average delay of 16 min and a 0.0% 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-MKE
On the Fort Lauderdale (FLL) -> Milwaukee (MKE) route, on-time performance is 63% with an average delay of 16 minutes, based on 46 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Fort Lauderdale-Milwaukee is 0.00% across 46 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.
