Flights Fort Lauderdale → St. Thomas
FLL → STT
Route overview
The flight route from Fort Lauderdale to St. Thomas operates with an Airbus A319 and has a total of 93 flights, with only 54% arriving on time. Flights on this route experience an average delay of 31.8 minutes. The destination airport serves approximately 1,458,764 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) → St. Thomas (STT) route is operated by Spirit Airlines. Across 124 flights monitored in recent months, 59% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 26 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.81%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 14.3/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At St. Thomas 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 St. Thomas: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to St. Thomas (STT) heads south-east for about 1,781 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 39m.
Departures from Fort Lauderdale on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 94% of FLL-STT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Fort Lauderdale the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into St. Thomas it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 124 tracked FLL-STT flights, 59% left on time with an average delay of 26 min and a 0.8% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spirit Airlines (NK) | 74% | 10 min | 1.5% |
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Frequently asked questions about FLL-STT
On the Fort Lauderdale (FLL) -> St. Thomas (STT) route, on-time performance is 59% with an average delay of 26 minutes, based on 124 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Fort Lauderdale-St. Thomas is 0.81% across 124 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: 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.
