Flights Houston → Fort Lauderdale
HOU → FLL
Route overview
The flight route from Houston to Fort Lauderdale has a moderate on-time performance rate of 66%, with an average delay of 20.6 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 178 flights, serving one of the busiest destination airports in terms of annual passenger traffic at 31,686,404 passengers.
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 Houston (HOU) → Fort Lauderdale (FLL) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 271 flights monitored in recent months, 68% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 19 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.74%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Fort Lauderdale the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Fort Lauderdale: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (HOU) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL) heads east for about 1,538 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 21m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 44% of HOU-FLL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Fort Lauderdale it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 271 tracked HOU-FLL flights, 68% 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 HOU-FLL
On the Houston (HOU) -> Fort Lauderdale (FLL) route, on-time performance is 68% with an average delay of 19 minutes, based on 271 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-Fort Lauderdale is 0.74% across 271 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.
