Flights Houston → Fort Lauderdale
IAH → FLL
Route overview
The flight route from Houston to Fort Lauderdale operates with an average on-time performance of 80%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 12.5 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 803 flights using various aircraft models including Boeing 737-900, Airbus A320, and Boeing 737 variants, serving a destination airport that handles nearly 31,686,404 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 Houston (IAH) → Fort Lauderdale (FLL) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 1047 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 16 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.20%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.8/100 (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 (IAH) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL) heads east for about 1,552 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 22m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 42% of IAH-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 1,047 tracked IAH-FLL flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 16 min and a 2.2% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about IAH-FLL
On the Houston (IAH) -> Fort Lauderdale (FLL) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 16 minutes, based on 1047 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-Fort Lauderdale is 2.20% across 1047 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: United Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Fort Lauderdale, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
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.
