Flights Jacksonville → Fort Lauderdale
JAX → FLL
Route overview
The flight route from Jacksonville to Fort Lauderdale operates with an average of 22 flights, achieving an on-time performance rate of 80%. These flights experience a mean delay of 13.6 minutes and serve the highly trafficked destination airport in Fort Lauderdale, which handles approximately 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 Jacksonville (JAX) → Fort Lauderdale (FLL) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 71 flights monitored in recent months, 73% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.82%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.8/100 (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 Jacksonville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Fort Lauderdale: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Jacksonville (JAX) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL) heads south for about 514 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 4m.
Departures from Jacksonville on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 52% of JAX-FLL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Jacksonville the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Fort Lauderdale it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 71 tracked JAX-FLL flights, 73% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 2.8% 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 JAX-FLL
On the Jacksonville (JAX) -> Fort Lauderdale (FLL) route, on-time performance is 73% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 71 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Jacksonville-Fort Lauderdale is 2.82% across 71 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.
