Flights St. Louis → Fort Lauderdale
STL → FLL
Route overview
The flight route from St. Louis to Fort Lauderdale operates with a Boeing 737-300 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 75%. Over the period in question, there were 226 flights with an average delay of 10.8 minutes. The destination airport sees over thirty-one million passengers annually, indicating high traffic and demand for such routes.
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 St. Louis (STL) → Fort Lauderdale (FLL) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 308 flights monitored in recent months, 75% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.97%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22/100 (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 St. Louis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Fort Lauderdale: what to expect in this direction
Flying from St. Louis (STL) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL) heads south-east for about 1,702 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 33m.
Departures from St. Louis on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 42% of STL-FLL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing St. Louis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Fort Lauderdale it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 308 tracked STL-FLL flights, 75% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 1.0% 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 STL-FLL
On the St. Louis (STL) -> Fort Lauderdale (FLL) route, on-time performance is 75% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 308 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on St. Louis-Fort Lauderdale is 0.97% across 308 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.
