The flight time from Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale is 1 hour, 46 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves ATL Atlanta, GA 2 minutes late.
15 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 24 minutes in the air
6 minutes taxiing in
Arrives FLL Fort Lauderdale, FL 1 minute early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

JetBlue
81%
Delta
80%
Southwest
75%
Spirit
73%
Frontier
53%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale is 1 hour, 46 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 24 minutes.

The flight distance from Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale is 581 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Fort Lauderdale to Atlanta
1 hour, 50 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Southwest
1h 43m
Delta
1h 45m
JetBlue
1h 47m
Spirit
1h 47m
Frontier
1h 52m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

153

Distance

581 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun05101520

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Delta
77
Spirit
35
Southwest
23
Frontier
9
JetBlue
8

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Atlanta from Fort Lauderdale by plane?

The distance from Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale by plane is 581 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale?

The flight time from Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale is 1 hour, 46 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 24 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Southwest being the fastest taking 1 hour, 43 minutes, and Frontier the slowest taking 1 hour, 52 minutes.

What airlines fly from Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale?

Southwest, JetBlue, Spirit, Frontier, and Delta are the airlines with direct flights from Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale.

Does Southwest fly from Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Atlanta (ATL) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL). On average, they have 23 flights per week on this route. This may vary seasonally, please check the chart above for more details.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves Atlanta 2 minutes late
Taxi Out Time 15 minutes
In the Air 84 minutes
Taxiing In 6 minutes
Arrives Fort Lauderdale 1 minute early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale, Delta is 80% reliable, which means that Delta flights are on time 80% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
JetBlue 81% 16% 3%
Delta 80% 19% 1%
Southwest 75% 24% 1%
Spirit 73% 26% 1%
Frontier 53% 45% 2%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Atlanta and Fort Lauderdale, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline Taxiing Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxiing In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
Southwest 13 84 4 103
Delta 15 83 5 105
JetBlue 17 84 6 107
Spirit 13 84 8 107
Frontier 17 85 8 112

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time Count
7pm 0.99
6am 0.9
10am 1.63
11pm 0.27
3pm 1.48
10pm 1.59
9am 1.07
8am 1.95
7am 1.9
4pm 1.39
11am 0.73
1pm 1.24
5pm 1.27
6pm 0.69
8pm 0.37
5am 0.99
2pm 0.97
12pm 1.24
9pm 0.99

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month Count
January 669
February 628
March 706
April 666
May 676
June 643
July 679
August 650
September 626
October 661
November 666
December 730

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Atlanta to Fort Lauderdale that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day Count
Monday 21.94
Tuesday 21.08
Wednesday 20.83
Thursday 22.37
Friday 22.44
Saturday 22.08
Sunday 23.12

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline Flights per Week
Delta 1
Spirit 1
Southwest 0
Frontier 0
JetBlue 0

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time Taxi Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxi In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
7pm 15 83 6 107
6am 16 82 5 103
10am 16 83 6 107
11pm 15 80 4 102
3pm 15 84 5 106
10pm 15 83 5 104
9am 13 84 8 108
8am 14 84 5 106
7am 15 83 5 106
4pm 15 85 6 107
11am 13 84 6 105
1pm 14 84 6 105
5pm 15 84 6 108
6pm 14 84 9 110
8pm 15 83 5 105
5am 13 83 8 107
2pm 15 86 7 111
12pm 14 83 6 105
9pm 15 83 4 102
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.