The flight time from Boston to Fort Lauderdale is 3 hours, 19 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves BOS Boston, MA on time.
18 minutes taxiing out
2 hours, 52 minutes in the air
6 minutes taxiing in
Arrives FLL Fort Lauderdale, FL 5 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Delta
79%
Spirit
75%
JetBlue
73%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Boston to Fort Lauderdale is 3 hours, 19 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 52 minutes.

The flight distance from Boston to Fort Lauderdale is 1237 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Fort Lauderdale to Boston
3 hours, 8 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Spirit
3h 19m
JetBlue
3h 19m
Delta
3h 20m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

60

Distance

1237 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246810

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

JetBlue
29
Spirit
16
Delta
15

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Boston from Fort Lauderdale by plane?

The distance from Boston to Fort Lauderdale by plane is 1237 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Boston to Fort Lauderdale?

The flight time from Boston to Fort Lauderdale is 3 hours, 19 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 52 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Spirit being the fastest taking 3 hours, 19 minutes, and Delta the slowest taking 3 hours, 20 minutes.

What airlines fly from Boston to Fort Lauderdale?

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

Does Southwest fly from Boston to Fort Lauderdale?

Southwest does not fly from Boston (BOS) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL). Keep in mind that Southwest may fly to other nearby airports, as they will often fly into smaller airpors instead of larger ones. This is because the costs are often lower to fly into smaller airports, and they pass the savings on to you.

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 Boston on time
Taxi Out Time 18 minutes
In the Air 172 minutes
Taxiing In 6 minutes
Arrives Fort Lauderdale 5 minutes 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 Boston to Fort Lauderdale, Spirit is 75% reliable, which means that Spirit flights are on time 75% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Delta 79% 20% 1%
Spirit 75% 23% 2%
JetBlue 73% 26% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Boston 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)
Spirit 16 172 7 199
JetBlue 18 173 6 199
Delta 20 172 5 200

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
5am 0.35
8am 0.2
6pm 0.21
10am 0.19
9am 0.16
3pm 1.08
4pm 0.52
6am 1.57
9pm 0.21
2pm 0.18
11am 0.77
5pm 0.19
12pm 0.6
7am 0.94
8pm 0.78
1pm 0.04
7pm 0.51

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Boston 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 281
February 291
March 304
April 259
May 216
June 208
July 216
August 232
September 235
October 265
November 299
December 354

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Boston 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 9.19
Tuesday 8.44
Wednesday 8.31
Thursday 8.81
Friday 8.96
Saturday 8.23
Sunday 8.83

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
JetBlue 1
Spirit 0
Delta 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)
5am 15 172 7 199
8am 22 171 6 201
6pm 19 176 7 206
10am 15 177 7 200
9am 18 174 6 201
3pm 19 172 5 198
4pm 19 172 7 200
6am 18 171 6 198
9pm 14 173 8 195
2pm 17 175 6 200
11am 17 175 5 198
5pm 19 167 7 194
12pm 15 176 7 200
7am 22 172 5 202
8pm 17 173 6 199
1pm 14 180 7 201
7pm 18 172 5 198
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.