The flight time from Fort Lauderdale to Charlotte is 1 hour, 59 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves FLL Fort Lauderdale, FL 2 minutes early.
14 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 34 minutes in the air
9 minutes taxiing in
Arrives CLT Charlotte, NC 3 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

American
79%
Spirit
68%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Fort Lauderdale to Charlotte is 1 hour, 59 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 34 minutes.

The flight distance from Fort Lauderdale to Charlotte is 632 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Charlotte to Fort Lauderdale
1 hour, 53 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Spirit
1h 58m
American
2h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m2h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

58

Distance

632 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun02468

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

American
43
Spirit
15

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Fort Lauderdale from Charlotte by plane?

The distance from Fort Lauderdale to Charlotte by plane is 632 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Fort Lauderdale to Charlotte?

The flight time from Fort Lauderdale to Charlotte is 1 hour, 59 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 34 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Spirit being the fastest taking 1 hour, 58 minutes, and American the slowest taking 2 hours.

What airlines fly from Fort Lauderdale to Charlotte?

American and Spirit are the airlines with direct flights from Fort Lauderdale to Charlotte.

Does Southwest fly from Fort Lauderdale to Charlotte?

Southwest does not fly from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Charlotte (CLT). 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 Fort Lauderdale 2 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 14 minutes
In the Air 94 minutes
Taxiing In 9 minutes
Arrives Charlotte 3 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 Fort Lauderdale to Charlotte, Spirit is 68% reliable, which means that Spirit flights are on time 68% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
American 79% 19% 2%
Spirit 68% 30% 2%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Fort Lauderdale and Charlotte, 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 14 94 9 118
American 14 95 8 120

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
10am 0.97
9am 0
12pm 0.11
6pm 0.45
3pm 0.4
8am 0.66
9pm 0.01
7am 0.77
4pm 0.39
7pm 1.28
2pm 0.77
1pm 0.48
11am 0.24
5pm 0.7
6am 0.93

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Fort Lauderdale to Charlotte 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 267
February 246
March 275
April 266
May 272
June 212
July 209
August 215
September 186
October 258
November 304
December 317

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Fort Lauderdale to Charlotte 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 8.42
Tuesday 7.67
Wednesday 8.29
Thursday 8.42
Friday 8.58
Saturday 8.27
Sunday 8.56

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
American 1
Spirit 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)
10am 14 94 9 118
9am 13 96 8 117
12pm 14 93 8 119
6pm 14 95 9 119
3pm 15 96 10 123
8am 14 95 10 120
9pm 12 98 11 124
7am 14 93 9 117
4pm 15 93 9 120
7pm 15 93 9 119
2pm 15 94 10 123
1pm 14 95 8 120
11am 15 94 7 118
5pm 15 97 8 121
6am 14 95 7 117
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.