The flight time from Fort Lauderdale to New York is 2 hours, 46 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves FLL Fort Lauderdale, FL 3 minutes late.
15 minutes taxiing out
2 hours, 22 minutes in the air
7 minutes taxiing in
Arrives LGA New York, NY 5 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Delta
79%
Spirit
72%
JetBlue
69%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Fort Lauderdale to New York is 2 hours, 46 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 22 minutes.

The flight distance from Fort Lauderdale to New York is 1076 Miles.

Reverse Journey

New York to Fort Lauderdale
2 hours, 59 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Spirit
2h 43m
JetBlue
2h 47m
Delta
2h 48m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m2h2h 30m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

91

Distance

1076 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0510

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

JetBlue
36
Delta
29
Spirit
25

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Fort Lauderdale from New York by plane?

The distance from Fort Lauderdale to New York by plane is 1076 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 New York?

The flight time from Fort Lauderdale to New York is 2 hours, 46 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 22 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Spirit being the fastest taking 2 hours, 43 minutes, and Delta the slowest taking 2 hours, 48 minutes.

What airlines fly from Fort Lauderdale to New York?

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

Does Southwest fly from Fort Lauderdale to New York?

Southwest does not fly from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to New York (LGA). 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 3 minutes late
Taxi Out Time 15 minutes
In the Air 142 minutes
Taxiing In 7 minutes
Arrives New York 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 Fort Lauderdale to New York, Spirit is 72% reliable, which means that Spirit flights are on time 72% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Delta 79% 19% 2%
Spirit 72% 25% 3%
JetBlue 69% 28% 3%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Fort Lauderdale and New York, 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 14 142 6 163
JetBlue 16 142 7 167
Delta 16 142 8 168

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
12pm 0.92
8pm 0.92
4pm 0.47
6pm 0.13
5pm 0.8
10am 0.36
6am 0.84
7pm 1.75
8am 0.76
1pm 0.69
7am 1.55
11am 1.26
2pm 0.37
3pm 1.07
9am 0.82

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Fort Lauderdale to New York 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 437
February 398
March 429
April 413
May 368
June 350
July 363
August 368
September 360
October 425
November 432
December 413

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Fort Lauderdale to New York 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 13.33
Tuesday 13.27
Wednesday 13.25
Thursday 13.29
Friday 13.12
Saturday 11.83
Sunday 13.38

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
Delta 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)
12pm 15 144 6 166
8pm 16 141 7 167
4pm 16 141 7 165
6pm 16 142 7 168
5pm 17 143 9 172
10am 16 142 6 166
6am 14 140 6 163
7pm 15 141 7 164
8am 13 142 5 161
1pm 16 143 7 167
7am 15 142 7 166
11am 16 142 8 169
2pm 14 143 5 164
3pm 16 143 8 171
9am 16 141 6 166
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.