The flight time from Houston to Fort Lauderdale is 2 hours, 24 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves IAH Houston, TX 1 minute early.
16 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 58 minutes in the air
7 minutes taxiing in
Arrives FLL Fort Lauderdale, FL 3 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

United
81%
Spirit
70%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Houston to Fort Lauderdale is 2 hours, 24 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 58 minutes.

The flight distance from Houston to Fort Lauderdale is 966 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Fort Lauderdale to Houston
2 hours, 46 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Spirit
2h 23m
United
2h 24m
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)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

45

Distance

966 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

United
26
Spirit
19

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Houston from Fort Lauderdale by plane?

The distance from Houston to Fort Lauderdale by plane is 966 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Houston to Fort Lauderdale?

The flight time from Houston to Fort Lauderdale is 2 hours, 24 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 58 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Spirit being the fastest taking 2 hours, 23 minutes, and United the slowest taking 2 hours, 24 minutes.

What airlines fly from Houston to Fort Lauderdale?

Spirit and United are the airlines with direct flights from Houston to Fort Lauderdale.

Does Southwest fly from Houston to Fort Lauderdale?

Southwest does not fly from Houston (IAH) 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 Houston 1 minute early
Taxi Out Time 16 minutes
In the Air 118 minutes
Taxiing In 7 minutes
Arrives Fort Lauderdale 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 Houston to Fort Lauderdale, Spirit is 70% reliable, which means that Spirit flights are on time 70% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
United 81% 18% 1%
Spirit 70% 29% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Houston 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 14 118 8 143
United 19 118 4 144

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
11am 0.24
6am 0.15
1pm 0.01
4pm 0.37
5pm 0.15
2pm 0.24
8am 0.38
7am 0.54
5am 0.83
3pm 0.21
11pm 0
8pm 0.02
9am 0.49
6pm 0.78
7pm 0.95
10am 0.81
12pm 0.21

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Houston 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 219
February 175
March 238
April 217
May 189
June 163
July 176
August 179
September 170
October 189
November 210
December 234

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Houston 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 6.52
Tuesday 6.15
Wednesday 6.19
Thursday 6.56
Friday 6.48
Saturday 6.67
Sunday 6.79

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
United 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)
11am 15 118 6 142
6am 13 116 8 138
1pm 11 113 9 133
4pm 17 118 8 149
5pm 16 114 8 143
2pm 18 115 5 140
8am 18 124 4 147
7am 17 118 4 140
5am 13 119 7 141
3pm 12 127 10 153
11pm 13 111 5 129
8pm 15 114 7 139
9am 23 116 5 146
6pm 21 116 5 143
7pm 14 118 7 140
10am 19 118 6 146
12pm 18 115 7 144
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.