The flight time from New Orleans to Fort Lauderdale is 1 hour, 47 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves MSY New Orleans, LA 1 minute early.
11 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 28 minutes in the air
6 minutes taxiing in
Arrives FLL Fort Lauderdale, FL 2 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Southwest
83%
Spirit
77%
JetBlue
66%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from New Orleans to Fort Lauderdale is 1 hour, 47 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 28 minutes.

The flight distance from New Orleans to Fort Lauderdale is 674 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Fort Lauderdale to New Orleans
2 hours

Flight Time By Airline ?

Southwest
1h 45m
JetBlue
1h 47m
Spirit
1h 49m
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

32

Distance

674 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun012345

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Southwest
12
Spirit
12
JetBlue
6

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is New Orleans from Fort Lauderdale by plane?

The distance from New Orleans to Fort Lauderdale by plane is 674 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from New Orleans to Fort Lauderdale?

The flight time from New Orleans to Fort Lauderdale is 1 hour, 47 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 28 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Southwest being the fastest taking 1 hour, 45 minutes, and Spirit the slowest taking 1 hour, 49 minutes.

What airlines fly from New Orleans to Fort Lauderdale?

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

Does Southwest fly from New Orleans to Fort Lauderdale?

Yes! Southwest does fly from New Orleans (MSY) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL). On average, they have 12 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 New Orleans 1 minute early
Taxi Out Time 11 minutes
In the Air 88 minutes
Taxiing In 6 minutes
Arrives Fort Lauderdale 2 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 New Orleans to Fort Lauderdale, Southwest is 83% reliable, which means that Southwest flights are on time 83% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Southwest 83% 16% 1%
Spirit 77% 21% 2%
JetBlue 66% 33% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between New Orleans 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 10 89 4 105
JetBlue 12 88 5 107
Spirit 11 88 8 109

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 0.24
7pm 0.56
8pm 0.02
10am 0.06
9am 0.14
3pm 0.18
4pm 0.18
6am 1.11
9pm 0.38
5pm 0.04
10pm 0.02
11am 0.13
5am 0.08
8am 0.07
6pm 0.21
1pm 0.13
2pm 0.13
7am 0.86

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from New Orleans 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 115
February 124
March 150
April 144
May 156
June 150
July 147
August 143
September 127
October 139
November 142
December 145

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from New Orleans 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 4.87
Tuesday 4.35
Wednesday 4.38
Thursday 4.87
Friday 4.88
Saturday 4.23
Sunday 4.77

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
Southwest 0
Spirit 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)
12pm 13 90 5 108
7pm 10 86 4 102
8pm 11 89 6 108
10am 11 86 6 107
9am 12 92 6 112
3pm 11 91 5 109
4pm 12 89 7 110
6am 11 88 7 108
9pm 11 87 7 106
5pm 12 90 7 113
10pm 9 86 7 105
11am 12 92 6 109
5am 10 90 7 108
8am 9 86 5 103
6pm 10 89 6 109
1pm 11 90 8 111
2pm 11 91 7 110
7am 11 89 5 106
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.