The flight time from New York to Fort Lauderdale is 2 hours, 58 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves LGA New York, NY on time.
19 minutes taxiing out
2 hours, 29 minutes in the air
6 minutes taxiing in
Arrives FLL Fort Lauderdale, FL 8 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Delta
81%
Spirit
74%
JetBlue
72%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from New York to Fort Lauderdale is 2 hours, 58 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 29 minutes.

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

Reverse Journey

Fort Lauderdale to New York
2 hours, 46 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

JetBlue
2h 56m
Delta
2h 58m
Spirit
2h 58m
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

92

Distance

1076 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0510

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

JetBlue
35
Delta
31
Spirit
25

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is New York from Fort Lauderdale by plane?

The distance from New York to Fort Lauderdale 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 New York to Fort Lauderdale?

The flight time from New York to Fort Lauderdale is 2 hours, 58 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 29 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with JetBlue being the fastest taking 2 hours, 56 minutes, and Delta the slowest taking 2 hours, 58 minutes.

What airlines fly from New York to Fort Lauderdale?

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

Does Southwest fly from New York to Fort Lauderdale?

Southwest does not fly from New York (LGA) 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 New York on time
Taxi Out Time 19 minutes
In the Air 149 minutes
Taxiing In 6 minutes
Arrives Fort Lauderdale 8 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 York to Fort Lauderdale, Spirit is 74% reliable, which means that Spirit flights are on time 74% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Delta 81% 18% 1%
Spirit 74% 24% 2%
JetBlue 72% 26% 2%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between New York 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)
JetBlue 21 149 6 176
Delta 20 150 5 178
Spirit 16 150 8 178

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 0.91
6am 1.92
4pm 1.48
5pm 0.37
10am 0.71
7pm 1
8pm 0.59
1pm 0.64
2pm 0.46
9pm 0.17
11am 1.11
3pm 1.6
9am 0.67
7am 0.99
6pm 0.25
8am 0.07

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from New York 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 461
February 429
March 446
April 384
May 376
June 349
July 372
August 369
September 363
October 422
November 433
December 416

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from New York 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 13.54
Tuesday 13.33
Wednesday 13.37
Thursday 13.4
Friday 13.35
Saturday 12.4
Sunday 13.31

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 18 152 7 179
6am 15 147 7 172
4pm 20 152 8 183
5pm 19 150 6 178
10am 20 149 5 177
7pm 21 149 5 178
8pm 21 147 6 177
1pm 19 149 5 175
2pm 18 152 7 182
9pm 16 143 5 164
11am 19 148 6 177
3pm 20 151 6 179
9am 23 150 6 181
7am 20 149 5 175
6pm 20 147 7 181
8am 18 150 6 177
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.