The flight time from Raleigh Durham to Fort Lauderdale is 1 hour, 58 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves RDU Raleigh Durham, NC 1 minute early.
12 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 38 minutes in the air
6 minutes taxiing in
Arrives FLL Fort Lauderdale, FL 6 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

JetBlue
85%
Delta
84%
Southwest
83%
Spirit
56%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Raleigh Durham to Fort Lauderdale is 1 hour, 58 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 38 minutes.

The flight distance from Raleigh Durham to Fort Lauderdale is 680 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Fort Lauderdale to Raleigh Durham
2 hours

Flight Time By Airline ?

Southwest
1h 53m
Delta
1h 59m
Spirit
1h 59m
JetBlue
2h 1m
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

27

Distance

680 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

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Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Southwest
7
Delta
7
JetBlue
7
Spirit
5

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Raleigh Durham from Fort Lauderdale by plane?

The distance from Raleigh Durham to Fort Lauderdale by plane is 680 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Raleigh Durham to Fort Lauderdale?

The flight time from Raleigh Durham to Fort Lauderdale is 1 hour, 58 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 38 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Southwest being the fastest taking 1 hour, 53 minutes, and JetBlue the slowest taking 2 hours, 1 minute.

What airlines fly from Raleigh Durham to Fort Lauderdale?

Southwest, Spirit, JetBlue, and Delta are the airlines with direct flights from Raleigh Durham to Fort Lauderdale.

Does Southwest fly from Raleigh Durham to Fort Lauderdale?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Raleigh Durham (RDU) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL). On average, they have 7 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 Raleigh Durham 1 minute early
Taxi Out Time 12 minutes
In the Air 98 minutes
Taxiing In 6 minutes
Arrives Fort Lauderdale 6 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 Raleigh Durham 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
JetBlue 85% 12% 3%
Delta 84% 15% 1%
Southwest 83% 16% 1%
Spirit 56% 40% 4%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Raleigh Durham 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 98 4 113
Delta 13 98 5 119
Spirit 10 98 8 119
JetBlue 18 96 6 121

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 0.89
8am 0.2
3pm 0.03
9am 0.19
1pm 0.18
7am 0.29
4pm 0.28
6pm 0.13
2pm 0
7pm 0.01
8pm 0.04
5am 0.01
11pm 0.07
10pm 0.16
6am 0.73
9pm 0.17
5pm 0.13
10am 0.05
11am 0.29

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Raleigh Durham 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 91
February 82
March 123
April 123
May 123
June 118
July 123
August 147
September 121
October 124
November 120
December 142

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Raleigh Durham 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 3.92
Tuesday 3.83
Wednesday 3.88
Thursday 3.9
Friday 3.92
Saturday 4.1
Sunday 4.08

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
Delta 0
JetBlue 0
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 12 98 5 118
8am 14 98 5 119
3pm 10 100 3 113
9am 9 96 5 112
1pm 9 99 4 113
7am 20 98 6 126
4pm 10 100 5 117
6pm 10 100 19 130
2pm 12 90 3 105
7pm 10 105 7 123
8pm 10 96 9 119
5am 8 100 4 110
11pm 9 94 7 112
10pm 10 96 7 114
6am 17 96 5 120
9pm 11 98 7 118
5pm 12 99 8 120
10am 11 101 5 117
11am 11 98 4 116
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.