The flight time from San Francisco to Fort Lauderdale is 5 hours, 21 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves SFO San Francisco, CA 2 minutes early.
19 minutes taxiing out
4 hours, 53 minutes in the air
6 minutes taxiing in
Arrives FLL Fort Lauderdale, FL 5 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

JetBlue
81%
United
80%
Alaska
79%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from San Francisco to Fort Lauderdale is 5 hours, 21 minutes. The time spent in the air is 4 hours, 53 minutes.

The flight distance from San Francisco to Fort Lauderdale is 2584 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Fort Lauderdale to San Francisco
6 hours, 10 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Alaska
5h 16m
JetBlue
5h 20m
United
5h 22m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h4h5h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

21

Distance

2584 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun01234

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

JetBlue
14
United
6
Alaska
0

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is San Francisco from Fort Lauderdale by plane?

The distance from San Francisco to Fort Lauderdale by plane is 2584 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from San Francisco to Fort Lauderdale?

The flight time from San Francisco to Fort Lauderdale is 5 hours, 21 minutes. The time spent in the air is 4 hours, 53 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Alaska being the fastest taking 5 hours, 16 minutes, and United the slowest taking 5 hours, 22 minutes.

What airlines fly from San Francisco to Fort Lauderdale?

United, Alaska, and JetBlue are the airlines with direct flights from San Francisco to Fort Lauderdale.

Does Southwest fly from San Francisco to Fort Lauderdale?

Southwest does not fly from San Francisco (SFO) 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 San Francisco 2 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 19 minutes
In the Air 293 minutes
Taxiing In 6 minutes
Arrives Fort Lauderdale 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 San Francisco to Fort Lauderdale, Alaska is 79% reliable, which means that Alaska flights are on time 79% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
JetBlue 81% 18% 1%
United 80% 19% 1%
Alaska 79% 19% 2%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between San Francisco 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)
Alaska 19 287 5 316
JetBlue 17 294 6 320
United 23 292 5 322

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
8am 0.73
12pm 0
9am 0.12
10pm 0.2
6am 0.02
11pm 1.18
8pm 0.31
11am 0.15
9pm 0.11
10am 0.1
7am 0.12

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from San Francisco 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 102
February 84
March 92
April 87
May 93
June 88
July 93
August 93
September 64
October 77
November 99
December 154

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from San Francisco 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 2.94
Tuesday 3
Wednesday 3
Thursday 3.1
Friday 3.19
Saturday 3.12
Sunday 3.31

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 0
United 0
Alaska 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)
8am 17 296 6 323
12pm 16 295 18 329
9am 27 305 7 342
10pm 18 287 5 312
6am 19 294 5 318
11pm 21 294 5 323
8pm 15 291 6 313
11am 21 287 7 317
9pm 18 289 6 315
10am 25 293 7 330
7am 14 292 6 313
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.