The flight time from San Juan to Fort Lauderdale is 2 hours, 43 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves SJU San Juan, PR on time.
14 minutes taxiing out
2 hours, 21 minutes in the air
6 minutes taxiing in
Arrives FLL Fort Lauderdale, FL 2 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Southwest
86%
JetBlue
75%
Spirit
70%
Frontier
61%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from San Juan to Fort Lauderdale is 2 hours, 43 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 21 minutes.

The flight distance from San Juan to Fort Lauderdale is 1046 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Fort Lauderdale to San Juan
2 hours, 27 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

JetBlue
2h 42m
Spirit
2h 43m
Frontier
2h 44m
Southwest
2h 46m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m2h2h 30m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

43

Distance

1046 Miles

Flights By Month ?

JFMAMJJASOND050100150200250

Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

JetBlue
23
Spirit
10
Southwest
8
Frontier
0

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is San Juan from Fort Lauderdale by plane?

The distance from San Juan to Fort Lauderdale by plane is 1046 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 Juan to Fort Lauderdale?

The flight time from San Juan to Fort Lauderdale is 2 hours, 43 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 21 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with JetBlue being the fastest taking 2 hours, 42 minutes, and Southwest the slowest taking 2 hours, 46 minutes.

What airlines fly from San Juan to Fort Lauderdale?

JetBlue, Southwest, Spirit, and Frontier are the airlines with direct flights from San Juan to Fort Lauderdale.

Does Southwest fly from San Juan to Fort Lauderdale?

Yes! Southwest does fly from San Juan (SJU) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL). On average, they have 8 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 San Juan on time
Taxi Out Time 14 minutes
In the Air 141 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 San Juan to Fort Lauderdale, Southwest is 86% reliable, which means that Southwest flights are on time 86% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Southwest 86% 13% 1%
JetBlue 75% 25% 0%
Spirit 70% 28% 2%
Frontier 61% 27% 12%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between San Juan 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 13 142 5 162
Spirit 12 140 8 163
Frontier 15 139 7 164
Southwest 17 142 4 166

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
5pm 0.36
6pm 0.23
8am 0.06
11pm 0.07
5am 0.41
9am 0.2
10am 0.12
10pm 0.18
12pm 0.19
7am 0.14
11am 0.06
4pm 0.35
9pm 0.47
3pm 0.34
7pm 0.58
1pm 0.45
8pm 0.7
6am 0.76
2pm 0.4

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from San Juan 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 177
February 144
March 163
April 178
May 221
June 254
July 261
August 199
September 180
October 138
November 157
December 175

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from San Juan 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 6.13
Tuesday 6
Wednesday 6.31
Thursday 5.94
Friday 6.13
Saturday 6.44
Sunday 6.25

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
Spirit 0
Southwest 0
Frontier 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)
5pm 13 138 6 158
6pm 12 138 8 164
8am 15 143 7 167
11pm 12 138 6 157
5am 13 142 5 162
9am 14 141 5 162
10am 15 143 4 166
10pm 12 138 7 158
12pm 16 141 5 163
7am 16 140 6 163
11am 14 145 5 161
4pm 14 143 6 165
9pm 12 144 7 164
3pm 15 145 6 168
7pm 13 142 6 163
1pm 15 143 5 164
8pm 11 140 7 161
6am 14 140 5 160
2pm 17 144 4 168
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.