FLL to BWI flight delays

FLL BWI Fort Lauderdale Hollywood to Baltimore/Washington Thurgood Marshall · 925 miles

10,788 flights were scheduled from FLL to BWI over July 2023 through June 2026. Of the 10,557 that made the trip, 74.6% reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule. These are arrival figures: “on time” means the flight reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule. Arrivals are what decide whether you make the connection, so route and airline pages are scored on them rather than on pushback.

Data through June 2026 · Bureau of Transportation Statistics

The route in brief

Flights in the window
10,788
Arrived on time
74.6%
Cancelled
2%
Scheduled distance
925 miles

Cancellations are counted against everything scheduled. Diverted flights are counted with them rather than as very late arrivals, which is why the on-time share and the cancellation rate do not add up to everything that happened.

Airline by airline

Airlines with at least 100 flights on FLL–BWI, busiest first. Same route, same weather, same air traffic — which makes this the fairest comparison on the site.

Airline Arrived on time Typical delay Cancelled Flights
Southwest Airlines 76.5% 60 min 1.8% 7,492
Spirit Airlines 70.2% 64 min 2.2% 3,160
Frontier Airlines 71.1% 93 min 5.9% 136

Month by month

July was the month to avoid on FLL–BWI: 65.5% of flights arrived on time, against 84.5% in November. Each bar pools three years of that calendar month.

Share of flights that arrived on time, by calendar month. Best month in green, worst in amber. The hairline sits at the overall rate, 74.6%.
Arrival on-time share, FLL to BWI, by calendar month
Month Share flights that arrived on time Flights
January 73.6% 961
February 77.6% 878
March 70.1% 976
April 77% 943
May 71.8% 835
June 71.9% 776
July 65.5% 958
August 69.1% 911
September 79.9% 813
October 83.7% 904
November 84.5% 899
December 71.5% 934

Both ends of the route

A route’s record is built out of two airports’ habits. The hour-by-hour grid for each is on its own page.

FLL to BWI in one number

FLL → BWI

When a flight on this route was late, it was late by about 62 min.

July 2023–June 2026 · 10,788 flights

74.6% of flights arrived on time

Questions about FLL to BWI

Which airline is most reliable from FLL to BWI?
Southwest Airlines — its flights on this pairing arrived on time 76.5% of the time, with 7,492 scheduled. Spirit Airlines came in at 70.2% over 3,160 scheduled. Airlines with fewer than 100 flights on the route are not rated.
What is the worst month to fly FLL to BWI?
July, at 65.5% of arrivals on time, with 958 flights scheduled. November was the best of the year at 84.5%.
How late are FLL–BWI flights when they are late?
62 min on average, counting only the flights that arrived 15 minutes or more behind schedule. The on-time flights are left out of that average on purpose — mixing them in would flatter it.
How often is the FLL to BWI flight cancelled?
2% of scheduled flights on this route were cancelled, July 2023 through June 2026. Diverted flights are counted with the cancellations rather than as late arrivals.
Are these departure or arrival numbers?
Arrival. A flight counts as on time here if it reached the gate at BWI less than 15 minutes behind schedule. Airport pages score departures instead, because that is the number you can act on when you pick a booking time.