FLL to SAN flight delays
Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL) San Diego, CA (SAN) · 2,269 miles
466 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
73.03%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.43%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
60 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
17 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Alaska Airlines arrived on time 15.4 points more often than JetBlue Airways over the same period on the same route — same airports, same weather, same air traffic control. A gap that survives all of that is about how the two airlines are run.
The season swings this route hard. In March it ran 56.3 points more punctual than in December — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
The route has been getting better. The later months in the record run 18.7 points more punctual than the earlier ones, which usually means a schedule that was too tight has been given more room.
The two directions do not behave alike. SAN to FLL arrives on time 6 points less often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over July 2024 – July 2026, Alaska Airlines arrived on time most often on FLL to SAN. JetBlue Airways was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in April and worst in September.
Every airline on FLL to SAN
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Airlines | 332 | 77.37% | 0.6% | 68 min | C |
| JetBlue Airways | 134 | 62.02% | 0% | 49 min | F |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
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Common questions
Are flights from Fort Lauderdale to San Diego usually delayed?
73.03% of flights on the FLL to SAN route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 3 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Fort Lauderdale to San Diego?
Alaska Airlines, at 77.37% on time across 332 flights. The least punctual on the route was JetBlue Airways at 62.02%.
How often are FLL to SAN flights cancelled?
0.43% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 4 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Fort Lauderdale to San Diego?
March, when 93.5% of flights arrived on time. The worst was December at 37.2%.
When FLL to SAN flights are late, how late are they?
About 60 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on FLL to SAN during July 2024 – July 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →