Best time to fly New York to Fort Lauderdale

Every month pooled across the years on record, so "July" means July generally rather than one particular July. Full JFK to FLL record →

Best month

May

85.9% on time · 303 flights

Worst month

December

55.6% on time · 385 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 338 66.8% 6.51% 55 min
February 347 72.2% 9.8% 55 min
March 388 67.7% 3.09% 73 min
April 380 77.8% 0.26% 55 min
May 303 85.9% 0.99% 57 min
June 285 81.2% 3.16% 75 min
July 293 67.8% 7.17% 91 min
August 293 73.6% 1.02% 88 min
September 259 79.9% 0.39% 56 min
October 279 71.6% 1.43% 64 min
November 334 77.3% 4.79% 87 min
December 385 55.6% 5.19% 66 min

What a seasonal pattern can and cannot tell you

Months differ for reasons that repeat — summer thunderstorms in the American interior, winter fog and de-icing in northern Europe, school holidays filling every seat and leaving no slack in the schedule. Those are real and they come back each year.

What the pattern cannot do is forecast a particular flight. A quiet month has late days and a bad month has punctual ones. Treat this as a way to choose between two dates you are indifferent about, not as a promise.