ORD to FLL flight delays
Chicago, IL (ORD) Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL) · 1,182 miles
202 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
75.88%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.99%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
61 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
16 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Only United Airlines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
This is a thin route — 202 flights across the whole period. On a route this infrequent a cancellation is far more costly than the rate suggests, because the next departure may not be the same day.
Flights from Chicago to Fort Lauderdale run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, United Airlines arrived on time most often on ORD to FLL.
Every airline on ORD to FLL
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines | 121 | 78.15% | 0.83% | 56 min | C |
| American Airlines | 51 | 72% | 1.96% | 78 min | — |
| Frontier Airlines | 30 | 73.33% | 0% | 44 min | — |
The return leg
FLL to ORD Fort Lauderdale back to Chicago 73.37% on time COther routes from Chicago
Common questions
Are flights from Chicago to Fort Lauderdale usually delayed?
75.88% of flights on the ORD to FLL route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Chicago to Fort Lauderdale?
Only United Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 121 flights and 78.15% arriving on time.
How often are ORD to FLL flights cancelled?
0.99% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 10 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When ORD to FLL flights are late, how late are they?
About 61 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 ORD to FLL during March 2025 – August 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 →