STL to FLL flight delays
St. Louis, MO (STL) Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL) · 1,057 miles
66 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
65.15%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
39 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
14 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
This is a late route. Flights from St. Louis to Fort Lauderdale miss their scheduled arrival often enough that a tight connection at the far end is a connection at risk.
The two directions do not behave alike. FLL to STL arrives on time 7.6 points more 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.
Every airline on STL 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 66 | 65.15% | 0% | 39 min | — |
Other routes from St. Louis
Common questions
Are flights from St. Louis to Fort Lauderdale usually delayed?
65.15% of flights on the STL to FLL 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.
How often are STL to FLL flights cancelled?
0% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 1 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When STL to FLL flights are late, how late are they?
About 39 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 STL 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 →