Connection · one ticket · schedule Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 · records Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Los Angeles → Newark via Fort Lauderdale: arrives on time 34%

  1. 08:45 LAX → 17:08 FLL
    B6 1700 · JetBlue · 5h 19m · 75% on time, 1.1% cancelled
  2. 50m layover in Fort Lauderdale (FLL) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 17:58 FLL → 21:03 EWR
    B6 106 · JetBlue · 3h 03m · 57% on time, 6.6% cancelled

Total trip 9h 16m, scheduled departure to arrival (Newark is 3 h ahead of Los Angeles). Times are local. Both flew on 56 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection65%The first flight arrived more than 5 minutes late on 35% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 50m layover.
Arrives on time34%First flight not cancelled (1.1% are) × connection made (65%) × second flight not cancelled (6.6% are) and within 15 minutes (57%).
Total trip9h 16mLAX 08:45 to EWR 21:03, layover included

Tight connection: often missed. The first flight is late enough to miss it on more than 1 day in 4.

Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.