Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Connect in the morning. The same one-hour layover misses 2% of the time at 9 am and 37% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	FLL	LAX	5h 26m	88%	1.4%	363	Flying now
JetBlue	FLL	LAX	5h 43m	77%	0.9%	1,779	Flying now
Spirit	FLL	LAX	5h 58m	63%	1.9%	155	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Los Angeles on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Los Angeles is 3 h behind Fort Lauderdale). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	FLL 06:30 → ATL 08:26DL 1215	3h 04m Atlanta	ATL 11:30 → LAX 13:05DL 326	9h 38m	99%	91%
United Details →	FLL 08:00 → DEN 10:18UA 1311	3h 08m Denver	DEN 13:26 → LAX 14:57UA 774	9h 57m	99%	90%
United Details →	FLL 08:40 → IAD 11:14UA 2169	1h 56m Dulles	IAD 13:10 → LAX 15:42UA 1689	10h 02m	99%	88%
United Details →	FLL 11:20 → CLE 14:05UA 2067	1h 37m Cleveland	CLE 15:42 → LAX 17:38UA 679	9h 18m	95%	86%
United Details →	FLL 07:00 → IAH 08:45UA 2314	1h 08m Houston	IAH 09:53 → LAX 11:30UA 469	7h 30m	98%	86%
Delta Details →	FLL 07:40 → ATL 09:39DL 1326	2h 56m Atlanta	ATL 12:35 → LAX 14:15DL 895	9h 35m	98%	85%
American Details →	FLL 07:44 → CLT 09:53AA 2087	2h 03m Charlotte	CLT 11:56 → LAX 13:55AA 1213	9h 11m	95%	84%
Southwest Details →	FLL 06:10 → MCO 07:15WN 4824	2h 05m Orlando	MCO 09:20 → LAX 11:25WN 4495	8h 15m	96%	84%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	FLL 11:08 → JFK 13:59DL 1422	1h 01m New York	JFK 15:00 → LAX 18:08DL 738	10h 00m	73%	52%
American Details →	FLL 16:12 → CLT 18:26AA 1875	48m Charlotte	CLT 19:14 → LAX 21:20AA 2055	8h 08m	58%	39%
American Details →	FLL 17:28 → ORD 19:59AA 2440	50m Chicago	ORD 20:49 → LAX 23:13AA 613	8h 45m	26%	13%

Same layover, different day-part

How often the first flight arrives too late to connect (45 min minimum), for one-ticket layovers of 45–80 minutes.

Morning

IAH · 1h 08m · leaves 07:00 2%

EWR · 1h 01m · leaves 07:55 3%

BOS · 1h 18m · leaves 06:30 4%

Afternoon and evening

MDW · 1h 00m · leaves 18:20 61%

ORD · 50m · leaves 17:28 74%

HOU · 55m · leaves 20:10 79%

Delays build through the day, so an afternoon first leg eats the layover. A short connection is fine early in the morning and a gamble later on.

Mixing airlines

One ticketMiss it and the airline rebooks you; bags go through. 45 min is enough.

Separate ticketsMiss it and you buy a new ticket. Re-check bags, clear security again: we require 90 min.


Southwest WN 4264 FLL 08:50 → DEN United UA 774 DEN 13:26 → LAX Connection details →	2h 26m	9h 07m	98%	88%
United UA 1311 FLL 08:00 → DEN Frontier F9 2341 DEN 12:32 → LAX Connection details →	2h 14m	9h 09m	97%	87%
Southwest WN 4824 FLL 06:10 → MCO Delta DL 504 MCO 09:45 → LAX Connection details →	2h 30m	8h 49m	96%	86%

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Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.

How these are worked out. Makes the connection: share of the last year’s flights where the first flight arrived with at least 45 minutes to spare (90 on separate tickets). Arrives on time: first flight not cancelled × connection made × second flight not cancelled and arriving within 15 minutes. Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.

About this data: US DOT on-time records, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Schedules (which flights and connections exist, and their times) are as of Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026; seasonal flights outside that window aren’t ranked. Rebuilt monthly. JSON