Austin (AUS) – Fort Lauderdale (FLL)
- Distance
- 1,778 km
- 1,105 mi · 960 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 41 min / 3 h 3 min
- Average gate to gate: AUS → FLL / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 223 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (132 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 310,558
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +48.6%
- Flights / week
- 44
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 78%
- 397,149 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- WN, B6, NK
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from AUS
- 101°
- Heading from FLL
- 289°
- Halfway point
- 28.42, -88.74
- Great-circle km
- 1,775 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air AUS → FLL
- 2 h 17 min
- In the air FLL → AUS
- 2 h 36 min
- Clocks
- Fort Lauderdale is 1 h ahead of Austin
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 55 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 14,898 |
| Sep 2025 | 14,915 |
| Oct 2025 | 24,845 |
| Nov 2025 | 22,923 |
| Dec 2025 | 33,829 |
| Jan 2026 | 30,044 |
| Feb 2026 | 28,472 |
| Mar 2026 | 40,389 |
| Apr 2026 | 27,905 |
| May 2026 | 22,203 |
| Jun 2026 | 23,356 |
| Jul 2026 | 26,779 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 107 |
| Sep 2025 | 104 |
| Oct 2025 | 153 |
| Nov 2025 | 166 |
| Dec 2025 | 235 |
| Jan 2026 | 230 |
| Feb 2026 | 211 |
| Mar 2026 | 276 |
| Apr 2026 | 228 |
| May 2026 | 174 |
| Jun 2026 | 165 |
| Jul 2026 | 229 |
Airlines flying AUS–FLL nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 14 | 34% |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 17 | 34% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 12 | 32% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 721 flights
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 302 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 286 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 284 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 241 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 207 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 164 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 73 flights
Also carried: 97 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 63.9%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 23 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.4%
- Flights counted
- 2,333
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| B6JetBlue Airways | 61.5% | 26 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 66.8% | 18 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 63.8% | 26 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 36% · aircraft arriving late 36% · air traffic system 27% · weather 1% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $182
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $182
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- JetBlue Airways
- 31% of passengers · $186
- Lowest-fare airline
- Spirit Air Lines
- 29% of passengers · $103
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $194 · Q3 2025 $169 · Q4 2025 $180 · Q1 2026 $182).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 1,775 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.