Cleveland (CLE) – Fort Lauderdale (FLL)
- Distance
- 1,709 km
- 1,062 mi · 923 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 49 min / 2 h 52 min
- Average gate to gate: CLE → FLL / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 215 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (127 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 361,016
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +12.9%
- Flights / week
- 47
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 77%
- 468,587 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- F9, UA, 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 CLE
- 174°
- Heading from FLL
- 355°
- Halfway point
- 33.75, -80.93
- Great-circle km
- 1,713 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air CLE → FLL
- 2 h 23 min
- In the air FLL → CLE
- 2 h 22 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 50 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 21,426 |
| Sep 2025 | 15,232 |
| Oct 2025 | 20,434 |
| Nov 2025 | 24,323 |
| Dec 2025 | 29,892 |
| Jan 2026 | 32,055 |
| Feb 2026 | 35,634 |
| Mar 2026 | 46,217 |
| Apr 2026 | 32,091 |
| May 2026 | 33,732 |
| Jun 2026 | 33,396 |
| Jul 2026 | 36,584 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 136 |
| Sep 2025 | 112 |
| Oct 2025 | 137 |
| Nov 2025 | 164 |
| Dec 2025 | 184 |
| Jan 2026 | 214 |
| Feb 2026 | 239 |
| Mar 2026 | 300 |
| Apr 2026 | 210 |
| May 2026 | 251 |
| Jun 2026 | 218 |
| Jul 2026 | 260 |
Airlines flying CLE–FLL nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| F9Frontier Airlines | 18 | 45% |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 20 | 37% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 7.8 | 17% |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 0.9 | 1% |
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 A321-200n · 594 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 402 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 378 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 342 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 207 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 194 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 170 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 135 flights
Also carried: 14 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 79.3%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 18 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.2%
- Flights counted
- 2,477
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 89.9% | 8 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 73.6% | 25 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 66% | 25 min |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 72.7% | 17 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 25% · aircraft arriving late 50% · air traffic system 21% · weather 3% · 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
- $200
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $183
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 42% of passengers · $135
- Lowest-fare airline
- Spirit Air Lines
- 14% of passengers · $111
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $180 · Q3 2025 $150 · Q4 2025 $189 · Q1 2026 $200).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $204, likely $181–$232
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 90% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 5.7%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q3, typically 13% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
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: 1,713 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.