Denver (DEN) – Fort Lauderdale (FLL)
- Distance
- 2,741 km
- 1,703 mi · 1,480 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 49 min / 4 h 24 min
- Average gate to gate: DEN → FLL / back
- Time difference
- 2 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 344 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (204 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 464,100
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −0.4%
- Flights / week
- 61
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 84%
- 553,905 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- UA, WN, B6
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 DEN
- 116°
- Heading from FLL
- 310°
- Halfway point
- 33.58, -91.44
- Great-circle km
- 2,739 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DEN → FLL
- 3 h 21 min
- In the air FLL → DEN
- 3 h 55 min
- Clocks
- Fort Lauderdale is 2 h ahead of Denver
The estimate for a route without real times is 4 h; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 32,967 |
| Sep 2025 | 26,468 |
| Oct 2025 | 32,590 |
| Nov 2025 | 40,300 |
| Dec 2025 | 52,730 |
| Jan 2026 | 48,613 |
| Feb 2026 | 44,843 |
| Mar 2026 | 58,845 |
| Apr 2026 | 33,892 |
| May 2026 | 32,946 |
| Jun 2026 | 29,955 |
| Jul 2026 | 29,951 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 228 |
| Sep 2025 | 176 |
| Oct 2025 | 238 |
| Nov 2025 | 294 |
| Dec 2025 | 368 |
| Jan 2026 | 324 |
| Feb 2026 | 312 |
| Mar 2026 | 397 |
| Apr 2026 | 243 |
| May 2026 | 224 |
| Jun 2026 | 191 |
| Jul 2026 | 201 |
Airlines flying DEN–FLL nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 46 | 75% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 15 | 24% |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 0.8 | 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
- Boeing 737-800 · 997 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 829 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 706 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 404 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 145 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 73 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 42 flights
Also carried: 201 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 79.7%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 15 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.3%
- Flights counted
- 3,213
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 84.2% | 13 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 66% | 20 min |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 69% | 32 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 32% · aircraft arriving late 40% · air traffic system 23% · weather 6% · 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
- $323
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $320
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 72% of passengers · $337
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 18% of passengers · $305
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $300 · Q3 2025 $308 · Q4 2025 $345 · Q1 2026 $323).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $330, likely $285–$376
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 86% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 7.4%). 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 5% 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: 2,739 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.
Every airport pair between Denver and Fort Lauderdale
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