Detroit (DTW) – Fort Lauderdale (FLL)
- Distance
- 1,814 km
- 1,127 mi · 980 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 2 min / 2 h 59 min
- Average gate to gate: DTW → FLL / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 229 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (135 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 861,720
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +5.9%
- Flights / week
- 102
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 80%
- 1,079,082 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- DL, NK, F9
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 DTW
- 170°
- Heading from FLL
- 352°
- Halfway point
- 34.16, -81.60
- Great-circle km
- 1,818 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DTW → FLL
- 2 h 34 min
- In the air FLL → DTW
- 2 h 32 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 55 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 64,527 |
| Sep 2025 | 44,935 |
| Oct 2025 | 58,913 |
| Nov 2025 | 68,041 |
| Dec 2025 | 89,319 |
| Jan 2026 | 82,526 |
| Feb 2026 | 91,528 |
| Mar 2026 | 111,549 |
| Apr 2026 | 90,485 |
| May 2026 | 60,400 |
| Jun 2026 | 40,085 |
| Jul 2026 | 59,412 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 412 |
| Sep 2025 | 335 |
| Oct 2025 | 400 |
| Nov 2025 | 440 |
| Dec 2025 | 547 |
| Jan 2026 | 502 |
| Feb 2026 | 517 |
| Mar 2026 | 620 |
| Apr 2026 | 539 |
| May 2026 | 361 |
| Jun 2026 | 234 |
| Jul 2026 | 378 |
Airlines flying DTW–FLL nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 69 | 68% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 27 | 27% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 4.2 | 4% |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 1.7 | 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 A321Neoxlr · 2,340 flights
- Boeing 757-300 · 1,060 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 662 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 540 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 464 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 109 flights
- Boeing 757-200 · 100 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 6 flights
Also carried: 137 tonnes of freight and 87 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 72.4%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 21 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.1%
- Flights counted
- 5,394
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 76.5% | 18 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 64.7% | 27 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 56.4% | 34 min |
| B6JetBlue Airways | 70.9% | 22 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 41% · aircraft arriving late 34% · air traffic system 23% · weather 2% · 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
- $234
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $205
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 60% of passengers · $301
- Lowest-fare airline
- Spirit Air Lines
- 31% of passengers · $123
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $186 · Q3 2025 $163 · Q4 2025 $212 · Q1 2026 $234).
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: 1,818 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.