Fort Lauderdale (FLL) – Los Angeles (LAX)
- Distance
- 3,770 km
- 2,342 mi · 2,035 nm
- Flight time
- 5 h 36 min / 4 h 54 min
- Average gate to gate: FLL → LAX / back
- Time difference
- 3 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 440 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (261 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 662,103
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +13.5%
- Flights / week
- 87
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 87%
- 761,331 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- B6, DL, 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 FLL
- 293°
- Heading from LAX
- 93°
- Halfway point
- 31.44, -98.49
- Great-circle km
- 3,763 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air FLL → LAX
- 5 h 7 min
- In the air LAX → FLL
- 4 h 30 min
- Clocks
- Los Angeles is 3 h behind Fort Lauderdale
The estimate for a route without real times is 5 h 15 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 48,369 |
| Sep 2025 | 44,622 |
| Oct 2025 | 49,819 |
| Nov 2025 | 56,132 |
| Dec 2025 | 66,346 |
| Jan 2026 | 61,758 |
| Feb 2026 | 53,142 |
| Mar 2026 | 66,688 |
| Apr 2026 | 58,646 |
| May 2026 | 51,341 |
| Jun 2026 | 51,123 |
| Jul 2026 | 54,117 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 327 |
| Sep 2025 | 316 |
| Oct 2025 | 340 |
| Nov 2025 | 401 |
| Dec 2025 | 469 |
| Jan 2026 | 412 |
| Feb 2026 | 355 |
| Mar 2026 | 443 |
| Apr 2026 | 410 |
| May 2026 | 355 |
| Jun 2026 | 344 |
| Jul 2026 | 364 |
Airlines flying FLL–LAX nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| B6JetBlue Airways | 68 | 73% |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 14 | 19% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 5.8 | 8% |
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 · 3,330 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 1,090 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 68 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 46 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 1 flight
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 1 flight
Also carried: 259 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 75.1%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 16 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.2%
- Flights counted
- 4,595
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| B6JetBlue Airways | 75.7% | 15 min |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 79.6% | 15 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 58.3% | 27 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 34% · aircraft arriving late 42% · air traffic system 24% · 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
- $343
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $318
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- JetBlue Airways
- 63% of passengers · $384
- Lowest-fare airline
- Spirit Air Lines
- 12% of passengers · $141
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $321 · Q3 2025 $284 · Q4 2025 $319 · Q1 2026 $343).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $350, likely $310–$399
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 81% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 7.1%). 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 6% 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: 3,763 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.