Fort Lauderdale (FLL) – Raleigh (RDU)
- Distance
- 1,095 km
- 680 mi · 591 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 5 min / 2 h 3 min
- Average gate to gate: FLL → RDU / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 138 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (82 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 346,379
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −3.4%
- Flights / week
- 52
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 81%
- 427,334 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 6
- 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
- 6°
- Heading from RDU
- 187°
- Halfway point
- 30.98, -79.50
- Great-circle km
- 1,098 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air FLL → RDU
- 1 h 40 min
- In the air RDU → FLL
- 1 h 40 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 5 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 23,643 |
| Sep 2025 | 20,248 |
| Oct 2025 | 24,165 |
| Nov 2025 | 30,830 |
| Dec 2025 | 34,983 |
| Jan 2026 | 27,056 |
| Feb 2026 | 26,698 |
| Mar 2026 | 37,034 |
| Apr 2026 | 34,425 |
| May 2026 | 29,025 |
| Jun 2026 | 27,030 |
| Jul 2026 | 31,242 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 182 |
| Sep 2025 | 161 |
| Oct 2025 | 181 |
| Nov 2025 | 243 |
| Dec 2025 | 273 |
| Jan 2026 | 218 |
| Feb 2026 | 202 |
| Mar 2026 | 267 |
| Apr 2026 | 258 |
| May 2026 | 223 |
| Jun 2026 | 206 |
| Jul 2026 | 268 |
Airlines flying FLL–RDU nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| B6JetBlue Airways | 23 | 42% |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 14 | 27% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 6.6 | 15% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 5.3 | 11% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 2.2 | 6% |
| 9EEndeavor Air | 0.5 | 0% |
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 · 1,465 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 358 flights
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 236 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 138 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 137 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 118 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 72 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 70 flights
Also carried: 15 tonnes of freight and 0 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
- 2.2%
- Flights counted
- 2,706
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| B6JetBlue Airways | 73.2% | 20 min |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 77.4% | 19 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 63.8% | 29 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 68.4% | 19 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 69% | 31 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 31% · aircraft arriving late 49% · air traffic system 17% · 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
- $180
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $162
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 32% of passengers · $227
- Lowest-fare airline
- Spirit Air Lines
- 15% of passengers · $106
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $162 · Q3 2025 $139 · Q4 2025 $162 · Q1 2026 $180).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $184, likely $159–$210
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 4.5%). 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 9% 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: 1,098 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.