Fort Lauderdale (FLL) – San Francisco (SFO)
- Distance
- 4,157 km
- 2,583 mi · 2,245 nm
- Flight time
- 6 h 11 min / 5 h 26 min
- Average gate to gate: FLL → SFO / back
- Time difference
- 3 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 486 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (287 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 355,355
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −1.7%
- Flights / week
- 48
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 87%
- 409,111 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 2
- B6, UA
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
- 299°
- Heading from SFO
- 95°
- Halfway point
- 33.66, -99.88
- Great-circle km
- 4,151 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air FLL → SFO
- 5 h 41 min
- In the air SFO → FLL
- 4 h 57 min
- Clocks
- San Francisco is 3 h behind Fort Lauderdale
The estimate for a route without real times is 5 h 40 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 22,180 |
| Sep 2025 | 18,634 |
| Oct 2025 | 26,920 |
| Nov 2025 | 33,893 |
| Dec 2025 | 40,088 |
| Jan 2026 | 32,573 |
| Feb 2026 | 29,618 |
| Mar 2026 | 35,458 |
| Apr 2026 | 33,695 |
| May 2026 | 27,186 |
| Jun 2026 | 26,934 |
| Jul 2026 | 28,176 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 159 |
| Sep 2025 | 132 |
| Oct 2025 | 196 |
| Nov 2025 | 243 |
| Dec 2025 | 284 |
| Jan 2026 | 243 |
| Feb 2026 | 209 |
| Mar 2026 | 238 |
| Apr 2026 | 230 |
| May 2026 | 186 |
| Jun 2026 | 180 |
| Jul 2026 | 186 |
Airlines flying FLL–SFO nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| B6JetBlue Airways | 29 | 59% |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 19 | 41% |
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 · 1,482 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 482 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 460 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 16 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 13 flights
- Boeing 757-300 · 12 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 8 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 7 flights
Also carried: 69 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 79.6%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 13 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.2%
- Flights counted
- 2,495
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| B6JetBlue Airways | 76.6% | 16 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 84.2% | 10 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 30% · aircraft arriving late 37% · air traffic system 32% · 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
- $383
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $332
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 48% of passengers · $394
- Lowest-fare airline
- JetBlue Airways
- 43% of passengers · $378
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $315 · Q3 2025 $270 · Q4 2025 $340 · Q1 2026 $383).
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: 4,151 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.