RDU → FLL Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Raleigh/Durham, NC to Fort Lauderdale, FL · 141 flights, 2025-07-05 to 2026-06-28 · aggregated across 16 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 100% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 40% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
75%
Median delay
0 min
90th percentile
+70 min
Cancellation rate
2%

How on-time is Southwest Airlines from RDU to FLL?

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on RDU → FLL (141 flights, 2025-07-05 to 2026-06-28), 75% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay 0 min; the worst 10% ran +70 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time10475%
16-30 min118%
31-60 min75%
61-120 min1410%
2+ hrs21%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-07888%+4 min
2025-08560%+30 min
2025-094100%+11 min
2025-104100%+6 min
2025-112259%+19 min
2025-122075%+9 min
2026-01989%-2 min
2026-021164%+26 min
2026-032576%+13 min
2026-041275%+3 min
2026-051090%-4 min
2026-06875%+31 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon1250%
Tue367%
Wed1100%
Thu1080%
Fri1573%
Sat4783%
Sun5074%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…