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DEN vs FLL - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
DEN

Denver, CO

Denver, Colorado

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Airport B
FLL

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric DEN FLL
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 78.9% 76.4%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 70.9 min 74.0 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 21.1% 23.6%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.02% 1.19%
Total Flights 3,293,040 1,010,982
Delayed Flights 696,109 238,106
Cancelled Flights 33,645 11,984
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Late Aircraft

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

DEN - Denver, CO

Late Aircraft 40.9%
Carrier 38.6%
NAS 15.3%
Weather 5.2%
Security 0.1%

FLL - Fort Lauderdale, FL

Late Aircraft 36.0%
Carrier 33.3%
NAS 24.2%
Weather 5.2%
Security 1.2%

Top Routes

Top routes from DEN

Route Flights On-Time
PHX → DEN
Denver
49,558 80.7%
DEN → PHX
Phoenix
49,508 77.8%
LAS → DEN
Denver
44,661 77.7%
DEN → LAS
Las Vegas
44,636 76.1%
DEN → SLC
Salt Lake City
43,089 78.3%
SLC → DEN
Denver
43,051 78.8%

Top routes from FLL

Route Flights On-Time
FLL → ATL
Atlanta
42,458 77.5%
ATL → FLL
Fort Lauderdale
42,441 77.2%
EWR → FLL
Fort Lauderdale
29,146 75.3%
FLL → EWR
Newark
29,136 74%
FLL → LGA
New York
24,199 75.8%
LGA → FLL
Fort Lauderdale
24,183 74.5%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.