National Airspace System: Summary of Flight Delay Trends for 34 Airports in the Continental United States (GAO-10-543SP, May 26, 2010), an E-supplement to GAO-10-542

Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International (FLL) Departure Data

Year Annual departures
(in thousands)
Percent change
in annual departures
Percent of annual
departures that
were delayed
Percentage point
change in annual
departures that
were delayed
Average delay per
delayed departure
(in minutes)
2000 52 -- 21.0 -- 58.7
2001 53 2.9 17.6 -3.4 53.1
2002 50 -6.0 14.8 -2.8 47.5
2003 63 25.1 14.4 -0.4 51.5
2004 68 8.6 17.7 3.3 52.4
2005 72 5.3 23.2 5.5 54.6
2006 69 -3.4 18.6 -4.5 54.5
2007 70 1.0 20.6 1.9 58.3
2008 68 -2.9 20.2 -0.4 62.1
2009 65 -4.6 20.1 -0.1 55.2

Source: GAO analysis of FAA's ASPM data
Note: The percentage change in departures and the change in percentage points of departures that were delayed may not compute due to rounding.


Bar and line plot of Year


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