B6978JetBlue Airways · SFO → FLL
updated 41m ago
Route confirmed JetBlue Airways

B6978 San FranciscoSFO · 13:05 Fort LauderdaleFLL · 21:32

B6978 by JetBlue Airways flies from San Francisco (SFO) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL) for the Tue, Nov 3 departure.

Right nowLanded in Fort Lauderdale · today
21:46

arrived at FLL · 14 min late

Typical gate push+20 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+4 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~16 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-03
+39 gate · +14 arrival
11-02
+12 gate · +23 arrival
11-01
+8 gate · −7 arrival
10-31
+28 gate · −14 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The route today

live boards
SFOSan FranciscoModerate riskSFO delay board →
FLLFort LauderdaleOn-time likelyFLL delay board →
SFO→FLLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
44%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.7%Chance of cancellation
+11 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at SFO and FLL are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. These figures come from both airports' records under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

Tomorrow at San Francisco

Forecast

Wed 4 Nov, local date

High19°Clikely 18°C to 20°C
Low12°Clikely 11°C to 14°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Fort Lauderdale

Forecast

Thu 5 Nov, local date

High30°Clikely 29°C to 30°C
Low24°Clikely 22°C to 25°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other San Francisco to Fort Lauderdale flights today

same route · JetBlue Airways
B6578departs 10:40
B6378departs 11:30
B6278departs 23:25

If B6978 is cancelled, these are the other JetBlue Airways nonstop flights from San Francisco to Fort Lauderdale on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SFO local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How B6978 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for B6978 across the SFO and FLL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 3/4 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how B6978 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
11-03SFO 13:05 13:44 (+39)FLL 21:32 21:46 (+14)
11-02SFO 13:05 13:17 (+12)FLL 21:32 21:55 (+23)
11-01SFO 13:05 13:13 (+8)FLL 21:32 21:25 (−7)
10-31SFO 13:05 13:33 (+28)FLL 21:32 21:18 (−14)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N923JB, N981JT, N935JB.

Board clocks recorded as SFO and FLL published them.

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