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Is your Miami or Fort Lauderdale flight delayed or canceled? Here’s how to check

Was your South Florida flight canceled because of a labor shortage? Or because of bad weather?

Whatever the reason, free online flight trackers can help you check the status of arrivals and departures at Miami International Airport and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

The tools are simple to use and can be filtered by time range, city and airline. You can also sort by arrival or departures.

Here are some of the websites and apps you can use to track your flight or the flight of a loved one:

How to check your flight status at MIA?

A traveler checks the time of his connecting flight in the arrival terminals at Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, on Monday, June 7, 2021.
A traveler checks the time of his connecting flight in the arrival terminals at Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, on Monday, June 7, 2021. Miami Herald File

One of MIA’s flight trackers shows a list of all expected arrivals and departures with options to use a drop-down menu to narrow results. It shows the carrier, flight number and where the plane is going to or coming from. It also gives real-time updates on the flight’s arrival or departure status, which concourse the terminal is in, and the location of baggage claim.

MIA’s other flight tracker tool lets you track by flight or route. If you know the carrier, the date and the flight number, this tool might be easier to use since it will only pull the information for your flight.

How to check your flight status at FLL?

FLL’s flight tracker works by flight or route. To use it, you’ll need to know the date, along with the airline carrier and flight number, or the departure and arrival airport. The tool also gives people the option to see a list of all expected arrivals and departures and details on the flight’s terminal and baggage claim, too.

Some flights will also show you a map of where the plane is when it’s in the air.

Check flight status with airline directly

American Airlines announced that it’s canceling hundreds of flights through mid-July. The airline said it partly has to do with a labor shortage.
American Airlines announced that it’s canceling hundreds of flights through mid-July. The airline said it partly has to do with a labor shortage. Associated Press

Another way to check your flight status is with the airline directly. For some, this might be easier to do, especially if you’ve downloaded the airline’s app. You can also use the airline’s website. Here’s where to go for some of the popular airlines in South Florida:

American Airlines or download the app from the App store for Apple users or the Google Play store for Android users.

Delta or download the app from the App store for Apple users or the Google Play store for Android users.

United Airlines or download the app from the App store for Apple users or the Google Play store for Android users.

Southwest Airlines or download the app from the App store for Apple users or the Google Play store for Android users.

JetBlue or download the app from the App store for Apple users or the Google Play store for Android users.

Frontier Airlines or download the app from the App store for Apple users or the Google Play store for Android users.

Spirit Airlines or download the app from the App store for Apple users or the Google Play store for Android users.

This story was originally published June 21, 2021 at 12:57 PM.

Michelle Marchante
Miami Herald
Michelle Marchante covers the pulse of healthcare in South Florida and also the City of Coral Gables. Before that, she covered the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, crime, education, entertainment and other topics in South Florida for the Herald as a breaking news reporter. She recently won first place in the health reporting category in the 2025 Sunshine State Awards for her coverage of Steward Health’s bankruptcy. An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories. She also won second place in the 73rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for her consumer-focused healthcare stories and was part of the team of reporters who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for the Miami Herald’s breaking news coverage of the Surfside building collapse. Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2025 National Press Foundation Covering Workplace Mental Health fellow and a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow.  Support my work with a digital subscription
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