San José to Fort Lauderdale flight

Flights from San José to Fort Lauderdale start at €156.49 and take 6h 3m at their fastest.

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The Flights from San José to Fort Lauderdale starts at €156.49 and takes 6h 3m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,903 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 20, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 6h 3mDoor to door
  • 2h 53mMoving
  • €198.97 to €387.77From
  • 06:01 to 17:07First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 397.7 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€198.97 to €387.77 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €332.31Mon21
  2. about €285.11Tue22
  3. about €387.77Wed23
  4. about €312.25Thu24
  5. about €352.96Fri25
  6. about €364.76Sat26
  7. about €289.24Sun27
  8. about €207.23Mon28
  9. about €230.83Tue29
  10. about €201.33Wed30
  11. about €237.91Thu1
  12. about €211.95Fri2
  13. about €230.83Sat3
  14. about €198.97Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 5, 2026

Cheapest€156.49
  1. Avianca El Salvador AE321707:302h 35m12:05Juan Santamaría International Airport SJOJosé Martí International Airport HAV
  2. JetBlue Airways JB635813:4958m14:47José Martí International Airport HAVFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport FLL

Changes at Havana, with 104 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 8h 27mCO2 404.8 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Fastest€162.39
  1. JetBlue Airways JB677312:032h 53m16:56Juan Santamaría International Airport SJOFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport FLL

Door to door 6h 3mCO2 397.7 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
JetBlue Airways€157.085h 58m740 km/hFixed fareNot published
  • JetBlue Airways

The flight gets you into Fort Lauderdale. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Fort Lauderdale for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book San José to Fort Lauderdale

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €185.4090 days
  2. €170.0660 days
  3. €128.1745 days
  4. €128.1730 days
  5. €195.4321 days
  6. €198.9714 days
  7. €289.247 days
  8. €387.773 days
  9. €332.311 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €128.17.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 203 percent. The most expensive point is €387.77, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €198.97Sun
  2. €207.23Mon
  3. €230.83Tue
  4. €201.33Wed
  5. €237.91Thu
  6. €211.95Fri
  7. €230.83Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

San José

Air
  • SJO

Fort Lauderdale

Air
  • FLL
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
60% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 40% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,903 km against 1,847 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Cancún, Havana. The gap between arriving and leaving is 77 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves San José at 06:01 and the last at 17:07, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about San José to Fort Lauderdale

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Flight from San José to Fort Lauderdale take?

The Flight from San José to Fort Lauderdale takes 6h 3m door to door, of which 2h 53m is spent moving. The route runs 1,903 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Flight from San José to Fort Lauderdale cost?

The Flight from San José to Fort Lauderdale starts at €156.49 for one passenger, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare is €164.16. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Flight from San José to Fort Lauderdale?

1 operators run the Flight from San José to Fort Lauderdale: JetBlue Airways. Between them they file around 5 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Flight from San José to Fort Lauderdale use?

The Flight from San José to Fort Lauderdale leaves from Juan Santamaría International Airport SJO and arrives at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport FLL. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Flight from San José to Fort Lauderdale?

Fares for the Flight from San José to Fort Lauderdale bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €128.17. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 203 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from San José to Fort Lauderdale produce?

The Flight from San José to Fort Lauderdale produces about 397.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1903 km, which works out at roughly 209 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for San José to Fort Lauderdale on September 20, 2026: 1903 km of route against 1847 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €156.49, and 6h 3m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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