Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) delays & on-time performance
Fort Myers, Florida · 51 nonstop destinations · 11 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at RSW right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
78%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.9%
657 flights
Avg arrival delay
19 min
82 min when late
Departed on time
78%
avg taxi-out 16 min
Figures cover 34,831 departures from RSW; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into RSW were on time 76% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) arrived on time 78% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, in line with the national average.
- 1.9% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
- United Airlines was the most punctual airline here (85% on time); Spirit Airlines was the least (68%).
- Departures scheduled around 6am did best (93% on time); around 8pm did worst (62%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (46%).
Most delayed routes from RSW
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- BOS · Boston70%2,194 flts
- LGA · New York71%897 flts
- DCA · Washington72%832 flts
- PIT · Pittsburgh72%483 flts
- PHL · Philadelphia73%1,330 flts
- MDW · Chicago74%1,161 flts
- CMH · Columbus74%651 flts
- DTW · Detroit75%1,802 flts
- MKE · Milwaukee75%379 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth77%1,341 flts
Most reliable routes from RSW
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- IAD · Washington89%467 flts
- IAH · Houston88%875 flts
- ATL · Atlanta86%2,816 flts
- MCO · Orlando85%608 flts
- CLT · Charlotte84%1,776 flts
- DEN · Denver83%1,153 flts
- HPN · White Plains81%598 flts
- STL · St. Louis81%1,008 flts
- CVG · Cincinnati81%672 flts
- MSP · Minneapolis80%1,211 flts
Best airline at RSW
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Airlines | 86% | 0.0% | 11 min | 1 | 44 |
| United Airlines | 85% | 1.0% | 13 min | 8 | 5,882 |
| Delta Air Lines | 81% | 1.9% | 16 min | 8 | 7,495 |
| American Airlines | 77% | 2.2% | 25 min | 7 | 6,376 |
| Southwest Airlines | 77% | 1.2% | 15 min | 23 | 8,232 |
| JetBlue | 73% | 2.9% | 25 min | 10 | 4,041 |
| Frontier Airlines | 69% | 2.5% | 30 min | 13 | 1,487 |
| Allegiant Air | 68% | 1.7% | 36 min | 3 | 179 |
| Spirit Airlines | 68% | 5.3% | 25 min | 6 | 1,068 |
| Republic Airways | 64% | 3.8% | 18 min | 1 | 26 |
| PSA Airlines | 0% | 0.0% | 23 min | 1 | 1 |
Best time to fly out of RSW
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am94%676 flts
- 6am93%2,892 flts
- 7am93%2,589 flts
- 8am93%1,752 flts
- 9am89%1,564 flts
- 10am84%1,944 flts
- 11am80%3,631 flts
- 12pm79%2,987 flts
- 1pm76%1,875 flts
- 2pm72%2,185 flts
- 3pm71%1,973 flts
- 4pm69%2,060 flts
- 5pm67%2,368 flts
- 6pm68%2,465 flts
- 7pm64%2,248 flts
- 8pm62%993 flts
- 9pm62%597 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft46%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)27%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion23%
- Extreme weather5%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.