Southwest Airlines ORD to RSW on-time performance
Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Fort Myers · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
78%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.9%
3 flights
Avg arrival delay
12 min
50 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 5
route average 76% on time
Key facts
- Southwest Airlines flights on ORD to RSW arrived on time 78% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 2.9% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #2 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 76% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (53%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Air traffic control & airport congestion53%
- Late-arriving aircraft33%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)14%
- Extreme weather0%
- Security0%
Other airlines on ORD to RSW
- United Airlines82% on time · 13 min avg delay
- American Airlines72% on time · 20 min avg delay
- Spirit Airlines60% on time · 33 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines77% on time · 18 min avg delay
Full ORD to RSW comparison →
Southwest Airlines on-time record across all routes →
103 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 3 cancelled, 0 diverted.
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.