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Airport · RSW · Fort Myers, Florida

Fort Myers, FL

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Fort Myers, FL (RSW) ranks #48 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Fort Myers, FL posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a high-volume U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

80.9%
On-time
Top 78%
on-time, US airports
76 min
Delay when late
1.49%
Cancelled
#48 of 382
Corpus placement
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RSW on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%80.9%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 3,059,234.

Late Aircraft 47.6% (1,456,495 min)
Carrier 26.6% (814,722 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 21.9% (671,043 min)
Weather 3.8% (115,196 min)
Security 0.1% (1,778 min)

RSW - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: November (93.6%) · worst: July (88.6%)

88%90%92%94% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 90.1%

RSW - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

85%90%95%100% 202020212022202320242025 95.6% 90.1% ▼ -5.8%

RSW - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 15 min · taxi-in 5.4 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

10 min15 min20 min Jan 24Dec 25 15.7 min 16.7 min ▲ +6.4%

RSW's average taxi-out (15 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 12.4 min (October 2024) to 19.2 min (March 2025).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Fort Myers, FL.

Cancellation Rate

1.49%

6,253 of 420,518 flights

Diversion Rate

0.12%

507 of 420,518 flights

Delay Rate

19.1%

80,204 of 420,518 flights

Top Routes from RSW

Busiest routes to and from Fort Myers, FL.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
RSW (Fort Myers) → ATL (Atlanta) 19,097 89.1% 515 mi
ATL (Atlanta) → RSW (Fort Myers) 19,092 82% 515 mi
RSW (Fort Myers) → ORD (Chicago) 16,331 81.2% 1,120 mi
ORD (Chicago) → RSW (Fort Myers) 16,322 80.9% 1,120 mi
EWR (Newark) → RSW (Fort Myers) 12,414 77.5% 1,068 mi
RSW (Fort Myers) → EWR (Newark) 12,410 78% 1,068 mi
DTW (Detroit) → RSW (Fort Myers) 11,824 83.2% 1,084 mi
RSW (Fort Myers) → DTW (Detroit) 11,821 86.2% 1,084 mi
RSW (Fort Myers) → BOS (Boston) 11,481 75.9% 1,249 mi
BOS (Boston) → RSW (Fort Myers) 11,475 75.3% 1,249 mi
RSW (Fort Myers) → CLT (Charlotte) 11,066 84.8% 600 mi
CLT (Charlotte) → RSW (Fort Myers) 11,064 80.2% 600 mi
PHL (Philadelphia) → RSW (Fort Myers) 9,067 79.8% 993 mi
RSW (Fort Myers) → PHL (Philadelphia) 9,065 79.6% 993 mi
BWI (Baltimore) → RSW (Fort Myers) 8,895 78% 919 mi
RSW (Fort Myers) → BWI (Baltimore) 8,852 83% 919 mi
RSW (Fort Myers) → MDW (Chicago) 8,039 82% 1,105 mi
MDW (Chicago) → RSW (Fort Myers) 8,037 79.9% 1,105 mi
MSP (Minneapolis) → RSW (Fort Myers) 7,784 83.6% 1,416 mi
RSW (Fort Myers) → MSP (Minneapolis) 7,784 87.2% 1,416 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Fort Myers, FL, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 80.9%).

Savannah, GA

Savannah, GA

80.9% on-time 204,730 flights

Albany, NY

Albany, NY

80.9% on-time 129,222 flights

Fort Wayne, IN

Fort Wayne, IN

80.9% on-time 62,234 flights

Chicago, IL

Chicago, IL

81% on-time 3,114,086 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 420,518).

San Antonio, TX

San Antonio, TX

419,736 flights 81.7% on-time

Cincinnati, OH

Cincinnati, KY

423,583 flights 82.1% on-time

Cleveland, OH

Cleveland, OH

446,498 flights 82% on-time

Columbus, OH

Columbus, OH

450,603 flights 82.8% on-time

Other Airports in Florida

Compare performance with other Florida airports.

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MIA 77.9%

Miami, FL

Miami · 1,160,127 flights
FLL 76.4%

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Fort Lauderdale · 1,010,982 flights
TPA 79.8%

Tampa, FL

Tampa · 860,941 flights
JAX 80.4%

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville · 316,106 flights
PBI 76.9%

West Palm Beach/Palm Beach, FL

West Palm Beach/Palm Beach · 302,058 flights
SRQ 79.5%

Sarasota/Bradenton, FL

Sarasota/Bradenton · 177,587 flights
PNS 81.4%

Pensacola, FL

Pensacola · 143,115 flights

RSW delay-share reading

The standout signal at Fort Myers, FL is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 47.6% of 3,059,234 delay minutes across 420,518 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 80.9% (1.9 pts above the 79% national average), with 80,204 delayed and 6,253 cancelled (1.49%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (47.6% late-aircraft, 26.6% carrier, 21.9% NAS, 3.8% weather, 0.1% security). As a busy airport, that mix matters more for connection planning than for a thin schedule.

On the multi-year calendar, RSW is strongest in November (93.6% on-time) and weakest in July (88.6%), a 5.0-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~8,987 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to ATL (Atlanta) at 89.1% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Florida: Florida flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using RSW's data

RSW's on-time book sits in the slower half of the BTS set; check the delay mix and the worst month before treating the headline as typical.

  • Check the busiest route from RSW before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in November rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 15 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.