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.
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RSW on-time rate vs. the national average
Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.
Delay Cause Breakdown
Top delay cause: Late Aircraft.
Total delay minutes: 3,059,234.
Late Aircraft47.6% (1,456,495 min)
Carrier26.6% (814,722 min)
NAS (National Aviation System)21.9% (671,043 min)
Weather3.8% (115,196 min)
Security0.1% (1,778 min)
RSW - seasonal on-time pattern
Best: November (93.6%) · worst: July (88.6%)
RSW - on-time rate by year
2020–2025, year-over-year trend.
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).
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).
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.
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.
Fort Myers, FL vs. the national on-time distribution
On-time rate among all 382 tracked U.S. airports
80.9%Top 78%higher than 22% of 382 airports
Fort Myers, FL
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U.S. airports by on-time rate, bucketed by value
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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.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Fort Myers, FL's on-time rate?
Fort Myers, FL (RSW) has a 80.9% on-time rate across 420,518 BTS-tracked flights (2020-2025), 1.9 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average; that places it in roughly the bottom-quartile on-time performance.
How does RSW rank among U.S. airports by traffic volume?
Fort Myers, FL ranks #48 of 382 tracked US airports by total BTS flights (most flights = #1), making it a high-volume U.S. airport.
What's the most common cause of delays at Fort Myers, FL?
Late Aircraft is the leading delay cause at RSW, accounting for 47.6% of delay minutes. The full breakdown: 47.6% late-aircraft, 26.6% carrier, 21.9% NAS/air-traffic-control, 3.8% weather, and 0.1% security.
When is the best time to fly through Fort Myers, FL?
November is historically RSW's strongest month at 93.6% on-time, while July is the weakest at 88.6%, a 5.0-point swing across the BTS historical record.
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