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BOS vs RSW - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
BOS

Boston, MA

Boston, Massachusetts

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Airport B
RSW

Fort Myers, FL

Fort Myers, Florida

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric BOS RSW
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 79.9% 80.9%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 78.3 min 76.3 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 20.1% 19.1%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.19% 1.49%
Total Flights 1,455,478 420,518
Delayed Flights 292,211 80,204
Cancelled Flights 17,391 6,253
Top Delay Cause Carrier Late Aircraft

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

BOS - Boston, MA

Carrier 37.1%
Late Aircraft 34.4%
NAS 25.0%
Weather 3.4%
Security 0.1%

RSW - Fort Myers, FL

Late Aircraft 47.6%
Carrier 26.6%
NAS 21.9%
Weather 3.8%
Security 0.1%

Top Routes

Top routes from BOS

Route Flights On-Time
BOS → DCA
Washington
49,205 81.6%
DCA → BOS
Boston
49,133 80.5%
LGA → BOS
Boston
39,006 82.4%
BOS → LGA
New York
38,931 83.4%
BOS → ORD
Chicago
35,774 82.1%
ORD → BOS
Boston
35,759 78.5%

Top routes from RSW

Route Flights On-Time
RSW → ATL
Atlanta
19,097 89.1%
ATL → RSW
Fort Myers
19,092 82%
RSW → ORD
Chicago
16,331 81.2%
ORD → RSW
Fort Myers
16,322 80.9%
EWR → RSW
Fort Myers
12,414 77.5%
RSW → EWR
Newark
12,410 78%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.