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RSW vs BUF - 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
RSW

Fort Myers, FL

Fort Myers, Florida

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Airport B
BUF

Buffalo, NY

Buffalo, New York

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Key Performance Metrics

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

Metric RSW BUF
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 80.9% 80.6%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 76.3 min 75.7 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 19.1% 19.4%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.49% 1.75%
Total Flights 420,518 221,909
Delayed Flights 80,204 42,968
Cancelled Flights 6,253 3,878
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Late Aircraft

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

Delay Cause Breakdown

RSW - Fort Myers, FL

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

BUF - Buffalo, NY

Late Aircraft 42.0%
Carrier 30.5%
NAS 22.9%
Weather 4.5%
Security 0.1%

Top Routes

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%

Top routes from BUF

Route Flights On-Time
JFK → BUF
Buffalo
13,155 78.5%
BUF → JFK
New York
13,149 82.1%
BUF → ORD
Chicago
9,831 81.5%
ORD → BUF
Buffalo
9,803 79%
BUF → BWI
Baltimore
9,345 87.7%
BWI → BUF
Buffalo
9,340 74.6%

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.