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RSW
Southwest Florida International Airport
78.8% of departures from RSW arrived on time across 107,483 flights, July 2023 – July 2026. The weakest hour is 7 PM, at 67.3%. Late-arriving aircraft accounts for the most delay minutes.
RSW right now
Live conditions where a permitted source publishes them, and the historical record where none does.
Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
94.3% leave on time
05:00–05:59 local · 2,172 departures on record
When flights run late in this hour, most of the delay is attributed to the airline.
Historical pattern for RSW from US DOT BTS — not a live reading.
Minimal operational impact. Conditions are not a notable factor for operations right now.
UpdatedForecast issued 05:38Z.
UpdatedBelow 10,000 ft, so aircraft overflying at cruise are not counted. These are observations, not an operational status: a count is a floor, since receiver coverage varies and a movement between two samples can be missed.
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Airport reliability
Departures from RSW, July 2023 – July 2026.
Better than 24% of major US airports covered by FlyerIntel (64 compared)
Calculated from 107,483 flights. How this is calculated
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026
Why flights are cancelled at RSW
Every cancellation carries a reason code filed by the airline that operated the flight. Departures, July 2023 – July 2026.
Extreme weather accounts for 58.0% of cancelled departures from RSW — about 1 in every 94 scheduled departures. That is close to the split across every airport FlyerIntel covers.
Share of cancellations
Of 1,971 cancelled departures carrying a reason code.
What each reason means
Conditions the carrier judged severe enough to stop the flight: a blizzard, a hurricane, a line of thunderstorms.
1,143 cancellations, 58.0% of the total.
Crew, maintenance, aircraft cleaning, baggage or fueling: what BTS counts as within the carrier’s own control.
554 cancellations, 28.1% of the total.
Airport capacity, air traffic control flow programs, heavy traffic and ordinary bad weather. A system decision, not the airline’s.
274 cancellations, 13.9% of the total.
A terminal evacuation, a security breach, screening equipment failure, or screening queues over 29 minutes.
0 cancellations, 0.0% of the total.
1,971 of 107,483 scheduled departures from RSW were cancelled. Ordinary bad weather is filed under air traffic, so weather’s full share is larger than its bar.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026 · Reason codes are each airline’s own filing, not an independent finding of fault. Shown for airports with at least 500 coded cancellations; 1,971 were recorded at RSW.
Why flights run late at RSW
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on departures from RSW.
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
crew, maintenance, boarding and fueling, all within the carrier’s control
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
screening or terminal security incidents
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for departures from RSW. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed.
Of the 20,368 departures from RSW that left 15 or more minutes late and have a known inbound aircraft, 71% followed a flight that landed 15 or more minutes late. The other 29% left late even though the aircraft had come in on time or early. Across the 64 covered airports that share runs from 47% to 73%, with a median of 62%; RSW’s is the 2nd highest.
The late flight is the one the same aircraft flew into RSW just before, found from the tail number in the DOT file. Airlines and hours differ from one airport to the next, so this describes the departures from RSW and does not rate the airport.
An airport is only partly the author of its own delays. Late-arriving aircraft describes the national schedule arriving here more than anything about this airfield. Air traffic control covers airspace and airport capacity, which is where a congested airport shows up; only the airline category sits squarely inside the carriers’ own operation. How differently they run it is further down this page.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026
What weather costs at RSW
Departures from RSW by the weather at the airport in the hour they were scheduled to leave, July 2023 – July 2026.
6.5% of scheduled departures from RSW left in an hour of bad weather. 4.6% of them were cancelled, against 1.6% in normal conditions, and 66.5% of the ones that flew arrived on time, against 79.8%. Those hours held 16% of all cancelled departures. That is about 213 more cancellations than the normal-conditions rate would give.
Cancellations were highest in high wind hours: 17.1% of 992 departures, 11.0 times the normal rate.
Airlines filed 58% of RSW’s coded cancellations under extreme weather. By the weather at the airport in the scheduled hour, 16% of cancelled departures were in bad-weather hours. A code is the airline’s stated reason and an hour’s weather is what the airport reported, so the two need not match.
By weather
Scheduled departures, July 2023 – July 2026| Weather at the airport | Departures | Cancelled | Left on time | Arrived on time | Avg. departure delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal conditionsVFR with no thunderstorm, snow or ice, fog, heavy rain or high wind | 93,56587.5% of all | 1.6% | 80.4% | 79.8% | 11.9 min |
| Any bad weatherIFR or LIFR, or a thunderstorm, snow or ice, fog, heavy rain or high wind | 6,9276.5% of all | 4.6%3.0 times normal | 68.0% | 66.5%13.3 points below normal | 31.1 min |
| MVFRceiling 1,000 to 3,000 feet or visibility 3 to 5 miles | 6,9426.5% of all | 3.4%2.1 times normal | 74.5% | 74.4%5.4 points below normal | 18.5 min |
| IFRceiling 500 to 999 feet or visibility 1 to under 3 miles | 2,3882.2% of all | 4.1%2.6 times normal | 71.1% | 71.8%8.0 points below normal | 24.2 min |
| LIFRceiling under 500 feet or visibility under 1 mile | 2,2062.1% of all | 2.9%1.8 times normal | 74.7% | 72.0%7.8 points below normal | 31.1 min |
| Thunderstorma thunderstorm reported at the airport | 2,3062.2% of all | 2.4%1.6 times normal | 50.8% | 48.1%31.7 points below normal | 45.6 min |
| Fogfog or freezing fog reported at the airport | 9470.9% of all | 3.0%1.9 times normal | 75.2% | 69.1%10.7 points below normal | 39.9 min |
| Heavy rainheavy rain reported at the airport | 1,1911.1% of all | 5.0%3.2 times normal | 50.4% | 47.7%32.1 points below normal | 51.4 min |
| High windwind of 25 knots or more, or gusts of 30 knots or more | 9920.9% of all | 17.1%11.0 times normal | 53.2% | 47.2%32.6 points below normal | 49.2 min |
| Low ceilinga broken or overcast layer under 1,000 feet | 3,2323.0% of all | 2.5%1.6 times normal | 79.3% | 79.1% | 21.7 min |
| Low visibilityvisibility under 3 miles | 3,0562.9% of all | 4.0%2.6 times normal | 69.1% | 66.0%13.8 points below normal | 34.2 min |
A departure is counted in every row its hour fits, so the rows overlap and do not add up. Left on time is a departure under 15 minutes late, and arrived on time an arrival under 15 minutes late; cancelled is the share of scheduled departures. Rows with fewer than 120 departures are not scored. Too few departures to score: snow or ice (12).
This is the weather reported at RSW in the hour a flight was scheduled to leave. It leaves out the weather at the destination and on the way, weather that arrived after the scheduled time, and anything else that goes wrong in a bad hour. An hour takes the worst conditions any report in it gave. Weather was matched to 99.5% of the airport’s scheduled departures; the rest left in hours with no report, or at a scheduled time the flight records cannot place exactly. Bad-weather hours are compared with normal hours at the same airport, not with what the same flights would have done in a clear sky: they also fall more often in some seasons and at some times of day.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS flight records and Iowa Environmental Mesonet weather reports · July 2023 – July 2026 · Where the weather comes from, and its limits. All covered airports side by side: What Weather Costs Each Airport.
Which airlines hold up in bad weather at RSW
Cancellations by airline in hours of bad weather at RSW, against the other carriers in the same months, July 2023 – July 2026.
6% of the weather-matched departures from RSW left in an hour of bad weather at the airport. 4.6% of them were cancelled. That is 3.0 times the 1.6% in normal hours. No one carrier holds most of them; 5 airlines have enough to compare.
No airline did clearly worse than the others at RSW. Southwest Airlines (3.8% cancelled against 5.7% for the others; below them in normal hours too) cancelled fewer in bad weather than the other carriers did in the same months.
Airlines in bad weather at RSW
Scheduled departures, July 2023 – July 2026| Airline | Bad-weather departures | Cancelled | Other carriers | Normal hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 1,59023% of bad-weather | 3.8%below the others | 5.7% | 1.0%others 1.8% |
| Delta Air Lines | 1,42321% of bad-weather | 5.2% | 5.6% | 1.3%others 1.7% |
| United Airlines | 1,22618% of bad-weather | 4.9% | 5.1% | 1.3%others 1.6% |
| JetBlue | 76611% of bad-weather | 4.8% | 4.9% | 2.5%others 1.4% |
| American Airlines | 1,14216% of bad-weather | 6.0% | 5.2% | 1.7%others 1.5% |
Best first. The other carriers’ column applies their rate in each month to the airline’s own departures, so a stormy month is not held against it; the normal-hours column gives the same pair outside bad weather.
The 5 listed airlines flew 89% of the bad-weather departures at RSW; a carrier under 500 is not listed. The comparison does not hold the hour of the day, the destination or the aircraft fixed, and a gap counts as clear only at 2 standard errors and 0.3 points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS flight records and Iowa Environmental Mesonet weather reports · July 2023 – July 2026 · Where the weather comes from, and its limits. All covered airports side by side: What Weather Costs Each Airport.
Turning aircraft around at RSW
Time on the ground between one flight and the next of the same aircraft at RSW, and what a late arrival does to the next departure, July 2023 – July 2026.
The median turn at RSW is scheduled for 55 minutes on the ground and takes 61 minutes, against 56 minutes and 63 minutes across all airports. The 6 minutes by which the typical turn runs over its schedule are about what it is across all airports. 21.1% of turns here began with an aircraft that landed 15 or more minutes late, above the 18.9% for all airports.
When the aircraft landed 15 or more minutes late (17,108 turns here, 61 minutes late on average), 62% of the turns were finished in no more than the scheduled ground time, against 68% across all airports. 81% of those flights left 15 or more minutes late, against 72%. After an aircraft that landed on time, 8% did (all airports 11%).
Given the turn lengths scheduled here, the network’s rates would give 65% finished in the schedule and 77% leaving late. RSW does worse on both counts: fewer late turns are finished in the schedule and more late aircraft become late departures, so a late arrival is more likely to stay late here than the schedule alone explains. 46% of its late-inbound turns had a scheduled turn of 45 to 59 minutes, against 31% across all airports.
Turns at RSW against all airports
81,173 turns, July 2023 – July 2026| Measure | RSW | All airports | All airports, same turn lengths |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median scheduled turn | 55 min | 56 min | — |
| Median actual turn | 61 min | 63 min | — |
| Turns that began with an aircraft 15+ minutes late | 21% | 19% | — |
| Late turns finished within the schedule | 62% | 68% | 65% |
| Late inbound that left 15+ minutes late | 81% | 72% | 77% |
| On-time inbound that left 15+ minutes late | 8% | 11% | — |
The last column is the network’s rate at the turn lengths scheduled at RSW, band by band from under 30 minutes to 3 to 6 hours. A turn finishes within the schedule when the aircraft spent no more time on the ground than the schedule gave it.
A turn pairs an aircraft’s landing at RSW with its next departure from it by tail number; the aircraft is never named. These 81,173 turns are 76% of the flights that left RSW in the period; the rest are an aircraft’s first flight after a long stay, flights without a usable inbound, and cancelled flights. Ground time runs from the gate. Turns under 30 minutes are kept, but most leave late even after an on-time landing.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS flight records · July 2023 – July 2026 · Airports side by side: Where a Late Aircraft Gets Its Time Back.
What sets RSW apart
Where RSW’s hours, months, airlines and taxi time differ most from the other airports, July 2023 – July 2026.
Flights scheduled to leave RSW at 8 AM arrive on time 91.8% of the time, 5.8 points better than the 86.0% for that hour at the other airports.
4 PM is where RSW falls furthest behind the rest: 68.8% of its 4 PM departures arrive on time, 2.8 points below the 71.6% for that hour elsewhere.
June treats RSW better than it treats the rest of the country: 77.5% on time against 72.9% elsewhere, 4.6 points ahead.
March is RSW’s hardest month against the field, 72.7% on time to 78.0% elsewhere, 5.3 points short.
United Airlines does better out of RSW than anywhere else it flies: 83.8% on time here, 79.7% on its other departures, 4.1 points apart.
Taxi-out at RSW averages 15.5 minutes, 3.2 minutes less than the 18.7 minutes elsewhere.
RSW against the other airports
July 2023 – July 2026| Measure | RSW | Elsewhere | Gap | Flights behind it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hour: 8 AM departures | 91.8% | 86.0% | +5.8 pts | 5,121 here, 1,278,471 elsewhere |
| Hour: 4 PM departures | 68.8% | 71.6% | −2.8 pts | 6,662 here, 994,982 elsewhere |
| Month: June | 77.5% | 72.9% | +4.6 pts | 6,305 here, 1,465,572 elsewhere |
| Month: March | 72.7% | 78.0% | −5.3 pts | 13,084 here, 1,444,237 elsewhere |
| Airline: United Airlines | 83.8% | 79.7% | +4.1 pts | 16,930 here, 2,365,640 elsewhere |
| Taxi-out: Departures | 15.5 min | 18.7 min | −3.2 min | 105,556 here, 17,524,553 elsewhere |
"Elsewhere" is every other covered airport together, taken from the same aggregates as this page with RSW’s own flights removed (for airlines, that airline’s flights from all its other airports). Hours, months and airlines appear only where both sides have at least 120 completed flights (airlines 500) and the gap is at least 2 points and 2 standard errors; only the largest gap in each direction is shown. The taxi figure is weighted by departures and has no error estimate, so it appears from 2 minutes.
Best time to fly from RSW
On-time arrival rate by scheduled local departure time: each weekday and hour, and averaged over the week.
Flights departing 5–9 AM arrived on time 92.9% of the time, against 69.1% for 6–9 PM departures — a gap of 23.8 percentage points.
By day and hour
On-time arrival rate for each weekday and scheduled departure hour, in local time.
Wednesday 6–7 AM was the most reliable slot at RSW (94.4% on time, 996 flights) and Sunday 5–6 PM the least (61.6%, 1,068 flights).
Hour of departure matters more than day of the week: hourly averages sit a typical 9.2 points from the airport-wide rate, weekday averages 2.3 points.
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On-time rate, % · stronger color, fewer on time
- 60–69
- 70–79
- 80–89
- 90–99
- Most reliable slot
- Least reliable slot
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · On time is arrival within 15 minutes of schedule. Cells round to whole percentages; the table shows one decimal.
Best and worst slots are named only among slots with 500+ flights, and only when the gap is larger than sampling error. Departures after 10 PM (491 flights) are not drawn: no slot in those hours has enough flights to score.
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| Hour | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 AM–6 AM | 90.5% on time334 flights | 94.5% on time241 flights | 94.8% on time235 flights | 96.9% on time330 flights | 94.5% on time332 flights | 94.4% on time362 flights | 92.7% on time338 flights |
| 6 AM–7 AM | 92.3% on time1,160 flights | 93.8% on time1,005 flights | 94.4% on time996 flights | 94.3% on time1,123 flights | 93.5% on time1,155 flights | 93.9% on time1,173 flights | 92.3% on time1,145 flights |
| 7 AM–8 AM | 90.6% on time1,159 flights | 92.9% on time1,172 flights | 93.7% on time1,156 flights | 94.2% on time1,140 flights | 93.5% on time1,168 flights | 92.2% on time1,104 flights | 92.9% on time1,187 flights |
| 8 AM–9 AM | 89.7% on time739 flights | 91.5% on time732 flights | 94.0% on time743 flights | 94.0% on time727 flights | 93.3% on time734 flights | 90.2% on time764 flights | 90.0% on time761 flights |
| 9 AM–10 AM | 87.8% on time660 flights | 89.9% on time580 flights | 90.3% on time566 flights | 89.4% on time632 flights | 87.1% on time657 flights | 87.4% on time757 flights | 87.4% on time699 flights |
| 10 AM–11 AM | 86.4% on time830 flights | 87.4% on time716 flights | 87.3% on time725 flights | 87.0% on time855 flights | 80.9% on time853 flights | 84.1% on time949 flights | 82.7% on time856 flights |
| 11 AM–12 PM | 80.1% on time1,481 flights | 83.1% on time1,411 flights | 84.7% on time1,412 flights | 79.6% on time1,486 flights | 78.7% on time1,447 flights | 78.9% on time1,510 flights | 80.6% on time1,462 flights |
| 12 PM–1 PM | 78.7% on time1,277 flights | 84.3% on time1,249 flights | 81.8% on time1,278 flights | 76.5% on time1,302 flights | 76.1% on time1,288 flights | 74.9% on time1,292 flights | 74.7% on time1,315 flights |
| 1 PM–2 PM | 78.8% on time1,046 flights | 80.8% on time1,036 flights | 80.0% on time1,062 flights | 78.9% on time1,017 flights | 77.0% on time1,043 flights | 73.1% on time1,144 flights | 70.6% on time1,086 flights |
| 2 PM–3 PM | 74.2% on time858 flights | 76.0% on time893 flights | 75.8% on time887 flights | 72.2% on time839 flights | 73.8% on time851 flights | 72.1% on time1,047 flights | 67.1% on time946 flights |
| 3 PM–4 PM | 72.6% on time877 flights | 77.9% on time919 flights | 76.0% on time857 flights | 75.4% on time896 flights | 73.4% on time869 flights | 69.4% on time971 flights | 61.6% on time913 flights |
| 4 PM–5 PM | 70.0% on time965 flights | 71.3% on time943 flights | 71.6% on time956 flights | 68.6% on time936 flights | 68.6% on time992 flights | 68.5% on time1,069 flights | 62.9% on time938 flights |
| 5 PM–6 PM | 71.3% on time1,065 flights | 74.8% on time1,050 flights | 71.8% on time1,057 flights | 67.6% on time1,073 flights | 70.5% on time1,056 flights | 68.6% on time1,140 flights | 61.6% on time1,068 flights |
| 6 PM–7 PM | 72.8% on time1,007 flights | 76.6% on time994 flights | 70.5% on time968 flights | 71.3% on time981 flights | 73.3% on time967 flights | 70.5% on time1,037 flights | 66.1% on time958 flights |
| 7 PM–8 PM | 65.5% on time1,197 flights | 72.1% on time803 flights | 69.4% on time815 flights | 66.4% on time1,264 flights | 71.6% on time1,190 flights | 66.4% on time966 flights | 62.1% on time1,262 flights |
| 8 PM–9 PM | 70.9% on time522 flights | 74.5% on time383 flights | 74.1% on time364 flights | 66.8% on time538 flights | 69.4% on time571 flights | 65.4% on time561 flights | 61.7% on time705 flights |
| 9 PM–10 PM | 69.9% on time312 flights | 74.1% on time169 flights | 74.5% on time174 flights | 68.5% on time287 flights | 69.8% on time308 flights | 69.7% on time247 flights | 61.7% on time317 flights |
By departure window
All days combinedBy departure hour
All days combined- 12 AM to 4 AM: too few flights to score
- 5 AM: 94.0% on time from 2,172 flights
- 6 AM: 93.5% on time from 7,757 flights
- 7 AM: 92.8% on time from 8,086 flights
- 8 AM: 91.8% on time from 5,200 flights
- 9 AM: 88.4% on time from 4,551 flights
- 10 AM: 85.0% on time from 5,784 flights
- 11 AM: 80.8% on time from 10,209 flights
- 12 PM: 78.1% on time from 9,001 flights
- 1 PM: 77.0% on time from 7,434 flights
- 2 PM: 73.0% on time from 6,321 flights
- 3 PM: 72.2% on time from 6,302 flights
- 4 PM: 68.8% on time from 6,799 flights
- 5 PM: 69.4% on time from 7,509 flights
- 6 PM: 71.6% on time from 6,912 flights
- 7 PM: 67.3% on time from 7,497 flights
- 8 PM: 68.2% on time from 3,644 flights
- 9 PM: 69.1% on time from 1,814 flights
- 10 PM: 75.5% on time from 443 flights
- 11 PM: too few flights to score
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Buckets with fewer than 120 flights are not scored.
What parking will cost
Estimated from RSW's own published rates.
Estimated cost
Choose a facility and both dates to see an estimate.
Rates as published by the airport, last read 2026-08-31. Confirm before you travel.
Source: Southwest Florida International Airport · An estimate from published standard rates. Airports vary surcharges, oversize vehicle fees and event pricing, so confirm the price with the airport before you travel.
What to expect at RSW
How busy the airport is through the day, from scheduled departure volume.
Scheduled departures by hour
- 12 AM: no departures
- 1 AM: no departures
- 2 AM: no departures
- 3 AM: no departures
- 4 AM: no departures
- 5 AM: about 2 departures a day
- 6 AM: about 7 departures a day
- 7 AM: about 7 departures a day
- 8 AM: about 5 departures a day
- 9 AM: about 4 departures a day
- 10 AM: about 5 departures a day
- 11 AM: about 9 departures a day
- 12 PM: about 8 departures a day
- 1 PM: about 7 departures a day
- 2 PM: about 6 departures a day
- 3 PM: about 6 departures a day
- 4 PM: about 6 departures a day
- 5 PM: about 7 departures a day
- 6 PM: about 6 departures a day
- 7 PM: about 7 departures a day
- 8 PM: about 3 departures a day
- 9 PM: about 2 departures a day
- 10 PM: fewer than one departure a day
- 11 PM: fewer than one departure a day
The busiest hour is 11 AM, with about 9 departures a day, against roughly 2 at 9 PM. That peak is also more punctual than a typical hour here, despite the volume.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Taxi-out runs from gate to wheels-up, averaged over departures and weighted by hour. Taxi-in runs from touchdown to gate.
Weekly and seasonal patterns
By day of week
Tuesday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 7.5 percentage points.
By month
- Jan: 79.6% on time
- Feb: 78.6% on time
- Mar: 72.7% on time
- Apr: 82.0% on time
- May: 77.8% on time
- Jun: 77.5% on time
- Jul: 70.9% on time
- Aug: 77.8% on time
- Sep: 85.5% on time
- Oct: 86.4% on time
- Nov: 85.3% on time
- Dec: 77.1% on time
July is historically the weakest month and October the strongest, a spread of 15.5 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026
Airlines at RSW
Departure performance by operating carrier. Regional flights are reported by the carrier that operated them, not by the mainline brand.
| Carrier | Departures | On time | Cancelled | Median delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines WN | 23,902 | 78.6% | 1.26% | -4 min |
| Delta Air Lines DL | 22,506 | 82.9% | 1.52% | -9 min |
| American Airlines AA | 17,936 | 77.2% | 2.02% | -6 min |
| United Airlines UA | 17,258 | 83.8% | 1.58% | -11 min |
| JetBlue B6 | 12,376 | 72.2% | 2.62% | -4 min |
| Frontier Airlines F9 | 6,479 | 72.8% | 2.78% | -6 min |
| Spirit Airlines NK | 5,916 | 75.9% | 2.64% | -7 min |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Carriers with fewer than 500 departures are not listed.
Reliability over time
On-time arrival rate for departures, by month.
- July 2023: 68.5% on time from 2,270 flights
- August 2023: 77.8% on time from 2,139 flights
- September 2023: 81.5% on time from 1,971 flights
- October 2023: 87.6% on time from 2,383 flights
- November 2023: 85.3% on time from 2,927 flights
- December 2023: 81.7% on time from 3,617 flights
- January 2024: 77.4% on time from 3,839 flights
- February 2024: 81.4% on time from 3,778 flights
- March 2024: 72.2% on time from 4,526 flights
- April 2024: 82.4% on time from 3,511 flights
- May 2024: 73.2% on time from 2,613 flights
- June 2024: 77.9% on time from 2,084 flights
- July 2024: 67.5% on time from 2,026 flights
- August 2024: 74.5% on time from 1,916 flights
- September 2024: 87.2% on time from 1,813 flights
- October 2024: 90.9% on time from 2,370 flights
- November 2024: 89.0% on time from 2,847 flights
- December 2024: 75.1% on time from 3,548 flights
- January 2025: 83.1% on time from 3,562 flights
- February 2025: 80.3% on time from 3,535 flights
- March 2025: 74.6% on time from 4,389 flights
- April 2025: 82.4% on time from 3,699 flights
- May 2025: 77.5% on time from 2,707 flights
- June 2025: 75.3% on time from 2,267 flights
- July 2025: 73.1% on time from 2,315 flights
- August 2025: 80.8% on time from 2,060 flights
- September 2025: 88.2% on time from 1,847 flights
- October 2025: 81.2% on time from 2,369 flights
- November 2025: 81.7% on time from 2,991 flights
- December 2025: 74.2% on time from 3,480 flights
- January 2026: 78.6% on time from 3,454 flights
- February 2026: 73.8% on time from 3,551 flights
- March 2026: 71.2% on time from 4,504 flights
- April 2026: 81.0% on time from 3,632 flights
- May 2026: 82.5% on time from 2,802 flights
- June 2026: 79.6% on time from 2,087 flights
- July 2026: 74.2% on time from 2,054 flights
Over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), departures from RSW arrived on time 78.1% of the time, against 80.0% in the 12 months before — declining by 1.9 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026
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Historical statistics
Every historical figure on this page is calculated by FlyerIntel from US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time performance records covering July 2023 – July 2026, comprising 107,483 departures from RSW. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule.
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Latest observation for RSW: METAR KRSW 180853Z AUTO 04011KT 10SM FEW035 OVC070 21/17 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP168 T02060167 55004 (issued ).