Route profile
LGA→RSW
Flight reliability, delays and best times to fly from New York to Fort Myers, 1,080 miles.
Right now
Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
Route reliability
July 2023 – July 2026
Better than 14% of comparable major US routes (4,598 compared)
Calculated from 3,042 flights. How this is calculated
LGA → RSW arrives on time 75.1% of the time; the return trip, RSW → LGA, arrives on time 74.0% of the time.
LGA → RSW spends 31.8 minutes on the ground on a 1,080-mile trip: 25.8 minutes from pushback to wheels-up at LGA and 6.0 minutes from touchdown to gate at RSW.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026
What sets this route apart
Where LGA to RSW differs most from similar routes by hour, weekday, month and airline, July 2023 – July 2026.
LGA to RSW struggles most at 11 AM: 68.8% of its flights scheduled then arrive on time, 10.9 points behind the 79.7% on routes of similar length at the same hour. Against all other routes the gap is 12.2 points.
Monday is the day LGA to RSW slips furthest against routes of similar length, 68.1% on time where they average 75.8%, 7.7 points lower. Against all other routes the gap is 9.2 points.
In February, LGA to RSW runs 9.9 points below routes of similar length, 70.4% on time to 80.3%. Against all other routes the gap is 11.1 points.
May is kinder to LGA to RSW than to routes of similar length: 80.2% on time against 73.9%, 6.3 points better.
Delta Air Lines’ flights on LGA to RSW arrive on time 78.0% of the time, 2.6 points below the 80.6% it manages on its routes of similar length. Against all other routes the gap is 3.5 points.
LGA to RSW against comparable routes
July 2023 – July 2026| Measure | This route | Compared with | Them | Gap | Flights behind it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hour: 11 AM departures | 68.8% | routes of similar length | 79.7% | −10.9 pts | 445 here, 185,466 there |
| Weekday: Monday | 68.1% | routes of similar length | 75.8% | −7.7 pts | 420 here, 429,970 there |
| Month: February | 70.4% | routes of similar length | 80.3% | −9.9 pts | 257 here, 217,798 there |
| Month: May | 80.2% | routes of similar length | 73.9% | +6.3 pts | 207 here, 241,154 there |
| Airline: Delta Air Lines | 78.0% | routes of similar length | 80.6% | −2.6 pts | 2,150 here, 473,696 there |
Each comparison pools the flights of other routes, with this route’s own left out. Similar length means within 15% of this route’s 1,080 miles, with at least 5 such routes. A bucket is set against the most comparable group that has enough flights: similar length, then the same origin (at least 3 routes), then all other routes. Hours, weekdays and months appear only where both sides have 120 completed flights, and airlines where both have 600. The gap must be at least 2 points and 2 standard errors, and only the largest gap each way is kept per measure. These are differences in the flights counted, not causes.
Why LGA → RSW flights are cancelled
July 2023 – July 2026
LGA → RSW cancelled 83 of 3,042 scheduled flights — about 1 in every 37. The reason filed most often was extreme weather, 51.8% of the cancellations coded on this route — about 1 in every 71 scheduled flights.
Share of cancellations
Of 83 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.
43 cancellations, 51.8% of the total.
Crew, maintenance, aircraft cleaning, baggage or fueling: what BTS counts as within the carrier’s own control.
26 cancellations, 31.3% of the total.
Airport capacity, air traffic control flow programs, heavy traffic and ordinary bad weather. A system decision, not the airline’s.
14 cancellations, 16.9% 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.
Reason codes are the operating airline’s own filing with US DOT, not an independent finding of fault. Ordinary bad weather is filed under air traffic, so weather’s full share is larger than its bar.
83 coded cancellations were recorded on LGA → RSW; the section appears from 50.
When it goes wrong
July 2023 – July 2026
61 min late
against a median of 7 min early
LGA → RSW has an average that understates its risk: a typical arrival is 7 min early, but the worst tenth are 68 minutes worse than that. If the trip has something unmissable at the end of it, the median is the wrong number to plan against.
Percentiles over 3,042 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.
Will your connection be tight enough?
Layovers at RSW after arriving from LGA.
| Connection time | Chance of missing | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 30 min | 38% | Likely to miss |
| 45 min | 24% | High risk |
| 60 min | 17% | High risk |
| 90 min | 10% | Some risk |
| 120 min | 6.9% | Some risk |
This is one leg of a connection. Gate changes and the next flight's own schedule matter too. And a connection can fail before delay is even the question — this route cancels 2.73% of the time and diverts 0.36% of the time, which a late arrival never shows up in.
Chance of missing is the share of 2,948 arrivals on this route that landed later than the connection time less 30 minutes to reach the next gate.
The worst tenth of arrivals on this route land at least 61 minutes late (90th-percentile gate arrival delay), over 3,042 operations.
Any other layover length: connection checker.
Best time to fly
LGA → RSW flights departing 5–9 AM arrived on time 87.6% of the time, against 64.3% for 3–6 PM departures, a gap of 23.3 percentage points.
By departure window
By departure hour
- 12 AM to 6 AM: too few flights to score
- 7 AM: 87.0% on time from 726 flights
- 8 AM: 89.6% on time from 218 flights
- 9 AM: too few flights to score
- 10 AM: 86.4% on time from 134 flights
- 11 AM: 68.8% on time from 455 flights
- 12 PM: 84.3% on time from 141 flights
- 1 PM to 2 PM: too few flights to score
- 3 PM: 64.2% on time from 716 flights
- 4 PM to 6 PM: too few flights to score
- 7 PM: 63.2% on time from 258 flights
- 8 PM to 11 PM: too few flights to score
Departure windows with fewer than 120 flights are not scored.
Why LGA → RSW runs late
July 2023 – July 2026
crew, maintenance, boarding and fueling, all within the carrier’s control
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
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 LGA → RSW. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed.
Airlines on this route
Carriers with at least 200 flights, by the airline that operated each one.
| Carrier | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 2,217 | 78.0% | 2.62% | -9 min | 9.5% |
| JetBlue | 448 | 69.4% | 3.35% | -4 min | 13.5% |
| American Airlines | 377 | 65.1% | 2.65% | 2 min | 10.4% |
Delta Air Lines flew 72.9% of the 3,042 flights listed.
Delta Air Lines arrived on time 12.9 percentage points more often than American Airlines on this route.
Flights on this route
Flight numbers with at least 600 operations here and still on the schedule.
Weekly and seasonal patterns
By day of week
Saturday is historically the most reliable day and Monday the least, a gap of 11.2 percentage points.
By month
- Jan: 74.4%
- Feb: 70.4%
- Mar: 72.7%
- Apr: 79.7%
- May: 80.2%
- Jun: 73.4%
- Jul: 68.4%
- Aug: 76.6%
- Sep: 79.8%
- Oct: 77.7%
- Nov: 82.0%
- Dec: 69.4%
July is historically the weakest month and November the strongest, a spread of 13.6 percentage points.
Reliability over time
July 2023 – July 2026
- July 2023: 63.7% from 124 flights
- August 2023: 75.2% from 124 flights
- September 2023: too few flights to score (94)
- October 2023: too few flights to score (95)
- November 2023: too few flights to score (100)
- December 2023: too few flights to score (112)
- January 2024: too few flights to score (92)
- February 2024: too few flights to score (102)
- March 2024: 77.5% from 123 flights
- April 2024: too few flights to score (90)
- May 2024: too few flights to score (62)
- June 2024: too few flights to score (60)
- July 2024: too few flights to score (62)
- August 2024: too few flights to score (62)
- September 2024: too few flights to score (60)
- October 2024: too few flights to score (62)
- November 2024: too few flights to score (84)
- December 2024: too few flights to score (91)
- January 2025: too few flights to score (91)
- February 2025: too few flights to score (84)
- March 2025: too few flights to score (93)
- April 2025: too few flights to score (90)
- May 2025: too few flights to score (66)
- June 2025: too few flights to score (60)
- July 2025: too few flights to score (62)
- August 2025: too few flights to score (60)
- September 2025: too few flights to score (60)
- October 2025: too few flights to score (59)
- November 2025: too few flights to score (84)
- December 2025: too few flights to score (91)
- January 2026: too few flights to score (89)
- February 2026: too few flights to score (80)
- March 2026: too few flights to score (92)
- April 2026: too few flights to score (90)
- May 2026: too few flights to score (82)
- June 2026: too few flights to score (55)
- July 2026: too few flights to score (55)
Over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), on-time arrivals averaged 74.3% against 73.7% in the 12 months before — broadly unchanged.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 3,042 LGA → RSW flight records from the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, covering July 2023 – July 2026. Late means 15 or more minutes past scheduled arrival; cancelled and diverted flights are left out of on-time rates.
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Related research: How Long a Layover Needs to Be · Two Airlines on One Route · Best Time of Day to Fly From Major US Airports
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