Southwest Florida International in August 2023

76.3%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 2,139 domestic departures from Southwest Florida International (RSW). 76.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.3% reached their destination on time; 2.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so RSW departures were level with the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at RSW that month were on time 73.5% of the time (2,138 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 75.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.6%
Cancelled 2.8%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from RSW in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	RSW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	76.3%	—	77.0%	76.7%
Arrived on time	75.3%	—	76.5%	76.9%
Cancelled	2.8%	—	1.9%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.7 min	—	18.3 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	71	—	95	20,100
Scheduled departures	2,139	—	34,831	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	491	23%	80.0%	1.8 min	4.1%
WN Southwest Airlines	481	22%	73.6%	8.7 min	2.1%
AA American Airlines	390	18%	75.6%	15.3 min	2.1%
UA United Airlines	286	13%	80.1%	0.3 min	1.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	273	13%	65.9%	22.2 min	4.4%
F9 Frontier Airlines	117	5%	70.1%	12.8 min	5.1%
NK Spirit Airlines	93	4%	78.5%	9.7 min	1.1%
AS Alaska Airlines	8	0%	62.5%	0.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RSW–ATL	Fort Myers to Atlanta	243	80.2%	2.5 min	4.5%
RSW–ORD	Fort Myers to Chicago	161	73.9%	11.4 min	1.9%
RSW–EWR	Fort Myers to Newark	131	75.6%	8.0 min	1.5%
RSW–LGA	Fort Myers to New York	124	80.6%	-1.8 min	1.6%
RSW–CLT	Fort Myers to Charlotte	123	69.9%	32.3 min	3.3%
RSW–BWI	Fort Myers to Baltimore	119	71.4%	10.9 min	3.4%
RSW–DFW	Fort Myers to Dallas/Fort Worth	107	82.2%	1.5 min	0.9%
RSW–PHL	Fort Myers to Philadelphia	105	73.3%	18.4 min	3.8%
RSW–DCA	Fort Myers to Washington	93	66.7%	23.6 min	3.2%
RSW–DTW	Fort Myers to Detroit	93	81.7%	3.9 min	2.2%
RSW–JFK	Fort Myers to New York	93	66.7%	11.0 min	8.6%
RSW–MDW	Fort Myers to Chicago	93	68.8%	12.1 min	2.2%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	26.8%	36.7%	10,224
Late-arriving aircraft	50.3%	42.2%	19,214
National Aviation System	19.2%	15.7%	7,325
Extreme weather	3.8%	5.1%	1,455
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

38,218 delay minutes on 461 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left RSW on time in August 2023?

76.3% of 2,139 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for RSW · methodology · corrections.