Southwest Florida International in September 2023

82.3%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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,971 domestic departures from Southwest Florida International (RSW). 82.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.2% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so RSW departures were 1.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at RSW that month were on time 78.9% of the time (1,972 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, national aviation system 26% and air carrier 20%.

On time 80.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.2%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	RSW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	82.3%	—	77.0%	80.5%
Arrived on time	80.2%	—	76.5%	80.1%
Cancelled	1.3%	—	1.9%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.9 min	—	18.3 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	66	—	95	18,978
Scheduled departures	1,971	—	34,831	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	465	24%	85.2%	0.3 min	0.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	438	22%	87.0%	-0.8 min	1.1%
AA American Airlines	304	15%	82.6%	6.1 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	275	14%	79.6%	0.7 min	1.1%
B6 JetBlue Airways	234	12%	59.0%	26.9 min	4.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines	138	7%	76.1%	8.2 min	3.6%
NK Spirit Airlines	108	5%	75.9%	-0.1 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	9	0%	100.0%	-7.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RSW–ATL	Fort Myers to Atlanta	227	93.0%	-5.4 min	0.0%
RSW–ORD	Fort Myers to Chicago	151	80.1%	-3.9 min	0.0%
RSW–EWR	Fort Myers to Newark	123	71.5%	17.7 min	4.1%
RSW–PHL	Fort Myers to Philadelphia	109	77.1%	11.9 min	2.8%
RSW–BWI	Fort Myers to Baltimore	108	87.0%	-6.7 min	4.6%
RSW–DTW	Fort Myers to Detroit	108	85.2%	-4.5 min	0.0%
RSW–CLT	Fort Myers to Charlotte	104	76.9%	5.8 min	0.0%
RSW–LGA	Fort Myers to New York	95	73.7%	7.5 min	3.2%
RSW–MDW	Fort Myers to Chicago	91	85.7%	2.7 min	0.0%
RSW–BOS	Fort Myers to Boston	89	62.9%	19.8 min	3.4%
RSW–JFK	Fort Myers to New York	80	61.3%	27.4 min	3.8%
RSW–DFW	Fort Myers to Dallas/Fort Worth	76	84.2%	18.2 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	19.8%	36.4%	5,714
Late-arriving aircraft	49.2%	38.3%	14,172
National Aviation System	25.5%	19.9%	7,346
Extreme weather	5.4%	5.1%	1,561
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

28,793 delay minutes on 359 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 September 2023?

82.3% of 1,971 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 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 September 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.