Southwest Florida International in October 2023

86.3%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 2,383 domestic departures from Southwest Florida International (RSW). 86.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.0% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so RSW departures were 2.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at RSW that month were on time 83.5% of the time (2,387 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 60%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 87.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.3%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	RSW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	86.3%	—	77.0%	83.8%
Arrived on time	87.0%	—	76.5%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.6%	—	1.9%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.5 min	—	18.3 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	79	—	95	19,966
Scheduled departures	2,383	—	34,831	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	509	21%	92.5%	-6.8 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	491	21%	84.9%	1.5 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	418	18%	92.1%	-10.2 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	381	16%	89.8%	-1.1 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	258	11%	74.0%	9.3 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	167	7%	82.6%	7.7 min	1.2%
NK Spirit Airlines	148	6%	80.4%	-3.9 min	8.1%
AS Alaska Airlines	11	0%	100.0%	-30.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RSW–ATL	Fort Myers to Atlanta	236	94.5%	-5.9 min	0.0%
RSW–ORD	Fort Myers to Chicago	216	88.4%	-7.4 min	2.3%
RSW–EWR	Fort Myers to Newark	189	90.5%	-10.3 min	0.0%
RSW–CLT	Fort Myers to Charlotte	145	91.7%	-5.8 min	0.0%
RSW–DTW	Fort Myers to Detroit	135	93.3%	-5.9 min	0.0%
RSW–BWI	Fort Myers to Baltimore	115	87.0%	-0.1 min	0.0%
RSW–PHL	Fort Myers to Philadelphia	109	82.6%	23.2 min	1.8%
RSW–BOS	Fort Myers to Boston	98	77.6%	8.9 min	0.0%
RSW–LGA	Fort Myers to New York	96	90.6%	-10.1 min	0.0%
RSW–JFK	Fort Myers to New York	92	70.7%	8.2 min	0.0%
RSW–MDW	Fort Myers to Chicago	92	82.6%	2.7 min	0.0%
RSW–DFW	Fort Myers to Dallas/Fort Worth	85	91.8%	-2.6 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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	24.6%	41.3%	4,962
Late-arriving aircraft	59.5%	40.5%	12,001
National Aviation System	13.7%	14.4%	2,756
Extreme weather	2.1%	3.7%	432
Security	0.0%	0.2%	4

20,155 delay minutes on 294 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 October 2023?

86.3% of 2,383 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.