Southwest Florida International in November 2023

85.1%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 2,927 domestic departures from Southwest Florida International (RSW). 85.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.0% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so RSW departures were 0.9 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at RSW that month were on time 83.8% of the time (2,930 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 85.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.6%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	RSW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	85.1%	—	77.0%	86.0%
Arrived on time	85.0%	—	76.5%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.2%	—	1.9%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.9 min	—	18.3 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	98	—	95	18,793
Scheduled departures	2,927	—	34,831	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	606	21%	84.8%	0.6 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	527	18%	89.0%	-3.1 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	451	15%	84.5%	0.9 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	448	15%	92.4%	-8.0 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	328	11%	76.5%	4.8 min	0.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines	280	10%	82.5%	0.3 min	1.4%
NK Spirit Airlines	258	9%	80.2%	4.3 min	0.8%
AS Alaska Airlines	29	1%	75.9%	6.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RSW–ATL	Fort Myers to Atlanta	281	87.9%	-0.7 min	0.0%
RSW–ORD	Fort Myers to Chicago	226	79.2%	7.6 min	0.9%
RSW–CLT	Fort Myers to Charlotte	195	87.7%	-1.6 min	0.0%
RSW–EWR	Fort Myers to Newark	160	93.8%	-13.6 min	0.0%
RSW–BOS	Fort Myers to Boston	140	81.4%	1.3 min	0.0%
RSW–DTW	Fort Myers to Detroit	137	86.1%	0.1 min	0.0%
RSW–PHL	Fort Myers to Philadelphia	127	88.2%	-1.6 min	0.0%
RSW–BWI	Fort Myers to Baltimore	119	83.2%	1.0 min	0.0%
RSW–DFW	Fort Myers to Dallas/Fort Worth	112	86.6%	-2.5 min	0.0%
RSW–JFK	Fort Myers to New York	106	74.5%	1.8 min	0.9%
RSW–MSP	Fort Myers to Minneapolis	101	86.1%	-1.6 min	1.0%
RSW–LGA	Fort Myers to New York	100	84.0%	-4.5 min	0.0%

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), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	35.2%	42.5%	9,287
Late-arriving aircraft	45.8%	37.3%	12,089
National Aviation System	18.6%	16.2%	4,914
Extreme weather	0.4%	3.7%	106
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

26,396 delay minutes on 428 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 November 2023?

85.1% of 2,927 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.