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Airport month · December 2023
Southwest Florida International in December 2023
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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 3,617 domestic departures from Southwest Florida International (RSW). 79.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.0% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so RSW departures were 3.4 points below the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at RSW that month were on time 76.6% of the time (3,619 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 60%, air carrier 26% and national aviation system 14%.
- On time 81.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.1%
- Cancelled 0.6%
- Diverted 0.2%
December 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2023 | Year earlier | RSW, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 79.7% | — | 77.0% | 83.1% |
| Arrived on time | 81.0% | — | 76.5% | 83.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.6% | — | 1.9% | 0.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 16.1 min | — | 18.3 min | 11.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 121 | — | 95 | 19,013 |
| Scheduled departures | 3,617 | — | 34,831 | 570,394 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 672 | 19% | 76.8% | 9.6 min | 0.6% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 657 | 18% | 90.9% | -6.2 min | 0.2% |
| UA United Airlines | 568 | 16% | 89.3% | -5.9 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 496 | 14% | 85.1% | 3.2 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 422 | 12% | 69.9% | 13.0 min | 2.1% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 373 | 10% | 71.3% | 19.4 min | 1.3% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 353 | 10% | 77.9% | 5.6 min | 1.1% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 39 | 1% | 69.2% | 0.8 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 16 | 0% | 75.0% | 8.8 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 12 | 0% | 50.0% | 13.8 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 9 | 0% | 66.7% | 6.3 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSW–ATL | Fort Myers to Atlanta | 346 | 87.3% | -3.2 min | 0.0% |
| RSW–ORD | Fort Myers to Chicago | 294 | 82.7% | 0.8 min | 0.0% |
| RSW–EWR | Fort Myers to Newark | 207 | 85.5% | -6.1 min | 0.5% |
| RSW–CLT | Fort Myers to Charlotte | 197 | 88.8% | -0.7 min | 0.0% |
| RSW–BOS | Fort Myers to Boston | 187 | 74.9% | 19.1 min | 1.1% |
| RSW–DTW | Fort Myers to Detroit | 186 | 90.9% | -2.2 min | 0.0% |
| RSW–PHL | Fort Myers to Philadelphia | 163 | 80.4% | 8.7 min | 0.6% |
| RSW–MSP | Fort Myers to Minneapolis | 143 | 83.9% | -1.7 min | 0.7% |
| RSW–BWI | Fort Myers to Baltimore | 126 | 78.6% | 6.1 min | 0.0% |
| RSW–JFK | Fort Myers to New York | 125 | 77.6% | 12.0 min | 0.8% |
| RSW–CLE | Fort Myers to Cleveland | 121 | 76.9% | 3.1 min | 2.5% |
| RSW–LGA | Fort Myers to New York | 113 | 77.9% | 2.0 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left RSW on time in December 2023?
79.7% of 3,617 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
December 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 December 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.