Southwest Florida International in February 2024

84.3%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,778 domestic departures from Southwest Florida International (RSW). 84.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.1% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so RSW departures were level with the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at RSW that month were on time 82.3% of the time (3,778 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 81.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.6%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from RSW in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	RSW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	84.3%	—	77.0%	84.0%
Arrived on time	81.1%	—	76.5%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.2%	—	1.9%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.1 min	—	18.3 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	126	—	95	17,307
Scheduled departures	3,778	—	34,831	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	706	19%	80.3%	4.1 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	657	17%	89.6%	-3.6 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	598	16%	89.6%	-3.7 min	0.3%
AA American Airlines	543	14%	83.4%	3.0 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	439	12%	74.9%	9.6 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	410	11%	69.3%	22.6 min	1.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	394	10%	71.1%	14.1 min	0.8%
AS Alaska Airlines	29	1%	86.2%	-6.3 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	2	0%	50.0%	436.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RSW–ATL	Fort Myers to Atlanta	306	91.2%	-3.8 min	0.0%
RSW–ORD	Fort Myers to Chicago	303	85.5%	0.0 min	0.0%
RSW–BOS	Fort Myers to Boston	237	68.8%	18.7 min	0.8%
RSW–DTW	Fort Myers to Detroit	231	79.2%	6.3 min	0.4%
RSW–CLT	Fort Myers to Charlotte	199	87.9%	-2.8 min	0.0%
RSW–EWR	Fort Myers to Newark	198	87.4%	1.4 min	1.5%
RSW–PHL	Fort Myers to Philadelphia	166	75.3%	13.8 min	0.0%
RSW–MSP	Fort Myers to Minneapolis	145	89.0%	-2.9 min	0.0%
RSW–JFK	Fort Myers to New York	131	77.9%	12.1 min	1.5%
RSW–BWI	Fort Myers to Baltimore	116	82.8%	1.8 min	0.0%
RSW–CLE	Fort Myers to Cleveland	110	83.6%	0.7 min	0.0%
RSW–DFW	Fort Myers to Dallas/Fort Worth	108	82.4%	5.2 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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	27.3%	35.9%	12,125
Late-arriving aircraft	49.4%	36.9%	21,956
National Aviation System	23.1%	21.7%	10,259
Extreme weather	0.3%	5.3%	117
Security	0.0%	0.3%	14

44,471 delay minutes on 701 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 February 2024?

84.3% of 3,778 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 2023 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 February 2024; 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.