Southwest Florida International in March 2024

71.8%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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 4,526 domestic departures from Southwest Florida International (RSW). 71.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.7% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so RSW departures were 6.7 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at RSW that month were on time 67.7% of the time (4,528 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 53%, national aviation system 24% and air carrier 22%.

On time 70.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.2%
Cancelled 1.8%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	RSW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	71.8%	—	77.0%	78.5%
Arrived on time	70.7%	—	76.5%	78.3%
Cancelled	1.8%	—	1.9%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.5 min	—	18.3 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	151	—	95	19,726
Scheduled departures	4,526	—	34,831	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,070	24%	69.9%	15.9 min	2.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	765	17%	80.5%	12.0 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	658	15%	79.0%	5.7 min	0.3%
AA American Airlines	585	13%	69.9%	23.7 min	1.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	482	11%	66.6%	14.0 min	3.5%
B6 JetBlue Airways	469	10%	61.2%	24.5 min	2.1%
F9 Frontier Airlines	439	10%	59.9%	21.5 min	4.8%
AS Alaska Airlines	31	1%	83.9%	8.2 min	3.2%
MQ Envoy Air	27	1%	44.4%	31.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RSW–ATL	Fort Myers to Atlanta	367	84.2%	5.4 min	0.3%
RSW–ORD	Fort Myers to Chicago	343	73.5%	6.2 min	0.9%
RSW–DTW	Fort Myers to Detroit	275	69.5%	16.0 min	1.1%
RSW–BOS	Fort Myers to Boston	273	71.8%	18.5 min	1.1%
RSW–CLT	Fort Myers to Charlotte	217	79.7%	6.5 min	0.9%
RSW–EWR	Fort Myers to Newark	191	78.0%	8.6 min	0.5%
RSW–MSP	Fort Myers to Minneapolis	181	76.2%	12.6 min	2.8%
RSW–PHL	Fort Myers to Philadelphia	173	67.1%	22.0 min	2.9%
RSW–IND	Fort Myers to Indianapolis	169	65.1%	17.3 min	2.4%
RSW–JFK	Fort Myers to New York	156	60.9%	29.8 min	1.9%
RSW–DFW	Fort Myers to Dallas/Fort Worth	147	59.9%	40.5 min	2.0%
RSW–BWI	Fort Myers to Baltimore	144	77.1%	7.7 min	1.4%

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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	22.0%	32.1%	21,584
Late-arriving aircraft	52.6%	42.1%	51,595
National Aviation System	24.3%	21.4%	23,864
Extreme weather	1.0%	4.2%	1,012
Security	0.0%	0.2%	18

98,073 delay minutes on 1,231 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 March 2024?

71.8% of 4,526 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 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 March 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.