Southwest Florida International in July 2024

66.2%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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,026 domestic departures from Southwest Florida International (RSW). 66.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 65.4% reached their destination on time; 2.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so RSW departures were 2.3 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at RSW that month were on time 64.2% of the time (2,027 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 56%, national aviation system 20% and air carrier 19%.

On time 65.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 31.4%
Cancelled 2.9%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2024	Year earlier	RSW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2024
Departed on time	66.2%	—	77.0%	68.5%
Arrived on time	65.4%	—	76.5%	68.1%
Cancelled	2.9%	—	1.9%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	28.9 min	—	18.3 min	24.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	68	—	95	21,154
Scheduled departures	2,026	—	34,831	634,613

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	520	26%	62.1%	27.1 min	6.3%
WN Southwest Airlines	475	23%	73.5%	8.7 min	0.4%
AA American Airlines	361	18%	55.1%	44.1 min	1.9%
UA United Airlines	295	15%	67.8%	15.5 min	3.1%
B6 JetBlue Airways	186	9%	64.0%	26.5 min	2.7%
NK Spirit Airlines	97	5%	72.2%	10.5 min	2.1%
F9 Frontier Airlines	84	4%	70.2%	10.0 min	1.2%
AS Alaska Airlines	8	0%	75.0%	-4.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RSW–ATL	Fort Myers to Atlanta	243	65.4%	29.7 min	5.3%
RSW–DFW	Fort Myers to Dallas/Fort Worth	130	52.3%	45.7 min	0.8%
RSW–ORD	Fort Myers to Chicago	123	66.7%	9.0 min	1.6%
RSW–BOS	Fort Myers to Boston	122	58.2%	31.3 min	3.3%
RSW–CLT	Fort Myers to Charlotte	121	48.8%	66.0 min	3.3%
RSW–EWR	Fort Myers to Newark	119	60.5%	34.4 min	4.2%
RSW–BWI	Fort Myers to Baltimore	115	69.6%	8.2 min	0.9%
RSW–DTW	Fort Myers to Detroit	93	63.4%	15.4 min	7.5%
RSW–JFK	Fort Myers to New York	93	68.8%	20.6 min	5.4%
RSW–MDW	Fort Myers to Chicago	84	71.4%	14.5 min	0.0%
RSW–PHL	Fort Myers to Philadelphia	79	57.0%	37.2 min	0.0%
RSW–STL	Fort Myers to St. Louis	70	58.6%	17.1 min	1.4%

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), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	19.2%	36.6%	10,887
Late-arriving aircraft	56.0%	42.7%	31,780
National Aviation System	19.9%	16.0%	11,292
Extreme weather	4.8%	4.6%	2,734
Security	0.2%	0.1%	90

56,783 delay minutes on 637 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 July 2024?

66.2% of 2,026 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 65.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 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 July 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.