Airports › Fort Myers (RSW) › August 2024
Airport month · August 2024
Southwest Florida International in August 2024
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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,916 domestic departures from Southwest Florida International (RSW). 72.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.2% reached their destination on time; 4.0% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so RSW departures were 3.3 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 2,139 departures with 76.3% leaving on time: a change of −4.2 points, with flights down 10%.
Flights arriving at RSW that month were on time 72.3% of the time (1,917 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 23%.
- On time 71.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.4%
- Cancelled 4.0%
- Diverted 0.5%
August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2024 | Aug 2023 | RSW, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 72.1% | 76.3% | 77.0% | 75.4% |
| Arrived on time | 71.2% | 75.3% | 76.5% | 74.7% |
| Cancelled | 4.0% | 2.8% | 1.9% | 2.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 25.6 min | 18.7 min | 18.3 min | 18.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 64 | 71 | 95 | 20,634 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,916 | 2,139 | 34,831 | 619,025 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 515 | 27% | 75.5% | 21.5 min | 2.5% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 400 | 21% | 76.8% | 9.8 min | 3.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 332 | 17% | 62.7% | 33.9 min | 5.4% |
| UA United Airlines | 299 | 16% | 76.6% | 7.2 min | 4.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 185 | 10% | 57.3% | 22.7 min | 7.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 92 | 5% | 67.4% | 14.7 min | 4.3% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 84 | 4% | 66.7% | 11.0 min | 4.8% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 9 | 0% | 77.8% | -1.8 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSW–ATL | Fort Myers to Atlanta | 243 | 81.5% | 16.9 min | 2.1% |
| RSW–ORD | Fort Myers to Chicago | 136 | 72.8% | 12.7 min | 1.5% |
| RSW–EWR | Fort Myers to Newark | 121 | 67.8% | 20.1 min | 6.6% |
| RSW–CLT | Fort Myers to Charlotte | 119 | 64.7% | 13.7 min | 8.4% |
| RSW–BOS | Fort Myers to Boston | 116 | 61.2% | 26.9 min | 2.6% |
| RSW–BWI | Fort Myers to Baltimore | 95 | 74.7% | 9.6 min | 2.1% |
| RSW–DFW | Fort Myers to Dallas/Fort Worth | 95 | 64.2% | 54.5 min | 5.3% |
| RSW–DTW | Fort Myers to Detroit | 93 | 75.3% | 13.3 min | 3.2% |
| RSW–JFK | Fort Myers to New York | 93 | 60.2% | 16.9 min | 8.6% |
| RSW–PHL | Fort Myers to Philadelphia | 77 | 45.5% | 59.8 min | 3.9% |
| RSW–MDW | Fort Myers to Chicago | 72 | 70.8% | 9.4 min | 5.6% |
| RSW–CLE | Fort Myers to Cleveland | 69 | 81.2% | -5.2 min | 5.8% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left RSW on time in August 2024?
72.1% of 1,916 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2023, 76.3% of 2,139 departures left on time and 2.8% were cancelled, against 72.1% and 4.0% in August 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.