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Airport month · October 2024
Southwest Florida International in October 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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,370 domestic departures from Southwest Florida International (RSW). 82.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.4% reached their destination on time; 8.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so RSW departures were 3.1 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 2,383 departures with 86.3% leaving on time: a change of −3.9 points, with flights down 1%.
Flights arriving at RSW that month were on time 79.9% of the time (2,378 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 43% and national aviation system 8%.
- On time 83.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 8.3%
- Cancelled 8.2%
- Diverted 0.1%
October 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2024 | Oct 2023 | RSW, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 82.4% | 86.3% | 77.0% | 85.5% |
| Arrived on time | 83.4% | 87.0% | 76.5% | 85.8% |
| Cancelled | 8.2% | 0.6% | 1.9% | 1.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 8.5 min | 9.5 min | 18.3 min | 9.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 79 | 79 | 95 | 20,517 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,370 | 2,383 | 34,831 | 615,497 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 580 | 24% | 84.8% | -4.4 min | 8.8% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 549 | 23% | 84.0% | -3.0 min | 7.5% |
| UA United Airlines | 397 | 17% | 87.9% | -11.5 min | 7.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 380 | 16% | 80.8% | -0.9 min | 7.6% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 317 | 13% | 77.9% | -2.3 min | 9.5% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 102 | 4% | 80.4% | -7.3 min | 9.8% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 45 | 2% | 84.4% | -14.5 min | 8.9% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSW–ATL | Fort Myers to Atlanta | 230 | 86.1% | -0.9 min | 7.8% |
| RSW–ORD | Fort Myers to Chicago | 156 | 85.3% | -8.0 min | 7.1% |
| RSW–BOS | Fort Myers to Boston | 143 | 79.7% | -1.7 min | 8.4% |
| RSW–CLT | Fort Myers to Charlotte | 139 | 81.3% | 2.8 min | 7.9% |
| RSW–EWR | Fort Myers to Newark | 133 | 84.2% | -11.8 min | 7.5% |
| RSW–DTW | Fort Myers to Detroit | 127 | 81.9% | -10.8 min | 8.7% |
| RSW–DFW | Fort Myers to Dallas/Fort Worth | 107 | 79.4% | -3.9 min | 8.4% |
| RSW–BWI | Fort Myers to Baltimore | 105 | 83.8% | -3.9 min | 9.5% |
| RSW–JFK | Fort Myers to New York | 105 | 77.1% | -1.9 min | 9.5% |
| RSW–MDW | Fort Myers to Chicago | 92 | 79.3% | 2.5 min | 9.8% |
| RSW–CLE | Fort Myers to Cleveland | 88 | 86.4% | -16.4 min | 9.1% |
| RSW–MSP | Fort Myers to Minneapolis | 86 | 84.9% | -8.7 min | 8.1% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left RSW on time in October 2024?
82.4% of 2,370 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2023, 86.3% of 2,383 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 82.4% and 8.2% in October 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.