On-Time Report

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Airport month · November 2024

Southwest Florida International in November 2024

89.3%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,847 domestic departures from Southwest Florida International (RSW). 89.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.9% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so RSW departures were 4.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 2,927 departures with 85.1% leaving on time: a change of +4.2 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at RSW that month were on time 87.3% of the time (2,850 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 26%.

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

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

MeasureNov 2024Nov 2023RSW, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time89.3%85.1%77.0%85.2%
Arrived on time88.9%85.0%76.5%84.8%
Cancelled0.1%0.2%1.9%0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)7.9 min9.9 min18.3 min10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day95989519,180
Scheduled departures2,8472,92734,831575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines66423%92.3%-5.7 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines57020%92.1%-3.5 min0.0%
UA United Airlines46616%86.9%-4.7 min0.0%
AA American Airlines44916%89.8%-3.5 min0.4%
B6 JetBlue Airways39814%82.7%2.6 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines1465%84.9%-8.6 min0.7%
NK Spirit Airlines1074%81.3%3.0 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline442%95.5%-9.8 min0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines30%66.7%1.3 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
RSW–ATLFort Myers to Atlanta23694.9%-6.0 min0.0%
RSW–ORDFort Myers to Chicago21385.9%-3.4 min0.0%
RSW–BOSFort Myers to Boston20882.7%2.5 min0.0%
RSW–EWRFort Myers to Newark18375.4%10.8 min0.0%
RSW–CLTFort Myers to Charlotte17293.0%-4.4 min0.0%
RSW–DTWFort Myers to Detroit16193.2%-9.3 min0.0%
RSW–BWIFort Myers to Baltimore12095.8%-6.6 min0.0%
RSW–PHLFort Myers to Philadelphia10489.4%-1.8 min0.0%
RSW–CLEFort Myers to Cleveland10288.2%-10.4 min0.0%
RSW–JFKFort Myers to New York10286.3%-0.8 min0.0%
RSW–DENFort Myers to Denver9789.7%-7.4 min0.0%
RSW–DFWFort Myers to Dallas/Fort Worth9485.1%-7.3 min2.1%

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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Nov 2024Minutes
Air carrier30.5%36.9%6,161
Late-arriving aircraft43.5%35.6%8,798
National Aviation System25.5%21.9%5,161
Extreme weather0.5%5.4%110
Security0.0%0.2%0
20,230 delay minutes on 312 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left RSW on time in November 2024?

89.3% of 2,847 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 85.1% of 2,927 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 89.3% and 0.1% in November 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 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.