Southwest Florida International in December 2024

75.4%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,548 domestic departures from Southwest Florida International (RSW). 75.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.0% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so RSW departures were 2.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 3,617 departures with 79.7% leaving on time: a change of −4.3 points, with flights down 2%.

Flights arriving at RSW that month were on time 70.2% of the time (3,556 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 56%, air carrier 26% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 74.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.5%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	RSW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	75.4%	79.7%	77.0%	77.8%
Arrived on time	74.0%	81.0%	76.5%	78.1%
Cancelled	1.3%	0.6%	1.9%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.2 min	16.1 min	18.3 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	118	121	95	19,686
Scheduled departures	3,548	3,617	34,831	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	710	20%	76.6%	9.7 min	0.7%
DL Delta Air Lines	678	19%	78.0%	12.0 min	0.1%
UA United Airlines	597	17%	78.1%	5.8 min	1.0%
AA American Airlines	540	15%	74.6%	20.8 min	1.7%
B6 JetBlue Airways	451	13%	65.6%	24.5 min	1.1%
F9 Frontier Airlines	283	8%	68.6%	10.0 min	4.6%
NK Spirit Airlines	199	6%	66.8%	13.9 min	3.0%
YX Republic Airline	43	1%	69.8%	15.5 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	26	1%	61.5%	23.5 min	7.7%
9E Endeavor Air	12	0%	66.7%	2.7 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	9	0%	88.9%	-6.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RSW–ORD	Fort Myers to Chicago	296	75.3%	11.2 min	1.7%
RSW–ATL	Fort Myers to Atlanta	273	82.8%	4.6 min	0.0%
RSW–BOS	Fort Myers to Boston	270	65.2%	22.2 min	1.9%
RSW–EWR	Fort Myers to Newark	221	67.9%	15.9 min	0.0%
RSW–CLT	Fort Myers to Charlotte	201	81.6%	17.3 min	1.0%
RSW–DTW	Fort Myers to Detroit	196	77.6%	12.1 min	1.0%
RSW–PHL	Fort Myers to Philadelphia	142	66.2%	17.3 min	2.1%
RSW–JFK	Fort Myers to New York	132	64.4%	20.2 min	0.8%
RSW–BWI	Fort Myers to Baltimore	126	78.6%	8.5 min	0.0%
RSW–MSP	Fort Myers to Minneapolis	123	76.4%	16.9 min	1.6%
RSW–DFW	Fort Myers to Dallas/Fort Worth	116	67.2%	19.7 min	5.2%
RSW–DEN	Fort Myers to Denver	113	77.0%	9.5 min	0.9%

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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	26.2%	34.3%	19,984
Late-arriving aircraft	55.8%	40.2%	42,486
National Aviation System	17.3%	17.8%	13,165
Extreme weather	0.4%	7.5%	279
Security	0.3%	0.2%	262

76,176 delay minutes on 869 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 December 2024?

75.4% of 3,548 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 79.7% of 3,617 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 75.4% and 1.3% in December 2024.

Provenance

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