Southwest Florida International in January 2025

80.3%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 3,562 domestic departures from Southwest Florida International (RSW). 80.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.2% reached their destination on time; 2.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so RSW departures were 1.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 3,839 departures with 73.4% leaving on time: a change of +6.9 points, with flights down 7%.

Flights arriving at RSW that month were on time 76.4% of the time (3,560 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 52%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 81.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.6%
Cancelled 2.1%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from RSW in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2025	Jan 2024	RSW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time	80.3%	73.4%	77.0%	79.3%
Arrived on time	81.2%	74.0%	76.5%	78.6%
Cancelled	2.1%	3.9%	1.9%	3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.5 min	18.7 min	18.3 min	14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	119	128	95	17,992
Scheduled departures	3,562	3,839	34,831	539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	761	21%	80.3%	1.3 min	2.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	706	20%	81.9%	0.7 min	2.3%
UA United Airlines	617	17%	84.4%	-3.5 min	1.0%
AA American Airlines	498	14%	82.7%	-0.3 min	2.6%
B6 JetBlue Airways	425	12%	78.8%	-1.2 min	2.1%
F9 Frontier Airlines	246	7%	79.7%	3.3 min	1.2%
NK Spirit Airlines	214	6%	80.8%	4.8 min	1.4%
MQ Envoy Air	47	1%	72.3%	5.9 min	4.3%
OH PSA Airlines	28	1%	67.9%	4.7 min	7.1%
YX Republic Airline	12	0%	50.0%	8.3 min	16.7%
AS Alaska Airlines	8	0%	75.0%	16.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RSW–ORD	Fort Myers to Chicago	290	86.2%	-2.1 min	0.7%
RSW–ATL	Fort Myers to Atlanta	279	79.9%	1.8 min	4.3%
RSW–BOS	Fort Myers to Boston	243	77.4%	2.2 min	1.2%
RSW–EWR	Fort Myers to Newark	227	81.5%	-2.3 min	1.3%
RSW–DTW	Fort Myers to Detroit	190	76.8%	4.5 min	1.6%
RSW–CLT	Fort Myers to Charlotte	185	87.6%	-5.8 min	2.2%
RSW–JFK	Fort Myers to New York	134	84.3%	-6.0 min	1.5%
RSW–MSP	Fort Myers to Minneapolis	132	84.8%	-1.7 min	0.8%
RSW–PHL	Fort Myers to Philadelphia	127	76.4%	1.2 min	1.6%
RSW–BWI	Fort Myers to Baltimore	125	83.2%	-0.6 min	4.0%
RSW–DEN	Fort Myers to Denver	117	81.2%	3.5 min	0.0%
RSW–DFW	Fort Myers to Dallas/Fort Worth	115	74.8%	10.9 min	6.1%

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), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	26.5%	36.2%	10,329
Late-arriving aircraft	51.9%	34.7%	20,192
National Aviation System	20.4%	19.9%	7,939
Extreme weather	1.0%	9.1%	377
Security	0.2%	0.2%	74

38,911 delay minutes on 590 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 January 2025?

80.3% of 3,562 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 73.4% of 3,839 departures left on time and 3.9% were cancelled, against 80.3% and 2.1% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.