Southwest Florida International in February 2025

79.2%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 3,535 domestic departures from Southwest Florida International (RSW). 79.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.2% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so RSW departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 3,778 departures with 84.3% leaving on time: a change of −5.1 points, with flights down 6%.

Flights arriving at RSW that month were on time 75.1% of the time (3,536 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 59%, air carrier 21% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 79.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.4%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	RSW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	79.2%	84.3%	77.0%	79.2%
Arrived on time	79.2%	81.1%	76.5%	77.9%
Cancelled	1.3%	0.2%	1.9%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.7 min	12.1 min	18.3 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	118	126	95	16,830
Scheduled departures	3,535	3,778	34,831	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	795	22%	80.8%	2.9 min	0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	646	18%	82.2%	4.0 min	0.5%
UA United Airlines	574	16%	86.4%	1.2 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	481	14%	81.3%	9.3 min	1.7%
B6 JetBlue Airways	450	13%	69.6%	17.0 min	3.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines	270	8%	71.9%	16.5 min	2.6%
NK Spirit Airlines	242	7%	78.1%	6.6 min	1.7%
MQ Envoy Air	50	1%	70.0%	13.2 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	16	0%	18.8%	143.5 min	6.3%
AS Alaska Airlines	8	0%	50.0%	22.1 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	3	0%	66.7%	35.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RSW–BOS	Fort Myers to Boston	289	69.6%	15.0 min	3.5%
RSW–ATL	Fort Myers to Atlanta	259	86.1%	-0.1 min	0.0%
RSW–ORD	Fort Myers to Chicago	258	82.2%	5.7 min	1.2%
RSW–EWR	Fort Myers to Newark	206	84.0%	-0.6 min	0.5%
RSW–DTW	Fort Myers to Detroit	203	80.8%	4.7 min	0.5%
RSW–CLT	Fort Myers to Charlotte	171	87.7%	1.6 min	1.8%
RSW–JFK	Fort Myers to New York	138	74.6%	8.8 min	2.9%
RSW–PHL	Fort Myers to Philadelphia	123	78.9%	7.8 min	1.6%
RSW–CLE	Fort Myers to Cleveland	121	75.2%	9.3 min	2.5%
RSW–MSP	Fort Myers to Minneapolis	116	85.3%	10.6 min	0.0%
RSW–BWI	Fort Myers to Baltimore	115	80.0%	2.8 min	1.7%
RSW–DFW	Fort Myers to Dallas/Fort Worth	112	79.5%	4.6 min	0.9%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	20.9%	33.9%	11,855
Late-arriving aircraft	58.5%	36.9%	33,229
National Aviation System	16.1%	22.5%	9,113
Extreme weather	4.3%	6.6%	2,423
Security	0.2%	0.1%	141

56,761 delay minutes on 685 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 February 2025?

79.2% of 3,535 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 84.3% of 3,778 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 79.2% and 1.3% in February 2025.

Provenance

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