Airports › Fort Myers (RSW) › March 2025
Airport month · March 2025
Southwest Florida International in March 2025
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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 4,390 domestic departures from Southwest Florida International (RSW). 77.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.4% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so RSW departures were 2.5 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 4,526 departures with 71.8% leaving on time: a change of +5.6 points, with flights down 3%.
Flights arriving at RSW that month were on time 74.8% of the time (4,390 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 24% and national aviation system 22%.
- On time 73.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.0%
- Cancelled 1.3%
- Diverted 0.3%
March 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Mar 2025 | Mar 2024 | RSW, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 77.4% | 71.8% | 77.0% | 79.9% |
| Arrived on time | 73.4% | 70.7% | 76.5% | 79.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1.9% | 1.2% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 22.2 min | 22.5 min | 18.3 min | 14.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 146 | 151 | 95 | 20,029 |
| Scheduled departures | 4,390 | 4,526 | 34,831 | 600,872 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,016 | 23% | 74.6% | 14.3 min | 0.6% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 779 | 18% | 75.5% | 17.1 min | 1.2% |
| UA United Airlines | 664 | 15% | 81.8% | 5.1 min | 0.2% |
| AA American Airlines | 657 | 15% | 70.5% | 31.9 min | 1.2% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 553 | 13% | 63.7% | 21.2 min | 1.3% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 343 | 8% | 77.0% | 10.9 min | 3.2% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 332 | 8% | 68.1% | 18.7 min | 3.9% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 30 | 1% | 56.7% | 23.3 min | 3.3% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 10 | 0% | 70.0% | 5.7 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 5 | 0% | 80.0% | 4.2 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 1 | 0% | 100.0% | 3.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSW–ORD | Fort Myers to Chicago | 341 | 76.8% | 20.9 min | 0.9% |
| RSW–BOS | Fort Myers to Boston | 328 | 68.0% | 15.7 min | 1.8% |
| RSW–ATL | Fort Myers to Atlanta | 310 | 79.4% | 12.3 min | 0.6% |
| RSW–DTW | Fort Myers to Detroit | 266 | 83.5% | 5.4 min | 1.9% |
| RSW–CLT | Fort Myers to Charlotte | 239 | 79.5% | 18.4 min | 1.7% |
| RSW–EWR | Fort Myers to Newark | 214 | 73.4% | 12.8 min | 0.5% |
| RSW–MSP | Fort Myers to Minneapolis | 176 | 68.8% | 27.7 min | 1.1% |
| RSW–DFW | Fort Myers to Dallas/Fort Worth | 174 | 68.4% | 29.7 min | 2.3% |
| RSW–MDW | Fort Myers to Chicago | 159 | 75.5% | 9.0 min | 2.5% |
| RSW–PHL | Fort Myers to Philadelphia | 151 | 62.3% | 45.9 min | 2.6% |
| RSW–JFK | Fort Myers to New York | 150 | 69.3% | 25.7 min | 2.0% |
| RSW–IND | Fort Myers to Indianapolis | 146 | 76.7% | 11.0 min | 0.7% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left RSW on time in March 2025?
77.4% of 4,390 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In March 2024, 71.8% of 4,526 departures left on time and 1.8% were cancelled, against 77.4% and 1.3% in March 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 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.