Southwest Florida International in April 2025

81.9%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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 3,699 domestic departures from Southwest Florida International (RSW). 81.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.6% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so RSW departures were 1.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 3,511 departures with 81.7% leaving on time: a change of +0.2 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at RSW that month were on time 79.9% of the time (3,695 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 23%.

On time 81.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.4%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2025	Apr 2024	RSW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2025
Departed on time	81.9%	81.7%	77.0%	80.6%
Arrived on time	81.6%	81.2%	76.5%	79.5%
Cancelled	0.8%	1.3%	1.9%	0.8%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.1 min	15.9 min	18.3 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	123	117	95	19,465
Scheduled departures	3,699	3,511	34,831	583,950

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	727	20%	84.9%	2.6 min	0.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	727	20%	82.4%	3.8 min	0.4%
AA American Airlines	624	17%	76.1%	15.0 min	1.9%
UA United Airlines	551	15%	80.9%	3.3 min	0.9%
B6 JetBlue Airways	491	13%	86.6%	-1.7 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	309	8%	82.2%	1.3 min	0.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines	234	6%	74.8%	16.9 min	1.3%
MQ Envoy Air	26	1%	76.9%	8.1 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	6	0%	83.3%	-3.8 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	4	0%	100.0%	-2.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RSW–ORD	Fort Myers to Chicago	310	77.4%	5.7 min	1.9%
RSW–BOS	Fort Myers to Boston	289	85.5%	-3.6 min	0.0%
RSW–ATL	Fort Myers to Atlanta	257	85.6%	2.6 min	1.2%
RSW–CLT	Fort Myers to Charlotte	231	84.8%	-1.1 min	0.4%
RSW–EWR	Fort Myers to Newark	225	71.6%	21.6 min	1.3%
RSW–DTW	Fort Myers to Detroit	215	84.2%	2.7 min	0.0%
RSW–PHL	Fort Myers to Philadelphia	181	74.6%	28.6 min	1.1%
RSW–BWI	Fort Myers to Baltimore	141	87.2%	3.0 min	0.0%
RSW–MSP	Fort Myers to Minneapolis	141	83.7%	3.5 min	0.7%
RSW–JFK	Fort Myers to New York	134	85.8%	3.8 min	0.0%
RSW–CLE	Fort Myers to Cleveland	121	87.6%	-3.9 min	0.0%
RSW–DFW	Fort Myers to Dallas/Fort Worth	119	66.4%	34.4 min	5.9%

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), April 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	30.6%	32.7%	15,755
Late-arriving aircraft	44.0%	39.4%	22,665
National Aviation System	23.2%	22.2%	11,962
Extreme weather	2.2%	5.5%	1,153
Security	0.0%	0.2%	15

51,550 delay minutes on 643 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 April 2025?

81.9% of 3,699 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2024, 81.7% of 3,511 departures left on time and 1.3% were cancelled, against 81.9% and 0.8% in April 2025.

Provenance

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