Airports › Fort Myers (RSW) › May 2025
Airport month · May 2025
Southwest Florida International in May 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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 2,707 domestic departures from Southwest Florida International (RSW). 79.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.8% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so RSW departures were 2.5 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 2,613 departures with 75.3% leaving on time: a change of +3.9 points, with flights up 4%.
Flights arriving at RSW that month were on time 76.5% of the time (2,702 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, national aviation system 38% and air carrier 19%.
- On time 76.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.3%
- Cancelled 0.5%
- Diverted 0.4%
May 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2025 | May 2024 | RSW, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 79.2% | 75.3% | 77.0% | 76.7% |
| Arrived on time | 76.8% | 72.1% | 76.5% | 75.4% |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1.9% | 1.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.9 min | 19.2 min | 18.3 min | 17.5 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 90 | 87 | 95 | 20,188 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,707 | 2,613 | 34,831 | 605,648 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 683 | 25% | 79.4% | 5.7 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 621 | 23% | 80.5% | 5.7 min | 0.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 513 | 19% | 78.2% | 8.2 min | 0.4% |
| UA United Airlines | 409 | 15% | 75.3% | 15.8 min | 0.7% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 311 | 11% | 68.2% | 15.2 min | 1.3% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 102 | 4% | 67.6% | 16.5 min | 2.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 64 | 2% | 68.8% | 7.3 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 3 | 0% | 33.3% | 27.0 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 1 | 0% | 100.0% | -7.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSW–ATL | Fort Myers to Atlanta | 241 | 84.2% | 3.4 min | 0.0% |
| RSW–ORD | Fort Myers to Chicago | 208 | 81.7% | 1.4 min | 0.0% |
| RSW–CLT | Fort Myers to Charlotte | 191 | 87.4% | -2.0 min | 0.0% |
| RSW–BOS | Fort Myers to Boston | 180 | 68.9% | 19.9 min | 0.0% |
| RSW–EWR | Fort Myers to Newark | 161 | 53.4% | 53.1 min | 4.3% |
| RSW–BWI | Fort Myers to Baltimore | 140 | 85.0% | 5.0 min | 0.0% |
| RSW–DTW | Fort Myers to Detroit | 129 | 78.3% | 6.7 min | 0.0% |
| RSW–PHL | Fort Myers to Philadelphia | 115 | 70.4% | 23.0 min | 0.9% |
| RSW–JFK | Fort Myers to New York | 99 | 75.8% | 1.6 min | 0.0% |
| RSW–MSP | Fort Myers to Minneapolis | 99 | 82.8% | 0.1 min | 0.0% |
| RSW–DFW | Fort Myers to Dallas/Fort Worth | 96 | 60.4% | 22.1 min | 1.0% |
| RSW–MDW | Fort Myers to Chicago | 93 | 78.5% | 4.6 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left RSW on time in May 2025?
79.2% of 2,707 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In May 2024, 75.3% of 2,613 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 79.2% and 0.5% in May 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 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.