On-Time Report

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Airport month · July 2025

Southwest Florida International in July 2025

73.4%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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 2,315 domestic departures from Southwest Florida International (RSW). 73.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.8% reached their destination on time; 2.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so RSW departures were 3.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 2,026 departures with 66.2% leaving on time: a change of +7.2 points, with flights up 14%.

Flights arriving at RSW that month were on time 70.2% of the time (2,316 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 26%.

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

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

MeasureJul 2025Jul 2024RSW, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time73.4%66.2%77.0%69.7%
Arrived on time70.8%65.4%76.5%69.0%
Cancelled2.5%2.9%1.9%2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)21.3 min28.9 min18.3 min24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day77689521,048
Scheduled departures2,3152,02634,831631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
DL Delta Air Lines57225%78.5%8.6 min1.2%
WN Southwest Airlines50022%76.6%5.9 min0.8%
AA American Airlines45920%61.2%22.8 min4.8%
UA United Airlines33314%72.7%14.2 min0.9%
B6 JetBlue Airways27312%62.6%23.3 min4.8%
NK Spirit Airlines763%73.7%7.4 min1.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines723%65.3%15.5 min1.4%
YX Republic Airline301%36.7%26.9 min20.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
RSW–ATLFort Myers to Atlanta24379.4%6.5 min0.8%
RSW–ORDFort Myers to Chicago18165.7%7.9 min3.3%
RSW–BOSFort Myers to Boston15363.4%23.6 min3.9%
RSW–DFWFort Myers to Dallas/Fort Worth15362.1%36.5 min2.6%
RSW–EWRFort Myers to Newark12369.9%31.6 min2.4%
RSW–CLTFort Myers to Charlotte12168.6%6.5 min4.1%
RSW–BWIFort Myers to Baltimore11570.4%16.7 min2.6%
RSW–PHLFort Myers to Philadelphia10762.6%21.2 min5.6%
RSW–JFKFort Myers to New York9365.6%14.5 min7.5%
RSW–MDWFort Myers to Chicago8879.5%3.7 min0.0%
RSW–MSPFort Myers to Minneapolis8887.5%-8.8 min0.0%
RSW–DTWFort Myers to Detroit8771.3%6.8 min2.3%

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), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jul 2025Minutes
Air carrier27.7%31.1%13,484
Late-arriving aircraft39.0%40.8%18,969
National Aviation System25.9%20.7%12,624
Extreme weather7.3%7.3%3,566
Security0.0%0.1%22
48,665 delay minutes on 602 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left RSW on time in July 2025?

73.4% of 2,315 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 66.2% of 2,026 departures left on time and 2.9% were cancelled, against 73.4% and 2.5% in July 2025.

Provenance

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