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Airport month · August 2025
Southwest Florida International in August 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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 2,060 domestic departures from Southwest Florida International (RSW). 80.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.5% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so RSW departures were 3.4 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 1,916 departures with 72.1% leaving on time: a change of +8.1 points, with flights up 8%.
Flights arriving at RSW that month were on time 77.8% of the time (2,058 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, national aviation system 27% and air carrier 25%.
- On time 79.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.9%
- Cancelled 1.1%
- Diverted 0.4%
August 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2025 | Aug 2024 | RSW, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.2% | 72.1% | 77.0% | 76.8% |
| Arrived on time | 79.5% | 71.2% | 76.5% | 76.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.1% | 4.0% | 1.9% | 1.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.0 min | 25.6 min | 18.3 min | 17.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 69 | 64 | 95 | 20,079 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,060 | 1,916 | 34,831 | 602,378 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 504 | 24% | 85.1% | -1.6 min | 1.6% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 440 | 21% | 80.5% | 5.8 min | 0.9% |
| AA American Airlines | 361 | 18% | 71.5% | 11.8 min | 2.5% |
| UA United Airlines | 311 | 15% | 78.1% | 6.9 min | 0.3% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 269 | 13% | 79.6% | 12.9 min | 0.4% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 94 | 5% | 85.1% | -0.4 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 76 | 4% | 75.0% | 7.9 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 5 | 0% | 60.0% | 21.6 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSW–ATL | Fort Myers to Atlanta | 223 | 89.7% | -3.5 min | 1.8% |
| RSW–ORD | Fort Myers to Chicago | 179 | 79.9% | 1.2 min | 0.0% |
| RSW–EWR | Fort Myers to Newark | 124 | 74.2% | 10.9 min | 0.8% |
| RSW–BOS | Fort Myers to Boston | 119 | 84.9% | -0.9 min | 0.8% |
| RSW–CLT | Fort Myers to Charlotte | 119 | 77.3% | 6.4 min | 2.5% |
| RSW–BWI | Fort Myers to Baltimore | 93 | 79.6% | 6.5 min | 1.1% |
| RSW–JFK | Fort Myers to New York | 93 | 72.0% | 17.5 min | 1.1% |
| RSW–DTW | Fort Myers to Detroit | 92 | 73.9% | 15.2 min | 1.1% |
| RSW–DFW | Fort Myers to Dallas/Fort Worth | 86 | 64.0% | 25.9 min | 5.8% |
| RSW–PHL | Fort Myers to Philadelphia | 80 | 77.5% | 2.1 min | 1.3% |
| RSW–MDW | Fort Myers to Chicago | 72 | 80.6% | 5.8 min | 2.8% |
| RSW–MSP | Fort Myers to Minneapolis | 69 | 89.9% | -8.4 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left RSW on time in August 2025?
80.2% of 2,060 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2024, 72.1% of 1,916 departures left on time and 4.0% were cancelled, against 80.2% and 1.1% in August 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.