Southwest Florida International in October 2025

80.4%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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 2,369 domestic departures from Southwest Florida International (RSW). 80.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.5% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so RSW departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 2,370 departures with 82.4% leaving on time: a change of −2.0 points, with flights down 0%.

Flights arriving at RSW that month were on time 79.5% of the time (2,375 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 51%, national aviation system 29% and air carrier 19%.

On time 80.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.7%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2025	Oct 2024	RSW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time	80.4%	82.4%	77.0%	80.0%
Arrived on time	80.5%	83.4%	76.5%	79.1%
Cancelled	0.6%	8.2%	1.9%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.7 min	8.5 min	18.3 min	13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	79	79	95	20,195
Scheduled departures	2,369	2,370	34,831	605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	646	27%	81.3%	4.0 min	0.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	540	23%	85.6%	0.0 min	0.7%
UA United Airlines	421	18%	82.7%	2.7 min	0.7%
AA American Airlines	350	15%	76.6%	11.2 min	0.6%
B6 JetBlue Airways	259	11%	69.5%	13.6 min	0.8%
F9 Frontier Airlines	85	4%	83.5%	-5.9 min	1.2%
NK Spirit Airlines	68	3%	79.4%	18.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RSW–ATL	Fort Myers to Atlanta	210	90.5%	-4.6 min	0.5%
RSW–ORD	Fort Myers to Chicago	201	83.6%	8.2 min	0.0%
RSW–EWR	Fort Myers to Newark	162	66.0%	17.5 min	0.6%
RSW–DTW	Fort Myers to Detroit	129	87.6%	-3.1 min	0.8%
RSW–BOS	Fort Myers to Boston	127	63.0%	19.3 min	1.6%
RSW–CLT	Fort Myers to Charlotte	121	86.8%	2.0 min	0.0%
RSW–BWI	Fort Myers to Baltimore	113	82.3%	1.5 min	0.0%
RSW–JFK	Fort Myers to New York	92	72.8%	9.0 min	1.1%
RSW–DEN	Fort Myers to Denver	91	82.4%	5.8 min	0.0%
RSW–MDW	Fort Myers to Chicago	91	84.6%	1.4 min	0.0%
RSW–STL	Fort Myers to St. Louis	87	86.2%	-2.6 min	0.0%
RSW–PHL	Fort Myers to Philadelphia	81	70.4%	13.3 min	1.2%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), October 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	18.8%	34.0%	6,167
Late-arriving aircraft	50.6%	39.7%	16,570
National Aviation System	28.9%	22.9%	9,453
Extreme weather	1.7%	3.3%	541
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

32,731 delay minutes on 443 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 October 2025?

80.4% of 2,369 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 82.4% of 2,370 departures left on time and 8.2% were cancelled, against 80.4% and 0.6% in October 2025.

Provenance

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