Southwest Florida International in January 2026

73.8%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 3,454 domestic departures from Southwest Florida International (RSW). 73.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.2% reached their destination on time; 4.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so RSW departures were 1.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 3,562 departures with 80.3% leaving on time: a change of −6.5 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at RSW that month were on time 70.8% of the time (3,452 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 51%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 75.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.5%
Cancelled 4.1%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from RSW in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	RSW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	73.8%	80.3%	77.0%	75.6%
Arrived on time	75.2%	81.2%	76.5%	75.3%
Cancelled	4.1%	2.1%	1.9%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.6 min	12.5 min	18.3 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	115	119	95	18,133
Scheduled departures	3,454	3,562	34,831	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	794	23%	80.9%	2.9 min	2.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	749	22%	76.9%	3.7 min	3.1%
AA American Airlines	638	18%	69.9%	17.5 min	8.8%
UA United Airlines	600	17%	84.8%	-4.2 min	1.3%
B6 JetBlue Airways	368	11%	64.7%	18.8 min	5.7%
NK Spirit Airlines	141	4%	68.1%	8.4 min	5.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	128	4%	52.3%	28.0 min	5.5%
G4 Allegiant Air	26	1%	53.8%	34.9 min	3.8%
AS Alaska Airlines	9	0%	100.0%	-13.4 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	1	0%	0.0%	18.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RSW–ORD	Fort Myers to Chicago	317	71.3%	9.4 min	2.2%
RSW–ATL	Fort Myers to Atlanta	260	80.0%	-0.3 min	2.3%
RSW–DTW	Fort Myers to Detroit	217	67.7%	11.6 min	3.7%
RSW–CLT	Fort Myers to Charlotte	186	75.8%	8.6 min	9.1%
RSW–EWR	Fort Myers to Newark	181	81.2%	-6.5 min	3.3%
RSW–BOS	Fort Myers to Boston	179	64.8%	14.3 min	6.1%
RSW–DEN	Fort Myers to Denver	131	85.5%	0.1 min	0.0%
RSW–DFW	Fort Myers to Dallas/Fort Worth	128	70.3%	11.3 min	11.7%
RSW–JFK	Fort Myers to New York	128	71.9%	4.5 min	5.5%
RSW–BWI	Fort Myers to Baltimore	126	81.0%	-1.9 min	5.6%
RSW–MSP	Fort Myers to Minneapolis	125	80.8%	3.0 min	0.0%
RSW–PHL	Fort Myers to Philadelphia	121	62.0%	32.5 min	9.1%

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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	31.4%	37.3%	17,813
Late-arriving aircraft	51.3%	35.0%	29,087
National Aviation System	13.6%	18.0%	7,687
Extreme weather	3.7%	9.6%	2,068
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

56,655 delay minutes on 709 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 January 2026?

73.8% of 3,454 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 80.3% of 3,562 departures left on time and 2.1% were cancelled, against 73.8% and 4.1% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.