Southwest Florida International in March 2026

69.7%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 4,504 domestic departures from Southwest Florida International (RSW). 69.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 68.5% reached their destination on time; 3.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so RSW departures were 3.1 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 4,390 departures with 77.4% leaving on time: a change of −7.7 points, with flights up 3%.

Flights arriving at RSW that month were on time 68.3% of the time (4,504 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 68.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.7%
Cancelled 3.2%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	RSW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	69.7%	77.4%	77.0%	72.8%
Arrived on time	68.5%	73.4%	76.5%	73.2%
Cancelled	3.2%	1.3%	1.9%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	25.1 min	22.2 min	18.3 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	150	146	95	20,403
Scheduled departures	4,504	4,390	34,831	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,113	25%	67.7%	12.9 min	3.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	846	19%	69.4%	18.1 min	4.0%
AA American Airlines	749	17%	72.8%	19.1 min	2.5%
UA United Airlines	733	16%	81.2%	0.0 min	1.2%
B6 JetBlue Airways	521	12%	58.3%	33.2 min	1.9%
F9 Frontier Airlines	296	7%	61.5%	27.1 min	3.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	205	5%	44.4%	33.2 min	12.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	27	1%	63.0%	14.6 min	3.7%
AS Alaska Airlines	9	0%	66.7%	34.8 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	5	0%	40.0%	17.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RSW–ORD	Fort Myers to Chicago	468	68.2%	18.1 min	4.1%
RSW–BOS	Fort Myers to Boston	326	58.9%	32.2 min	3.1%
RSW–DTW	Fort Myers to Detroit	289	61.6%	26.1 min	5.2%
RSW–ATL	Fort Myers to Atlanta	283	73.1%	16.6 min	3.9%
RSW–EWR	Fort Myers to Newark	229	76.0%	9.1 min	0.9%
RSW–CLT	Fort Myers to Charlotte	177	79.1%	11.4 min	1.1%
RSW–CLE	Fort Myers to Cleveland	170	73.5%	12.4 min	1.2%
RSW–PHL	Fort Myers to Philadelphia	166	62.7%	28.0 min	2.4%
RSW–MDW	Fort Myers to Chicago	163	62.6%	17.9 min	4.3%
RSW–MSP	Fort Myers to Minneapolis	158	67.7%	17.4 min	6.3%
RSW–DEN	Fort Myers to Denver	155	77.4%	6.3 min	1.3%
RSW–DFW	Fort Myers to Dallas/Fort Worth	150	82.0%	24.5 min	2.0%

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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	29.7%	33.5%	31,701
Late-arriving aircraft	47.9%	39.3%	51,136
National Aviation System	20.7%	21.0%	22,066
Extreme weather	1.8%	5.9%	1,872
Security	0.0%	0.2%	18

106,793 delay minutes on 1,248 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 March 2026?

69.7% of 4,504 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 68.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 77.4% of 4,390 departures left on time and 1.3% were cancelled, against 69.7% and 3.2% in March 2026.

Provenance

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