Historical on-time performance
Washington to Fort Myers
892 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on DCA–RSW arrive on time 74% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate74%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.1%of scheduled flights
based on 631 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.
- American AirlinesOn-time74%Medianon timep9040 minCancel1.7%Flights474
- Republic AirwaysOn-time60%Medianon timep90100 minCancel6.7%Flights30
- Envoy AirOn-time75%Medianon timep9050 minCancel2.4%Flights127
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline24%
- Weather7%
- Air traffic (NAS)26%
- Late aircraft43%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly DCA → RSW
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 68% to 79% on time.
- Mornings79% on time · p90 30 min · 1,452 flights
- Middays78% on time · p90 55 min · 536 flights
- Afternoons68% on time · p90 90 min · 628 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 74% to 80% on time.
- Tuesdays80% on time · p90 35 min · 367 flights
- Saturdays78% on time · p90 40 min · 389 flights
- Mondays76% on time · p90 55 min · 373 flights
- Wednesdays75% on time · p90 45 min · 373 flights
- Thursdays75% on time · p90 50 min · 368 flights
- Fridays75% on time · p90 70 min · 372 flights
- Sundays74% on time · p90 60 min · 374 flights
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