OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Philadelphia to Fort Myers

993 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on PHL–RSW arrive on time 69% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate69%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay60 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.9%of scheduled flights

based on 1,200 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Not enough comparable data to name a most-on-time carrier — low-data carriers aren't ranked.

  • American Airlines
    On-time71%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel2.6%
    Flights1,043
  • Frontier Airlines
    On-time55%
    Median5 min
    p9095 min
    Cancel5.1%
    Flights157

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline27%
  • Weather1%
  • Air traffic (NAS)18%
  • Late aircraft55%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline17%
  • Weather77%
  • Air traffic (NAS)6%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 35 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly PHL → RSW

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 78% on time.

  • Mornings78% on time · p90 40 min · 1,318 flights
  • Middays74% on time · p90 60 min · 1,332 flights
  • Overnights71% on time · p90 70 min · 360 flights
  • Evenings66% on time · p90 80 min · 723 flights
  • Afternoons65% on time · p90 80 min · 495 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 67% to 80% on time.

  • Tuesdays80% on time · p90 45 min · 577 flights
  • Wednesdays78% on time · p90 55 min · 522 flights
  • Thursdays72% on time · p90 60 min · 652 flights
  • Saturdays71% on time · p90 60 min · 586 flights
  • Mondays71% on time · p90 60 min · 613 flights
  • Fridays71% on time · p90 65 min · 623 flights
  • Sundays67% on time · p90 70 min · 655 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.