OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Fort Myers to Newark

1,068 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on RSW–EWR arrive on time 79% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate79%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay50 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.6%of scheduled flights

based on 1,922 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.

  • United Airlines
    On-time80%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel1.8%
    Flights1,701
  • JetBlue Airways
    On-time76%
    Medianon time
    p90105 min
    Cancel0.5%
    Flights221

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline13%
  • Weather8%
  • Air traffic (NAS)46%
  • Late aircraft33%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS).

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline6%
  • Weather74%
  • Air traffic (NAS)19%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 31 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 RSW → EWR

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 — 92% on time.

  • Mornings92% on time · p90 on time · 1,877 flights
  • Overnights76% on time · p90 60 min · 327 flights
  • Middays74% on time · p90 60 min · 1,804 flights
  • Afternoons67% on time · p90 95 min · 961 flights
  • Evenings64% on time · p90 115 min · 1,209 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 72% to 81% on time.

  • Tuesdays81% on time · p90 35 min · 869 flights
  • Wednesdays79% on time · p90 55 min · 872 flights
  • Saturdays77% on time · p90 70 min · 845 flights
  • Fridays77% on time · p90 55 min · 904 flights
  • Mondays76% on time · p90 50 min · 916 flights
  • Thursdays75% on time · p90 65 min · 880 flights
  • Sundays72% on time · p90 85 min · 892 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.