OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Fort Myers to New York

1,080 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on RSW–LGA arrive on time 67% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate67%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay90 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled4.6%of scheduled flights

based on 832 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.

  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time68%
    Medianon time
    p9090 min
    Cancel4.1%
    Flights709
  • American Airlines
    On-time62%
    Medianon time
    p9095 min
    Cancel7.3%
    Flights123

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline23%
  • Weather4%
  • Air traffic (NAS)21%
  • Late aircraft52%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline39%
  • Weather53%
  • Air traffic (NAS)8%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 38 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 → LGA

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 — 87% on time.

  • Mornings87% on time · p90 15 min · 387 flights
  • Middays77% on time · p90 45 min · 919 flights
  • Afternoons69% on time · p90 75 min · 839 flights
  • Evenings63% on time · p90 100 min · 910 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 65% to 77% on time.

  • Saturdays77% on time · p90 55 min · 417 flights
  • Wednesdays74% on time · p90 60 min · 430 flights
  • Tuesdays74% on time · p90 70 min · 444 flights
  • Fridays72% on time · p90 70 min · 443 flights
  • Thursdays71% on time · p90 60 min · 439 flights
  • Sundays70% on time · p90 80 min · 442 flights
  • Mondays65% on time · p90 90 min · 440 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.