OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Fort Myers to Philadelphia

993 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

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

On-time rate69%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay70 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.2%of scheduled flights

based on 1,199 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-time72%
    Medianon time
    p9065 min
    Cancel2.9%
    Flights1,042
  • Frontier Airlines
    On-time54%
    Median5 min
    p90105 min
    Cancel5.1%
    Flights157

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline35%
  • Weather3%
  • Air traffic (NAS)11%
  • Late aircraft52%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline16%
  • Weather76%
  • 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 → PHL

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 — 91% on time.

  • Mornings91% on time · p90 5 min · 865 flights
  • Middays72% on time · p90 60 min · 1,176 flights
  • Overnights67% on time · p90 100 min · 482 flights
  • Evenings64% on time · p90 80 min · 713 flights
  • Afternoons63% on time · p90 90 min · 992 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 64% to 77% on time.

  • Tuesdays77% on time · p90 55 min · 575 flights
  • Wednesdays76% on time · p90 60 min · 523 flights
  • Fridays73% on time · p90 60 min · 623 flights
  • Mondays72% on time · p90 55 min · 615 flights
  • Thursdays71% on time · p90 65 min · 650 flights
  • Saturdays70% on time · p90 70 min · 587 flights
  • Sundays64% on time · p90 85 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.