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RSWJUN

Southwest Florida International in June 2026

Departures
2,087
Month
June 2026
National, same month
74.3%
Carriers
6
B+GRADE

Historical statistics for June 2026, not live status or a forecast for this year’s June. For today’s conditions at RSW, see live FAA status.

RSW in June lands a B+, 5 points better than the national rate of 74.3%. About one flight in five arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by a little over an hour on average. That is a workable record, not a spotless one. That rests on 2,087 flights, of which Delta Air Lines flew 515 at 85.3% on time.

Delta Air Lines is the most reliable of the three carriers covered here at 85.3% on time across 515 flights.

Key figures

On time

79.6%

Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 2,058 completed departures

Avg delay

77 min

Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights

Cancelled

0.91%

Nationally in June: 1.65%

Whole year

78.1%

RSW across all twelve months

These figures cover 2,087 departures from Southwest Florida International in June 2026. On time means an arrival less than 15 minutes after the scheduled gate time, the DOT's threshold, and the national comparison uses every US departure in the same month rather than the whole year.

Against the year

June next to RSW's other months

Against RSW's own year, June ran 2 points better than the twelve-month rate of 78.1%, which makes it number seven of twelve months, best first. Cancellations were unusually low for RSW in June, at 0.91% against 1.86% across the year.

RSW month by month
MonthFlightsOn timeAvg delayCancelledGrade
July 20252,31573.1%81 min2.46%C
August 20252,06080.8%78 min1.12%B
September 20251,84788.2%90 min0.16%A+
October 20252,36981.2%74 min0.59%B+
November 20252,99181.7%95 min1.37%B
December 20253,48074.2%86 min1.93%C
January 20263,45478.6%80 min4.11%B−
February 20263,55173.8%70 min2.87%C
March 20264,50471.2%86 min3.22%C−
April 20263,63281.0%80 min0.69%B+
May 20262,80282.5%81 min0.54%B+
June 2026 (this page)2,08779.6%77 min0.91%B+

Departure window

The best time of day to leave RSW in June

Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 33 points, against 11 points between the best and worst carrier. Each bar is the on-time rate for flights scheduled inside that window.

  • 5am–8am480 flights94.5%
  • 8am–11am184 flights91.8%
  • 11am–2pm567 flights83.6%
  • 2pm–5pm351 flights71.3%
  • 5pm–8pm416 flights61.9%
  • 8pm–5am89 flights62.9%

Scale runs 55% to 100%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.

The 5pm–8pm window is where this operation falls apart: 61.9% on time, against 94.5% for the 5am–8am slot. By evening the aircraft flying these rotations have absorbed a full day of small delays and there is no slack left to recover in. The 11am–2pm window is the busiest, with 567 flights scheduled in it.

Across the week, Tuesday is the strongest day at 84.4% on time and Sunday the weakest at 75.9%. 9 points is a smaller lever than departure hour, but it is free.

On-time rate by day of the week79.8Mon84.4Tue84.4Wed76.0Thu77.8Fri78.1Sat75.9Sun
Monday: 79.8 percent on time. Tuesday: 84.4 percent on time. Wednesday: 84.4 percent on time. Thursday: 76.0 percent on time. Friday: 77.8 percent on time. Saturday: 78.1 percent on time. Sunday: 75.9 percent on time

Carrier by carrier

Which airlines ran best at RSW in June

The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. Delta Air Lines arrives on time 85.3% of the time; Southwest Airlines manages 74.4%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 492 flights means less than a ten-point one.

Carriers at RSW in June 2026
AirlineFlightsOn timeAvg delayCancelledGrade
Delta Air Lines51585.3%66 min0.58%A+
Southwest Airlines49274.4%62 min0.61%C+
American Airlines46674.6%83 min2.36%C
United Airlinesthin sample34284.1%102 min0.00%B+
JetBlue Airwaysthin sample19682.6%76 min0.51%B+
Frontier Airlinesthin sample6880.6%117 min1.47%B

Delta leads Southwest by 11 points. Real, but small enough that a better departure time on the weaker carrier can outweigh it.

Route by route

Busiest routes out of RSW in June

Routes from RSW in June 2026
RouteFlightsOn timeAvg delayCancelledGrade
RSW to ATL · Atlantathin sample21391.0%74 min0.94%A+
RSW to ORD · Chicagothin sample17878.4%81 min1.12%B
RSW to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample12065.2%95 min3.33%C−
RSW to CLT · Charlottethin sample11082.6%56 min0.00%B+
RSW to BOS · Bostonthin sample10584.6%54 min0.95%B+
RSW to PHL · Philadelphiathin sample10276.0%107 min1.96%B
RSW to EWR · Newarkthin sample10075.0%133 min0.00%B+
RSW to BWI · Baltimorethin sample9479.3%49 min1.06%B
RSW to JFK · New Yorkthin sample9076.7%58 min0.00%B+
RSW to MDW · Chicagothin sample8669.9%71 min1.16%C
RSW to MSP · Minneapolisthin sample8484.5%65 min0.00%B+
RSW to DEN · Denverthin sample8185.2%56 min0.00%A+
RSW to CLE · Clevelandthin sample6892.4%201 min1.47%A
RSW to DTW · Detroitthin sample6780.6%61 min0.00%B+
RSW to STL · St. Louisthin sample6570.8%66 min0.00%C+
RSW to BNA · Nashvillethin sample6372.6%54 min0.00%C+
RSW to DCA · Washingtonthin sample6071.4%67 min5.00%C−
RSW to IAH · Houstonthin sample5681.8%89 min0.00%B+
RSW to LGA · New Yorkthin sample5573.6%69 min1.82%C
RSW to CVG · Cincinnatithin sample4285.7%83 min0.00%A+
RSW to CMH · Columbusthin sample3871.1%57 min0.00%C+
RSW to IND · Indianapolisthin sample3773.0%60 min0.00%C+
RSW to PIT · Pittsburghthin sample3467.6%70 min0.00%C+
RSW to HPN · White Plainsthin sample3488.2%93 min0.00%A+
RSW to MCO · Orlandothin sample33100.0%3.03%A−

Delay causes

What held RSW up in June

One category carries most of the weight here. Late-arriving aircraft accounts for 48% of the 32,000 delay minutes carriers reported, and the remaining four split what is left. The split is by minutes rather than by flights, so a few very long delays count for as much as many short ones.

  • Late-arriving aircraft
    48%
  • National Airspace System
    31%
  • Carrier
    15%
  • Extreme weather
    6%
  • Security
    0%

48% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. That is a cascade, and cascades start small and grow through the day. Across 32,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 8 to one. It is the strongest argument for booking the first departure of the morning, when the aircraft has been sitting at the gate overnight with nothing to inherit. The split is drawn from 32,402 reported delay minutes.

Cancellations sit at 0.91% against a national 1.65%, which is ordinary. Diversions add another 0.48%.

8.2% of arrivals land an hour or more late, close to the national 9.7%. That is the figure that decides a connection, and it says a 60 to 75 minute layover is reasonable here while anything under 45 minutes is a bet. Most delays on this route last a little over an hour, which a normal layover absorbs.

What to do with this

Flying from RSW in June

For a June trip through RSW: expect 79.6% on time and 0.91% cancelled, going by June 2026. The 5am–8am window was the strongest part of the day.

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Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, July 2025 to June 2026. Last updated 15 September 2026; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.