Airport month record
RSWNOV
Southwest Florida International in November 2025
- Departures
- 2,991
- Month
- November 2025
- National, same month
- 79.4%
- Carriers
- 7
Historical statistics for November 2025, not live status or a forecast for this year’s November. For today’s conditions at RSW, see live FAA status.
RSW in November lands a B, 2 points better than the national rate of 79.4%. Roughly one flight in five arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by an hour and a half on average. That is a workable record, not a spotless one. That rests on 2,991 flights, of which Delta Air Lines flew 571 at 85.9% on time.
Delta Air Lines is the most reliable of the five carriers covered here at 85.9% on time across 571 flights.
Key figures
On time
81.7%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 2,943 completed departures
Avg delay
95 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
1.37%
Nationally in November: 2.49%
Whole year
78.1%
RSW across all twelve months
These figures cover 2,991 departures from Southwest Florida International in November 2025. 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
November next to RSW's other months
Against RSW's own year, November ran 4 points better than the twelve-month rate of 78.1%, which makes it number three of twelve months, best first. Either side of it, October ran 81.2% on time and December 74.2%, so a trip moved by a few weeks would have landed in a worse stretch.
| Month | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | 2,315 | 73.1% | 81 min | 2.46% | C |
| August 2025 | 2,060 | 80.8% | 78 min | 1.12% | B |
| September 2025 | 1,847 | 88.2% | 90 min | 0.16% | A+ |
| October 2025 | 2,369 | 81.2% | 74 min | 0.59% | B+ |
| November 2025 (this page) | 2,991 | 81.7% | 95 min | 1.37% | B |
| December 2025 | 3,480 | 74.2% | 86 min | 1.93% | C |
| January 2026 | 3,454 | 78.6% | 80 min | 4.11% | B− |
| February 2026 | 3,551 | 73.8% | 70 min | 2.87% | C |
| March 2026 | 4,504 | 71.2% | 86 min | 3.22% | C− |
| April 2026 | 3,632 | 81.0% | 80 min | 0.69% | B+ |
| May 2026 | 2,802 | 82.5% | 81 min | 0.54% | B+ |
| June 2026 | 2,087 | 79.6% | 77 min | 0.91% | B+ |
Departure window
The best time of day to leave RSW in November
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 24 points, against 8 points between the best and worst carrier. Each bar is the on-time rate for flights scheduled inside that window.
- 5am–8am526 flights94.6%
- 8am–11am454 flights91.3%
- 11am–2pm702 flights82.4%
- 2pm–5pm535 flights72.3%
- 5pm–8pm596 flights73.5%
- 8pm–5am178 flights70.6%
Scale runs 60% to 100%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
Book the early departure. Flights leaving between 5am–8am arrive on time 94.6% of the time, against 70.6% for the overnight window. That is 24 points of difference for no extra money, and it comes from the same aircraft having had no earlier flight to fall behind on. The 11am–2pm window is the busiest, with 702 flights scheduled in it.
Across the week, Wednesday is the strongest day at 92.0% on time and Sunday the weakest at 68.1%. 24 points is a smaller lever than departure hour, but it is free.
Carrier by carrier
Which airlines ran best at RSW in November
The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. Delta Air Lines arrives on time 85.9% of the time; JetBlue Airways manages 78.3%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 380 flights means less than a ten-point one.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 738 | 82.5% | 66 min | 0.81% | B+ |
| American Airlines | 590 | 78.9% | 123 min | 1.69% | B |
| Delta Air Lines | 571 | 85.9% | 86 min | 0.88% | A+ |
| United Airlines | 494 | 81.9% | 93 min | 1.42% | B |
| JetBlue Airways | 380 | 78.3% | 116 min | 2.37% | B |
| Frontier Airlinesthin sample | 108 | 78.3% | 75 min | 1.85% | B |
| Spirit Airlinesthin sample | 91 | 84.3% | 95 min | 2.20% | B |
Delta leads JetBlue by 8 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 November
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSW to ORD · Chicagothin sample | 266 | 75.1% | 110 min | 1.88% | B |
| RSW to ATL · Atlantathin sample | 226 | 89.3% | 73 min | 0.44% | A+ |
| RSW to EWR · Newarkthin sample | 206 | 77.8% | 87 min | 2.91% | B |
| RSW to BOS · Bostonthin sample | 181 | 78.7% | 130 min | 1.66% | B |
| RSW to CLT · Charlottethin sample | 154 | 87.6% | 77 min | 0.65% | A+ |
| RSW to DTW · Detroitthin sample | 141 | 84.2% | 70 min | 1.42% | B |
| RSW to BWI · Baltimorethin sample | 124 | 85.2% | 54 min | 1.61% | A |
| RSW to PHL · Philadelphiathin sample | 115 | 84.5% | 134 min | 4.35% | B− |
| RSW to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample | 109 | 78.5% | 199 min | 1.83% | B |
| RSW to JFK · New Yorkthin sample | 102 | 83.5% | 94 min | 4.90% | B− |
| RSW to DEN · Denverthin sample | 97 | 85.6% | 61 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| RSW to MDW · Chicagothin sample | 90 | 74.4% | 57 min | 4.44% | C− |
| RSW to IAH · Houstonthin sample | 88 | 89.8% | 53 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| RSW to LGA · New Yorkthin sample | 84 | 60.2% | 107 min | 1.19% | D |
| RSW to STL · St. Louisthin sample | 83 | 85.5% | 58 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| RSW to DCA · Washingtonthin sample | 83 | 76.2% | 127 min | 2.41% | B |
| RSW to MSP · Minneapolisthin sample | 82 | 90.1% | 45 min | 1.22% | A |
| RSW to IND · Indianapolisthin sample | 76 | 81.6% | 94 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| RSW to BNA · Nashvillethin sample | 74 | 82.4% | 60 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| RSW to CLE · Clevelandthin sample | 64 | 71.9% | 52 min | 0.00% | C+ |
| RSW to CMH · Columbusthin sample | 62 | 80.6% | 49 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| RSW to HPN · White Plainsthin sample | 58 | 89.3% | 83 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| RSW to MCO · Orlandothin sample | 54 | 87.0% | 80 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| RSW to CVG · Cincinnatithin sample | 51 | 86.3% | 68 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| RSW to PIT · Pittsburghthin sample | 50 | 83.7% | 121 min | 0.00% | B+ |
Delay causes
What held RSW up in November
One category carries most of the weight here. Late-arriving aircraft accounts for 47% of the 51,000 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.
- 47%Late-arriving aircraft
- 27%National Airspace System
- 24%Carrier
- 2%Extreme weather
47% 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 51,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 24 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 50,996 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations sit at 1.37% against a national 2.49%, which is ordinary. Diversions add another 0.23%.
7.9% of arrivals land an hour or more late, close to the national 7.8%. 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 an hour and a half, which a normal layover absorbs.
What to do with this
Flying from RSW in November
For a November trip through RSW: this is one of the better months to be flying from here, 81.7% on time with 1.37% cancelled. That is a base rate for the month as a whole; a single storm can still spoil a particular day.
Related
Where to go next
- Southwest Florida International (RSW), the whole year
- RSW in July73.1%
- RSW in August80.8%
- RSW in September88.2%
- RSW in October81.2%
- RSW in December74.2%
- RSW in January78.6%
- RSW in February73.8%
- RSW in March71.2%
- RSW in April81.0%
- RSW in May82.5%
- RSW in June79.6%
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.