MCO to RSW flight delays
Orlando, FL (MCO) Fort Myers, FL (RSW) · 133 miles
577 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
60.73%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.69%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
47 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
20 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The season swings this route hard. In September it ran 45.6 points more punctual than in February — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
The two directions do not behave alike. RSW to MCO arrives on time 22.9 points more often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
The route has been getting worse. The later months run 20.6 points less punctual than the earlier ones. A drift of that size is rarely weather; it is more often an airline adding frequencies faster than the airports can absorb them.
This is a late route. Flights from Orlando to Fort Myers miss their scheduled arrival often enough that a tight connection at the far end is a connection at risk.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Southwest Airlines arrived on time most often on MCO to RSW. Flights ran closest to schedule in September and worst in February.
Every airline on MCO to RSW
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 577 | 60.73% | 0.69% | 47 min | F |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
RSW to MCO Fort Myers back to Orlando 83.66% on time BOther routes from Orlando
Common questions
Are flights from Orlando to Fort Myers usually delayed?
60.73% of flights on the MCO to RSW route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 4 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Orlando to Fort Myers?
Only Southwest Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 577 flights and 60.73% arriving on time.
How often are MCO to RSW flights cancelled?
0.69% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 7 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Orlando to Fort Myers?
September, when 86.7% of flights arrived on time. The worst was February at 41.1%.
When MCO to RSW flights are late, how late are they?
About 47 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on MCO to RSW during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →