Flights Baltimore → Fort Myers
BWI → RSW
Route overview
The flight route from Baltimore to Fort Myers operates with a Boeing 717 and Boeing 737-300 aircraft, with an average delay of 14.9 minutes per flight and a punctuality rate of 72%. The origin airport in Baltimore has been open since 1947, and the destination city's airport serves over ten million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Baltimore (BWI) → Fort Myers (RSW) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 528 flights monitored in recent months, 72% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.08%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Fort Myers the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Fort Myers: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Baltimore (BWI) to Fort Myers (RSW) heads south for about 1,483 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 16m.
Departures from Baltimore on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 34% of BWI-RSW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Fort Myers it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 528 tracked BWI-RSW flights, 72% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 2.1% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about BWI-RSW
On the Baltimore (BWI) -> Fort Myers (RSW) route, on-time performance is 72% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 528 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Baltimore-Fort Myers is 2.08% across 528 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
