Flights Chicago → Fort Myers
ORD → RSW
Route overview
The flight route from Chicago to Fort Myers operates with a Boeing 737-800, Airbus A319, and Airbus A320, serving an airport that sees over ten million passengers annually. With seventy-six percent of flights arriving on time, the average delay for this route is fifteen minutes and fifty-two seconds across its eleven hundred seventy-six total flights.
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 Chicago (ORD) → Fort Myers (RSW) route is operated by American Airlines, Spirit Airlines, United Airlines. Across 1499 flights monitored in recent months, 76% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.94%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.7/100 (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 Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Fort Myers: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Chicago (ORD) to Fort Myers (RSW) heads south for about 1,807 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 41m.
Departures from Chicago on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 53% of ORD-RSW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Fort Myers it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,499 tracked ORD-RSW flights, 76% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 3.9% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
| Spirit Airlines (NK) | 74% | 10 min | 1.5% |
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Frequently asked questions about ORD-RSW
On the Chicago (ORD) -> Fort Myers (RSW) route, on-time performance is 76% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 1499 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chicago-Fort Myers is 3.94% across 1499 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 3 airlines: American Airlines, Spirit Airlines, United 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.
