Flights Columbus → Fort Myers
CMH → RSW
Route overview
The flight route from Columbus to Fort Myers operates with an Embraer 170 aircraft and has a total of 220 flights annually. With an on-time performance rate of 80%, the average delay is sixteen minutes, serving a busy destination airport that handles over ten million passengers per year.
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 Columbus (CMH) → Fort Myers (RSW) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines. Across 293 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.68%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 16.3/100 (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 Columbus the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Fort Myers: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Columbus (CMH) to Fort Myers (RSW) heads south for about 1,501 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 18m.
Departures from Columbus on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 45% of CMH-RSW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Columbus the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Fort Myers it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 293 tracked CMH-RSW flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 0.7% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about CMH-RSW
On the Columbus (CMH) -> Fort Myers (RSW) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 293 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Columbus-Fort Myers is 0.68% across 293 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Fort Myers, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
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.
