Flights Fort Myers → Baltimore
RSW → BWI
Route overview
The flight route from Fort Myers to Baltimore operates with a Boeing 717 and Boeing 737-300 aircraft, serving the high-traffic Baltimore-Washington International Airport which opened in 1947 and currently handles over 22.8 million passengers annually. With a mean delay of 14.8 minutes and a 73% on-time performance rate based on 411 total flights, this route generally maintains reasonable punctuality despite occasional delays.
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 Fort Myers (RSW) → Baltimore (BWI) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 533 flights monitored in recent months, 72% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.63%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Fort Myers the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Baltimore: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Fort Myers (RSW) to Baltimore (BWI) heads north for about 1,483 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 16m.
Departures from Fort Myers on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 35% of RSW-BWI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Fort Myers the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Baltimore it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 533 tracked RSW-BWI flights, 72% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 2.6% 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 RSW-BWI
On the Fort Myers (RSW) -> Baltimore (BWI) route, on-time performance is 72% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 533 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Fort Myers-Baltimore is 2.63% across 533 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.
