Flights Fort Myers → Charlotte
RSW → CLT
Route overview
The flight route from Fort Myers to Charlotte operates with a high level of punctuality, with 82% of flights arriving on time. Over the course of a year, these flights experience an average delay of 10.8 minutes and involve a total of 531 flights using various aircraft models such as Airbus A321, Airbus A320, Airbus A319, Boeing 737, and Boeing 737-400, serving a destination airport that handles nearly 47.8 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 Fort Myers (RSW) → Charlotte (CLT) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 735 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.68%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 16.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Charlotte 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 Charlotte: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Fort Myers (RSW) to Charlotte (CLT) heads north for about 968 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 38m.
Departures from Fort Myers on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 47% of RSW-CLT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Fort Myers the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Charlotte it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 735 tracked RSW-CLT flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 0.7% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about RSW-CLT
On the Fort Myers (RSW) -> Charlotte (CLT) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 735 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Fort Myers-Charlotte is 0.68% across 735 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American 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.
