Flights Fort Myers → Chicago
RSW → ORD
Route overview
The flight route from Fort Myers to Chicago operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 82%. Over the course of the year, it has recorded a mean delay time of 12.7 minutes per flight, with a total of 1173 flights conducted using aircraft such as Boeing 737-800, Airbus A319, and Airbus A320. The destination airport in Chicago serves an impressive number of passengers annually, totaling 80,071,737.
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) → Chicago (ORD) route is operated by American Airlines, Spirit Airlines, United Airlines. Across 1497 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.81%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Chicago 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 Chicago: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Fort Myers (RSW) to Chicago (ORD) heads north for about 1,807 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 41m.
Departures from Fort Myers on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 41% of RSW-ORD flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Fort Myers the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Chicago it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,497 tracked RSW-ORD flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 3.8% 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 RSW-ORD
On the Fort Myers (RSW) -> Chicago (ORD) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 1497 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Fort Myers-Chicago is 3.81% across 1497 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.
