Flights Fort Myers → Cincinnati
RSW → CVG
Route overview
The flight route from Fort Myers to Cincinnati operates with a fleet of McDonnell Douglas MD-88 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 77%. With an average delay of 18.5 minutes, the route sees approximately 238 flights annually, serving a destination airport that handles over seven 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 Fort Myers (RSW) → Cincinnati (CVG) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 337 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.19%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 31.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Cincinnati 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 Cincinnati: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Fort Myers (RSW) to Cincinnati (CVG) heads north for about 1,418 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 12m.
Departures from Fort Myers on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 42% of RSW-CVG flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Fort Myers the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Cincinnati it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 337 tracked RSW-CVG flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 1.2% 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% |
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Frequently asked questions about RSW-CVG
On the Fort Myers (RSW) -> Cincinnati (CVG) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 337 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Fort Myers-Cincinnati is 1.19% across 337 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
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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.
