Flights Fort Myers → Cleveland
RSW → CLE
Route overview
The flight route from Fort Myers to Cleveland operates with an average on-time performance of 80%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 17.6 minutes. Over the past year, there have been 380 scheduled flights on this route, using aircraft such as Airbus A319, Boeing 737-800, and Airbus A320. The destination airport in Cleveland, which opened in 1925, serves over 8.6 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) → Cleveland (CLE) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 514 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 18 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.53%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Cleveland 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 Cleveland: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Fort Myers (RSW) to Cleveland (CLE) heads north for about 1,654 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 29m.
Departures from Fort Myers on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 39% of RSW-CLE flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Fort Myers the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Cleveland it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 514 tracked RSW-CLE flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 18 min and a 2.5% 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% |
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Frequently asked questions about RSW-CLE
On the Fort Myers (RSW) -> Cleveland (CLE) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 18 minutes, based on 514 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Fort Myers-Cleveland is 2.53% across 514 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: 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.
