Flights Fort Myers → Columbus
RSW → CMH
Route overview
The flight route from Fort Myers to Columbus operates with an Embraer 170 aircraft and has a 75% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 13.7 minutes when flights are not on time. The destination airport, which opened in 1929, serves over seven 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) → Columbus (CMH) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines. Across 292 flights monitored in recent months, 76% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.03%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Columbus 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 Columbus: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Fort Myers (RSW) to Columbus (CMH) heads north for about 1,501 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 18m.
Departures from Fort Myers on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 37% of RSW-CMH flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Fort Myers the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Columbus it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 292 tracked RSW-CMH flights, 76% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 1.0% 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% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about RSW-CMH
On the Fort Myers (RSW) -> Columbus (CMH) route, on-time performance is 76% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 292 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Fort Myers-Columbus is 1.03% across 292 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Delta Air Lines, 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.
