Flights Fort Myers → Denver
RSW → DEN
Route overview
The flight route from Fort Myers to Denver has an on-time performance rate of 82%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 12.6 minutes. This busy route, which operates with aircraft such as the Airbus A319, Airbus A320, and Boeing 737-800, serves one of the world's most traveled airports in Denver, which opened in 1989 and handles over 82 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) → Denver (DEN) route is operated by Frontier Airlines, United Airlines. Across 451 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.33%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Denver 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 Denver: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Fort Myers (RSW) to Denver (DEN) heads north-west for about 2,584 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 39m.
Departures from Fort Myers on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 56% of RSW-DEN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Fort Myers the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Denver it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 451 tracked RSW-DEN flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 3.3% 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% |
| Frontier Airlines (F9) | 74% | 15 min | 2.2% |
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Frequently asked questions about RSW-DEN
On the Fort Myers (RSW) -> Denver (DEN) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 451 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Fort Myers-Denver is 3.33% across 451 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Frontier 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.
