Flights Fort Myers → Minneapolis
RSW → MSP
Route overview
The flight route from Fort Myers to Minneapolis operates with a high frequency of 421 flights and has an on-time performance rate of 79%. The average delay for these flights is approximately 18 minutes, and the aircraft used include Boeing 757, McDonnell Douglas MD-90, Boeing 737-800, and Boeing 737-700. Minneapolis, the destination city, serves over 31 million passengers annually at its airport.
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) → Minneapolis (MSP) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, Sun Country Airlines. Across 581 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 1.89%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Minneapolis 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 Minneapolis: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Fort Myers (RSW) to Minneapolis (MSP) heads north-west for about 2,282 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 16m.
Departures from Fort Myers on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 45% of RSW-MSP flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Fort Myers the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Minneapolis it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 581 tracked RSW-MSP flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 1.9% 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-MSP
On the Fort Myers (RSW) -> Minneapolis (MSP) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 581 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Fort Myers-Minneapolis is 1.89% across 581 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Delta Air Lines, Sun Country 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.
