Flights Fort Myers → New York
RSW → JFK
Route overview
The flight route from Fort Myers to New York, operated with an Airbus A320 aircraft, has a high on-time performance rate of 80%, with an average delay of just 12 minutes. The destination airport, which opened in 1948, serves over 62 million passengers annually, making it one of the busiest airports in the United States.
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) → New York (JFK) route is operated by JetBlue Airways. Across 509 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.93%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At New York 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 New York: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Fort Myers (RSW) to New York (JFK) heads north-east for about 1,732 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 35m.
Departures from Fort Myers on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 48% of RSW-JFK flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Fort Myers the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into New York it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 509 tracked RSW-JFK flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 3.9% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| JetBlue Airways (B6) | 72% | 14 min | 1.7% |
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Frequently asked questions about RSW-JFK
On the Fort Myers (RSW) -> New York (JFK) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 509 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Fort Myers-New York is 3.93% across 509 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: JetBlue Airways.
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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.
