Flights Fort Myers → Providence
RSW → PVD
Route overview
The flight route from Fort Myers to Providence has an on-time performance rate of 80%, with a mean delay of 24.1 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 84 flights connecting to Providence, which handles approximately 3.17 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) → Providence (PVD) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 93 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 24 minutes. The cancellation rate is 4.30%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 16.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Providence 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 Providence: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Fort Myers (RSW) to Providence (PVD) heads north-east for about 1,935 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 50m.
Departures from Fort Myers on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 55% of RSW-PVD flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Fort Myers the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Providence it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 93 tracked RSW-PVD flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 24 min and a 4.3% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about RSW-PVD
On the Fort Myers (RSW) -> Providence (PVD) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 24 minutes, based on 93 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Fort Myers-Providence is 4.30% across 93 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: 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.
