Flights Fort Myers → St. Louis
RSW → STL
Route overview
The flight route from Fort Myers to St. Louis has a punctuality rate of 73%, with an average delay of 13.1 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 319 flights, serving a significant portion of the nearly 13.67 million passengers who travel through St. Louis's airport 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) → St. Louis (STL) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 388 flights monitored in recent months, 73% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.32%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At St. Louis 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 St. Louis: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Fort Myers (RSW) to St. Louis (STL) heads north-west for about 1,578 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 24m.
Departures from Fort Myers on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 41% of RSW-STL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Fort Myers the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into St. Louis it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 388 tracked RSW-STL flights, 73% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 2.3% 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-STL
On the Fort Myers (RSW) -> St. Louis (STL) route, on-time performance is 73% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 388 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Fort Myers-St. Louis is 2.32% across 388 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.
