Flights Pittsburgh → Fort Myers
PIT → RSW
Route overview
The flight route from Pittsburgh to Fort Myers has a 77% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 14.3 minutes when flights are not on time. Over the past year, this route has seen 145 total flights, connecting passengers from the historic Pittsburgh airport, which opened in 1944, to one of the busiest destinations in Florida, where over ten million passengers pass through 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 Pittsburgh (PIT) → Fort Myers (RSW) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 198 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.51%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Fort Myers the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Pittsburgh the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Fort Myers: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Pittsburgh (PIT) to Fort Myers (RSW) heads south for about 1,558 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 22m.
Departures from Pittsburgh on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 39% of PIT-RSW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Pittsburgh the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Fort Myers it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 198 tracked PIT-RSW flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 0.5% 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 PIT-RSW
On the Pittsburgh (PIT) -> Fort Myers (RSW) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 198 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Pittsburgh-Fort Myers is 0.51% across 198 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.
