Fort MyersSouthwest Florida International Airport23:01·22°C·#17/327

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+23 min

Fort Myers (RSW) airport average departure delay right now

Departures +23 min, arrivals +11 min. This airport's board does not publish cancellations. Weather risk is also high; check the current conditions and forecast below.

Hour by hour

23:00today +23 min minor

Drag. Solid bars are observed. Hatched bars are expected.

Fort Myers (RSW) delays today: 43% of the 129 flights we have timed operated within 15 minutes of schedule. Departures are running +23 min and arrivals +11 min. Source: official airport boards, METAR weather, Pro Flight Search tracking. Updated 2 November 2026 at 03:48 UTC.

Departures61 timed

On time39%24

Delayed61%37

typical now +23 min

Arrivals68 timed

On time46%31

Delayed54%37

typical now +11 min

On the boardDeparturesfull board ↗

~~19:44~~ 23:50AA 2736DFW +246 min

When this board posts +15, the median flight leaves +44. Posted vs. actual across every hub: the slippage study →

Arrivalsfull board ↗

~~18:59~~ 23:15AA 2736DFW +256 min

~~19:35~~ 02:43B6 2065BOS +428 min

~~21:40~~ 00:27AA 1450PHL +167 min

~~21:50~~ 00:14WN 4811BNA +144 min

~~22:12~~ 00:35AA 2474DFW +143 min

~~22:43~~ 00:33AA 648ORD +110 min

Running late right now15 of 18 still on the board · 83%

+428

B6 2065 from BOS · arr 02:43

Across our network, flights this late still cancel only 3.0% of the time.

+256

AA 2736 from DFW · arr 23:15

Typical claw-back on this sector is ~28 min.

+246

AA 2736 → DFW · dep 23:50

A +246 min push, well beyond this airport's typical day.

+167

AA 1450 from PHL · arr 00:27

Typical claw-back on this sector is ~28 min.

In the air to RSWlive positions · 3-min feed

12aircraft inbound · next to land AA 1780 from CLT, lands ~23:04

AA 1780CLT

on final · ~23:04

AA 2736DFW

lands ~23:06

UA 2095IAH

lands ~23:07

UA 1920EWR

lands ~23:07

Positions as of 22:53 local · updates every 3 min. Tap any flight to watch it on its own page.

Delayed routes todaymedian · min 3 legs

PHL+190m

DFW+143m

HPN+141m

BNA+46m

PIT+39m

Airlines by median delay todaymedian · min 3 legs

B6JetBlue+78m

AAAmerican+60m

WNSouthwest+27m

MXBreeze+24m

Why6 kt ENE winds, Scattered. Operations are already late; the delay is not coming from weather.

Disruption#10 most disrupted airport we track right now →

Weather window Forecast (TAF) ⛈️ 01–09 Worse conditions hold through the TAF window. Made up in the air Network figure ~27 min Network-wide median for delayed flights in our tracked sample.

Tomorrow at Fort Myers

Forecast

Mon 2 Nov, local date

High27°Clikely 25°C to 28°C

Low21°Clikely 20°C to 22°C

93% chance of rain

Outlook: high

Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late: 13%usually 7.2%

Weather behind it: 93% chance of rain at Fort Myers; 82% chance of rain at Chicago, where 7% of departures go

No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Based on about 99 departures a day. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Last 30 days

Today is the worst day of the last 30. Median day: +6 min departures.

Typical week here

MON

TUE

WED

+13

THU

+12

FRI

SAT

+13

SUN

Last 90 days: lightest on Wednesday (+8 min), heaviest on Sunday (+13 min).

Watch this airportfree · no account

One message when RSW crosses your line, one when it clears. Nothing else, ever.

Fort Myers airport delays today

Delays are building at RSW. A typical departure is currently +23 min. Arrivals are +11 min. The calmest upcoming departure hour looks like 05:00 (+4 min expected). The terminal forecast includes thunderstorms and cumulonimbus clouds.

Nearby gateways: SRQ PBI FLL MIA TPA MCO · Global delay board · Nonstop routes from Fort Myers

Is Fort Myers (RSW) delayed right now?

Delays are building at RSW. Departures +23 min, arrivals +11 min. This airport's board does not publish cancellations. Weather risk is also high; check the current conditions and forecast below. 43% of the 129 flights we timed here today operated within 15 minutes of schedule.

What is the current weather at Fort Myers (RSW)?

Winds ENE-060 at 6kt, Vis 10sm, Temp 22°C, Dew 22°C, Alt 30.06 inHg, Scattered clouds at 2600ft. 22°C. wind 6 kt. visibility >10 km. flight rules VFR.

What is the best day to fly from Fort Myers (RSW)?

Over the last 90 days, Wednesday averaged the lightest departure delays (+8 min). Sunday ran heaviest (+13 min).

How often are flights delayed at RSW today?

We tracked 138 flights today: departures +23 min, arrivals +11 min.

What is the TAF forecast for RSW?

The next TAF period (VFR) forecasts: Winds E-090 at 8kt, Vis greater than 6sm, Vicinity Showers, Few clouds at 1500ft, Broken layer at 12000ft.

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How we measure this →

Technical · METAR, flight rules & indexes

VFRRight now visual (VFR), but the forecast (TAF) below reaches instrument conditions ahead: usually wider spacing or holding.

Wind60° 6 kt

Visibility>10 km

Temp / dew22 / 22 °C

Pressure1018 hPa

SPECI KRSW 020300Z 06006KT 10SM SCT026 22/22 A3006 RMK AO2 T02220217

19:00 to 05:00VFRWinds E-090 at 8kt, Vis greater than 6sm, Vicinity Showers, Few clouds at 1500ft, Broken layer at 12000ft

01:00 to 05:00TEMPOMVFRVis 3sm, Showers Rain, Broken layer at 1500ft

05:00 to 09:00MVFRWinds ENE-060 at 8kt, Vis 6sm, Light Showers Rain, Vicinity Thunderstorm, Scattered clouds at 600ft, Broken layer at 3000ft (Cumulonimbus), Overcast layer at 8000ft

05:00 to 09:00TEMPOIFRVis 2sm, Showers Rain, Broken layer at 600ft

Dep index

0.6/5Arr index

0.7/5

METAR 22:00 local · 1h ago · delay window 22:48 local · How these are computed → methodology