RSW → ANCFort Myers to Anchorage

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Direct flights from Fort Myers (RSW) to Anchorage (ANC): 1 nonstop departure observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 28 minutes late. No cancellations were recorded across the 1 tracked flight. The nonstop covers 6,287 km, an estimated 8 hours 34 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Fort Myers and Anchorage. Updated 27 October 2026 at 14:18 UTC.

RSW Fort Myers smooth · +6
ANC Anchorage smooth · +0
6,287 km · ~8h 34m est.
departs 21:001x weekly
Running clean · 1 airline · 1x weekly · nonstop
95 / 100

route health from live RSW and ANC delay boards

Median arrival delay is +28 min. 0 of 1 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Median arrival+28 minacross the last 1 arrival
Flight time~8h 34mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures1x1 direct airline on the leg

The week

scheduled departures · origin local time
06121824
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Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Western Global

Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.

Who flies it

observed on the boards · 7 days
Western GlobalKD

Flights KD401 21:00 Mo

History

operated legs · board outcomes
10-26KD401dep +36 → arr+28

Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.

Full board history, day by day →

Airports right now

live boards
RSWFort Myers +6 min smooth ⛅ mostly cloudy · NE 6 kt Full RSW delay board →
ANCAnchorage +0 min smooth 🌤 overcast · N 0 kt Full ANC delay board →

Weather lens

Conditions are tightest at ANC: a 40% chance of a 15+ minute delay. In this weather, the more delayed of the two airports is typically about +11 min. Both figures come from the two airports' delay records in similar weather. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →

How the Fort Myers to Anchorage route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop RSW to ANC flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.

Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

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RSW to ANC questions

Is RSW–ANC running on time right now?

Smooth skies ahead. The departure side at RSW is the weaker end, route health score 95/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.

How long is the flight from RSW to ANC?

Great-circle distance is 6,287 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 474–569 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does RSW–ANC fly?

Western Global runs the route with about 1 flight a week (mon). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.

What does the route health score measure?

A blend of departure-side delay at RSW and arrival-side delay at ANC, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.