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Route Reliability

Washington → Fort Myers

DCA–RSW · 892 miles · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Southwest Florida International Airport

72
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
2.5%
Cancelled
828
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 76% of the time across 828 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DCA–RSW flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 65% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DCA–RSW flights arrived on time 84% of the time on Tuesdays and just 68% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Ticking up lately.

DCA–RSW flights arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 75% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(111 flights)
  • Tue84%(117 flights)
  • Wed79%(118 flights)
  • Thu78%(113 flights)
  • Fri74%(114 flights)
  • Sat76%(110 flights)
  • Sun68%(118 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM87%(307 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM74%(238 flights)
  • 12–3 PM67%(97 flights)
  • 3–6 PM65%(159 flights)
On-time trend by month
78%
May

Jun 72% → May 78% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202572%53
July 202571%56
August 202580%35
September 202560%30
October 202570%30
November 202583%81
December 202571%90
January 202679%82
February 202675%83
March 202678%90
April 202683%89
May 202678%82

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 828 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.