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Route Reliability

Denver → Fort Myers

DENRSW · 1,607 miles · Denver International Airport to Southwest Florida International Airport

86
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
0.2%
Cancelled
1,115
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.United Airlines85%742 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines67%315 flights

Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (58 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DEN–RSW flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 84% of the time, versus 67% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DEN–RSW flights arrived on time 86% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 71%.

United Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

United Airlines arrived on time 85% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 67%.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 1,115 scheduled flights, only 0.2% were cancelled.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon82%(158 flights)
  • Tue86%(147 flights)
  • Wed84%(147 flights)
  • Thu82%(158 flights)
  • Fri78%(155 flights)
  • Sat77%(177 flights)
  • Sun71%(168 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 AM82%(22 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM84%(508 flights)
  • 12–3 PM73%(327 flights)
  • 3–6 PM80%(239 flights)
  • 6–9 PM67%(12 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM(2 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 64% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202564%63
July 202568%62
August 202589%35
September 202584%37
October 202587%89
November 202585%96
December 202578%128
January 202689%130
February 202678%119
March 202671%152
April 202683%104
May 202682%95

Based on 1,115 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.