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Route Reliability

Detroit → Fort Myers

DTWRSW · 1,084 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Southwest Florida International Airport

74
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
11 min
Average arrival delay
2.1%
Cancelled
1,846
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Delta Air Lines77%1,356 flights
  2. 2.Spirit Airlines74%410 flights

Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (80 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DTW–RSW flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 67% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DTW–RSW flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Thursdays. On Sundays: 69%.

Not much between Delta Air Lines and Spirit Airlines.

On this route they all land within 74% to 77% on time. Pick on schedule and price.

Ticking up lately.

DTW–RSW flights arrived on time 74% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 70% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(267 flights)
  • Tue78%(236 flights)
  • Wed77%(241 flights)
  • Thu83%(257 flights)
  • Fri73%(272 flights)
  • Sat73%(271 flights)
  • Sun69%(258 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM85%(474 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM73%(337 flights)
  • 12–3 PM77%(353 flights)
  • 3–6 PM67%(263 flights)
  • 6–9 PM72%(309 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM71%(66 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 79% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202579%90
July 202584%85
August 202583%90
September 202594%79
October 202593%128
November 202579%140
December 202566%194
January 202665%211
February 202679%205
March 202669%272
April 202673%208
May 202682%100

Based on 1,846 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.