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Route Reliability

Fort Myers → Detroit

RSW–DTW · 1,084 miles · Southwest Florida International Airport to Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

72
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
14 min
Average arrival delay
2.2%
Cancelled
1,847
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 Lines80%1,358 flights
  2. 2.Spirit Airlines69%409 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.

RSW–DTW flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 70% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

RSW–DTW flights arrived on time 80% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 72%.

Delta Air Lines runs this route best.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 80% of the time on this route; Spirit Airlines managed 69%.

Best historical flights

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

Top flights by on-time rate

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The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon73%(265 flights)
  • Tue80%(239 flights)
  • Wed78%(244 flights)
  • Thu79%(253 flights)
  • Fri74%(271 flights)
  • Sat75%(271 flights)
  • Sun72%(261 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM—(2 flights)
  • 6–9 AM90%(396 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM71%(117 flights)
  • 12–3 PM73%(570 flights)
  • 3–6 PM73%(341 flights)
  • 6–9 PM70%(348 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM70%(30 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 71% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202571%92
July 202575%84
August 202577%91
September 202589%78
October 202589%128
November 202584%139
December 202571%194
January 202672%209
February 202675%205
March 202667%273
April 202678%208
May 202681%103

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Based on 1,847 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.