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Route Reliability

Fort Myers → Newark

RSW–EWR · 1,068 miles · Southwest Florida International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport

79
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
1.8%
Cancelled
2,031
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines82%1,701 flights
  2. 2.JetBlue Airways72%329 flights

Not enough history to rank: Spirit Airlines (1 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

RSW–EWR flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 67% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

RSW–EWR flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Fridays. On Sundays: 72%.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 82% of the time on this route; JetBlue Airways managed 72%.

Ticking up lately.

RSW–EWR flights arrived on time 85% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 81% 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

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The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon80%(294 flights)
  • Tue84%(273 flights)
  • Wed83%(277 flights)
  • Thu78%(283 flights)
  • Fri85%(299 flights)
  • Sat79%(277 flights)
  • Sun72%(284 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM95%(469 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM89%(436 flights)
  • 12–3 PM76%(289 flights)
  • 3–6 PM70%(308 flights)
  • 6–9 PM67%(453 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM72%(32 flights)
On-time trend by month
88%
May

Jun 81% → May 88% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202581%113
July 202573%119
August 202575%122
September 202585%117
October 202568%161
November 202579%198
December 202582%200
January 202684%175
February 202679%173
March 202677%226
April 202689%209
May 202688%174

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Based on 2,031 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.