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Route Reliability

Fort Myers → Chicago

RSWORD · 1,120 miles · Southwest Florida International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport

75
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
1.6%
Cancelled
3,234
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%1,615 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines74%1,093 flights
  3. 3.Spirit Airlines72%388 flights
  4. 4.Southwest Airlines60%102 flights

Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (36 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

RSW–ORD flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 60% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

RSW–ORD flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 73%.

United Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

United Airlines arrived on time 82% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 60%.

Ticking up lately.

RSW–ORD flights arrived on time 78% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 74% 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
  • Mon74%(464 flights)
  • Tue81%(416 flights)
  • Wed79%(421 flights)
  • Thu81%(461 flights)
  • Fri77%(462 flights)
  • Sat76%(445 flights)
  • Sun73%(486 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM91%(588 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(716 flights)
  • 12–3 PM81%(772 flights)
  • 3–6 PM62%(702 flights)
  • 6–9 PM60%(302 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM60%(75 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 77% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202577%179
July 202571%173
August 202582%176
September 202592%167
October 202584%201
November 202576%261
December 202573%330
January 202674%307
February 202675%337
March 202673%440
April 202679%353
May 202681%231

Based on 3,234 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.