Sun, Oct 4 has passed, so this is the 12-month record.

Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

No clear winner: airlines and hours on this route all land within a few points of 83% on time.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


United	CLE	RSW	2h 45m	92%	0.6%	344	Flying now
Frontier	CLE	RSW	2h 50m	78%	1.4%	585	Flying now
Southwest	CLE	RSW	–	80%few flights	0.0%	5	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Fort Myers on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	CLE 07:00 → ORD 07:36UA 490	2h 59m Chicago	ORD 10:35 → RSW 14:44UA 1102	7h 44m	98%	90%
United Details →	CLE 06:00 → IAD 07:15UA 1252	1h 00m Dulles	IAD 08:15 → RSW 10:53UA 1406	4h 53m	97%	88%
Southwest Details →	CLE 07:05 → STL 07:40WN 1165	2h 25m St Louis	STL 10:05 → RSW 13:35WN 4940	6h 30m	97%	85%
Delta Details →	CLE 06:00 → MSP 07:03DL 1357	2h 26m Minneapolis	MSP 09:29 → RSW 13:53DL 2400	7h 53m	97%	83%
Delta Details →	CLE 07:05 → ATL 08:55DL 2838	3h 58m Atlanta	ATL 12:53 → RSW 14:35DL 1196	7h 29m	100%	82%
Southwest Details →	CLE 06:00 → BWI 07:20WN 1153	1h 00m Baltimore	BWI 08:20 → RSW 11:00WN 1082	5h 00m	100%	81%
Delta Details →	CLE 05:35 → ATL 07:22DL 2734	3h 03m Atlanta	ATL 10:25 → RSW 12:14DL 1153	6h 39m	98%	78%
Delta Details →	CLE 10:26 → DTW 11:26DL 5192 · flown by Endeavor	3h 06m Detroit	DTW 14:32 → RSW 17:27DL 1225	7h 01m	94%	73%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	CLE 17:12 → PHL 18:47AA 5129 · flown by PSA	1h 13m Philadelphia	PHL 20:00 → RSW 22:57AA 2571	5h 45m	70%	38%
Southwest Details →	CLE 17:45 → BWI 19:05WN 4295	1h 10m Baltimore	BWI 20:15 → RSW 22:50WN 4232	5h 10m	64%	33%

Same layover, different day-part

How often the first flight arrives too late to connect (45 min minimum), for one-ticket layovers of 45–80 minutes.

Morning

BWI · 1h 00m · leaves 06:00 0%

IAD · 1h 00m · leaves 06:00 3%

MSP · 50m · leaves 10:48 13%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 1h 05m · leaves 16:28 11%

PHL · 1h 13m · leaves 17:12 30%

BWI · 1h 10m · leaves 17:45 36%

Delays build through the day, so an afternoon first leg eats the layover. A short connection is fine early in the morning and a gamble later on.

Mixing airlines

One ticketMiss it and the airline rebooks you; bags go through. 45 min is enough.

Separate ticketsMiss it and you buy a new ticket. Re-check bags, clear security again: we require 90 min.


Frontier F9 2467 CLE 06:40 → ATL Delta DL 1196 ATL 12:53 → RSW Connection details →	3h 52m	7h 54m	98%	79%
Frontier F9 4209 CLE 17:51 → ATL Delta DL 1217 ATL 23:15 → RSW Connection details →	3h 09m	7h 10m	91%	66%
United UA 3575 CLE 16:15 → ORD American AA 3238 ORD 19:29 → RSW Connection details →	2h 29m	7h 12m	91%	55%

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Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.

How these are worked out. Makes the connection: share of the last year’s flights where the first flight arrived with at least 45 minutes to spare (90 on separate tickets). Arrives on time: first flight not cancelled × connection made × second flight not cancelled and arriving within 15 minutes. Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.

About this data: US DOT on-time records, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Schedules (which flights and connections exist, and their times) are as of Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026; seasonal flights outside that window aren’t ranked. Rebuilt monthly. JSON