Denver (DEN) – Fort Myers (RSW)
- Distance
- 2,586 km
- 1,607 mi · 1,396 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 36 min / 4 h 12 min
- Average gate to gate: DEN → RSW / back
- Time difference
- 2 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 325 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (192 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 338,771
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +16.1%
- Flights / week
- 44
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 83%
- 407,074 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- UA, WN, F9
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from DEN
- 118°
- Heading from RSW
- 311°
- Halfway point
- 33.73, -92.33
- Great-circle km
- 2,584 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DEN → RSW
- 3 h 11 min
- In the air RSW → DEN
- 3 h 45 min
- Clocks
- Fort Myers is 2 h ahead of Denver
The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 50 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 12,266 |
| Sep 2025 | 11,537 |
| Oct 2025 | 24,457 |
| Nov 2025 | 26,739 |
| Dec 2025 | 36,532 |
| Jan 2026 | 33,632 |
| Feb 2026 | 34,185 |
| Mar 2026 | 47,232 |
| Apr 2026 | 31,837 |
| May 2026 | 27,660 |
| Jun 2026 | 26,552 |
| Jul 2026 | 26,142 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 71 |
| Sep 2025 | 73 |
| Oct 2025 | 180 |
| Nov 2025 | 195 |
| Dec 2025 | 256 |
| Jan 2026 | 261 |
| Feb 2026 | 239 |
| Mar 2026 | 309 |
| Apr 2026 | 209 |
| May 2026 | 189 |
| Jun 2026 | 161 |
| Jul 2026 | 165 |
Airlines flying DEN–RSW nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 30 | 69% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 12 | 26% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 2.2 | 6% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Boeing 737-800 · 752 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 500 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 342 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 321 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 222 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 129 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 26 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 12 flights
Also carried: 9 tonnes of freight and 1 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 81.5%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 13 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.3%
- Flights counted
- 2,306
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 86.5% | 10 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 70.5% | 19 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 74.6% | 21 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 28% · aircraft arriving late 40% · air traffic system 28% · weather 4% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $337
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $332
- Q3 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 62% of passengers · $380
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 16% of passengers · $176
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q3 2025 $308 · Q4 2025 $339 · Q1 2026 $337).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 2,584 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
Every airport pair between Denver and Fort Myers
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