Detroit (DTW) – Fort Myers (RSW)
- Distance
- 1,745 km
- 1,085 mi · 942 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 51 min / 2 h 54 min
- Average gate to gate: DTW → RSW / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 220 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (130 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 604,894
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +0.1%
- Flights / week
- 68
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 85%
- 708,410 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- DL, NK, 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 DTW
- 175°
- Heading from RSW
- 356°
- Halfway point
- 34.38, -82.48
- Great-circle km
- 1,750 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DTW → RSW
- 2 h 25 min
- In the air RSW → DTW
- 2 h 28 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 50 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 29,467 |
| Sep 2025 | 24,138 |
| Oct 2025 | 39,473 |
| Nov 2025 | 47,149 |
| Dec 2025 | 64,281 |
| Jan 2026 | 64,072 |
| Feb 2026 | 71,354 |
| Mar 2026 | 103,359 |
| Apr 2026 | 73,742 |
| May 2026 | 36,134 |
| Jun 2026 | 25,694 |
| Jul 2026 | 26,031 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 182 |
| Sep 2025 | 157 |
| Oct 2025 | 256 |
| Nov 2025 | 280 |
| Dec 2025 | 388 |
| Jan 2026 | 421 |
| Feb 2026 | 410 |
| Mar 2026 | 548 |
| Apr 2026 | 417 |
| May 2026 | 203 |
| Jun 2026 | 133 |
| Jul 2026 | 138 |
Airlines flying DTW–RSW nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 52 | 78% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 13 | 18% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 3.1 | 4% |
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
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 978 flights
- Boeing 757-300 · 948 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 761 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 485 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 207 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 110 flights
- Boeing 757-200 · 32 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 4 flights
Also carried: 9 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 74.5%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 20 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2%
- Flights counted
- 3,604
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 76.4% | 19 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 70.7% | 19 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 60% | 43 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 40% · aircraft arriving late 31% · air traffic system 23% · weather 6% · 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
- $267
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $245
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 61% of passengers · $346
- Lowest-fare airline
- Spirit Air Lines
- 28% of passengers · $132
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $226 · Q3 2025 $188 · Q4 2025 $255 · Q1 2026 $267).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $272, likely $241–$310
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 100% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 5%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q3, typically 13% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 6 (airline ticket sample, US domestic city pairs; each city here has this one airport). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 1,750 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.