Chicago (MDW) – Fort Myers (RSW)
- Distance
- 1,779 km
- 1,105 mi · 960 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 41 min / 2 h 53 min
- Average gate to gate: MDW → RSW / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 224 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (133 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 320,454
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +1.4%
- Flights / week
- 44
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 83%
- 384,515 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 1
- WN
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 MDW
- 160°
- Heading from RSW
- 344°
- Halfway point
- 34.20, -84.48
- Great-circle km
- 1,782 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air MDW → RSW
- 2 h 21 min
- In the air RSW → MDW
- 2 h 33 min
- Clocks
- Fort Myers is 1 h ahead of Chicago
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 55 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 19,302 |
| Sep 2025 | 18,332 |
| Oct 2025 | 25,537 |
| Nov 2025 | 24,200 |
| Dec 2025 | 25,638 |
| Jan 2026 | 26,857 |
| Feb 2026 | 31,735 |
| Mar 2026 | 46,144 |
| Apr 2026 | 28,947 |
| May 2026 | 24,682 |
| Jun 2026 | 24,712 |
| Jul 2026 | 24,368 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 141 |
| Sep 2025 | 138 |
| Oct 2025 | 182 |
| Nov 2025 | 173 |
| Dec 2025 | 189 |
| Jan 2026 | 200 |
| Feb 2026 | 218 |
| Mar 2026 | 308 |
| Apr 2026 | 204 |
| May 2026 | 183 |
| Jun 2026 | 166 |
| Jul 2026 | 169 |
Airlines flying MDW–RSW nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 44 | 100% |
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 B737 Max 800 · 1,105 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 798 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 368 flights
Also carried: 66 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 74.9%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 15 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.5%
- Flights counted
- 2,323
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 27% · aircraft arriving late 49% · air traffic system 20% · weather 3% · security 1%.
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
- $259
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $223
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 99% of passengers · $258
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 99% of passengers · $258
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $208 · Q3 2025 $169 · Q4 2025 $230 · Q1 2026 $259).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $264, likely $229–$301
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 86% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 7.3%). 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 16% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
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: 1,782 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.
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