Saint Paul (MSP) – Fort Myers (RSW)
- Distance
- 2,279 km
- 1,416 mi · 1,231 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 19 min / 3 h 40 min
- Average gate to gate: MSP → RSW / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 287 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (170 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 681,210
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +3.6%
- Flights / week
- 76
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 87%
- 780,494 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 2
- DL, SY
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 MSP
- 149°
- Heading from RSW
- 336°
- Halfway point
- 35.85, -86.82
- Great-circle km
- 2,282 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air MSP → RSW
- 2 h 53 min
- In the air RSW → MSP
- 3 h 16 min
- Clocks
- Fort Myers is 1 h ahead of Saint Paul
The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 30 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 31,851 |
| Sep 2025 | 24,806 |
| Oct 2025 | 44,192 |
| Nov 2025 | 53,899 |
| Dec 2025 | 68,307 |
| Jan 2026 | 71,455 |
| Feb 2026 | 80,677 |
| Mar 2026 | 106,171 |
| Apr 2026 | 77,629 |
| May 2026 | 47,449 |
| Jun 2026 | 37,683 |
| Jul 2026 | 37,091 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 202 |
| Sep 2025 | 165 |
| Oct 2025 | 296 |
| Nov 2025 | 304 |
| Dec 2025 | 392 |
| Jan 2026 | 399 |
| Feb 2026 | 451 |
| Mar 2026 | 552 |
| Apr 2026 | 435 |
| May 2026 | 285 |
| Jun 2026 | 232 |
| Jul 2026 | 228 |
Airlines flying MSP–RSW nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 46 | 63% |
| SYSun Country Airlines | 30 | 37% |
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 · 1,302 flights
- Boeing 757-300 · 1,010 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 690 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 655 flights
- Boeing 737-900 · 250 flights
- Boeing 757-200 · 16 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 10 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 4 flights
Also carried: 5 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 79.1%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 16 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.3%
- Flights counted
- 2,422
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 50% · aircraft arriving late 28% · air traffic system 20% · weather 1% · 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
- $287
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $242
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 49% of passengers · $373
- Lowest-fare airline
- Sun Country Airlines
- 46% of passengers · $202
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $210 · Q3 2025 $173 · Q4 2025 $232 · Q1 2026 $287).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $293, likely $260–$333
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 81% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 9.3%). 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 6% 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: 2,282 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.