Chicago (ORD) – Fort Myers (RSW)
- Distance
- 1,803 km
- 1,120 mi · 974 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 55 min / 3 h 17 min
- Average gate to gate: ORD → RSW / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 227 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (134 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 911,803
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +17.5%
- Flights / week
- 122
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 79%
- 1,152,178 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 5
- UA, AA, NK
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 ORD
- 160°
- Heading from RSW
- 343°
- Halfway point
- 34.30, -84.55
- Great-circle km
- 1,807 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air ORD → RSW
- 2 h 23 min
- In the air RSW → ORD
- 2 h 40 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.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 51,313 |
| Sep 2025 | 44,001 |
| Oct 2025 | 56,142 |
| Nov 2025 | 71,301 |
| Dec 2025 | 86,341 |
| Jan 2026 | 85,862 |
| Feb 2026 | 103,993 |
| Mar 2026 | 141,915 |
| Apr 2026 | 101,044 |
| May 2026 | 62,670 |
| Jun 2026 | 54,414 |
| Jul 2026 | 52,807 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 358 |
| Sep 2025 | 336 |
| Oct 2025 | 400 |
| Nov 2025 | 522 |
| Dec 2025 | 664 |
| Jan 2026 | 618 |
| Feb 2026 | 678 |
| Mar 2026 | 893 |
| Apr 2026 | 709 |
| May 2026 | 463 |
| Jun 2026 | 354 |
| Jul 2026 | 353 |
Airlines flying ORD–RSW nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 62 | 51% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 43 | 33% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 12 | 12% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 3.9 | 3% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 1.3 | 1% |
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 · 2,493 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 1,215 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 914 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 757 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 395 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 278 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 122 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 102 flights
Also carried: 9 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 76.5%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 19 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.6%
- Flights counted
- 6,469
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 81.6% | 14 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 73.6% | 22 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 64.9% | 29 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 67% | 24 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 74.3% | 24 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 21% · aircraft arriving late 38% · air traffic system 35% · 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
- $259
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $243
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 46% of passengers · $312
- Lowest-fare airline
- Spirit Air Lines
- 17% of passengers · $117
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $231 · Q3 2025 $184 · Q4 2025 $262 · Q1 2026 $259).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $264, likely $234–$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 6.4%). 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 14% 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: 1,807 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 Chicago and Fort Myers
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More routes from ORD
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| ORD → LGA | 1,180 km | 2,736,902 |
| ORD → LAX | 2,808 km | 2,332,419 |
| ORD → SFO | 2,971 km | 1,976,484 |
| ORD → DEN | 1,430 km | 1,974,190 |
| ORD → MCO | 1,617 km | 1,924,694 |
| ORD → DFW | 1,290 km | 1,916,312 |
| ORD → BOS | 1,395 km | 1,886,038 |
| ORD → EWR | 1,157 km | 1,731,402 |
| ORD → IAH | 1,489 km | 1,711,056 |
| ORD → PHX | 2,317 km | 1,706,053 |