Philadelphia (PHL) – Fort Myers (RSW)
- Distance
- 1,598 km
- 993 mi · 863 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 55 min / 2 h 42 min
- Average gate to gate: PHL → RSW / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 201 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (119 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 355,925
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −2.2%
- Flights / week
- 50
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 81%
- 438,800 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 2
- AA, 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 PHL
- 204°
- Heading from RSW
- 21°
- Halfway point
- 33.25, -78.75
- Great-circle km
- 1,601 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air PHL → RSW
- 2 h 25 min
- In the air RSW → PHL
- 2 h 16 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 40 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 21,105 |
| Sep 2025 | 17,095 |
| Oct 2025 | 22,542 |
| Nov 2025 | 29,489 |
| Dec 2025 | 34,977 |
| Jan 2026 | 30,966 |
| Feb 2026 | 39,691 |
| Mar 2026 | 51,045 |
| Apr 2026 | 31,364 |
| May 2026 | 27,500 |
| Jun 2026 | 26,637 |
| Jul 2026 | 23,514 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 160 |
| Sep 2025 | 148 |
| Oct 2025 | 160 |
| Nov 2025 | 221 |
| Dec 2025 | 264 |
| Jan 2026 | 222 |
| Feb 2026 | 263 |
| Mar 2026 | 325 |
| Apr 2026 | 213 |
| May 2026 | 228 |
| Jun 2026 | 202 |
| Jul 2026 | 184 |
Airlines flying PHL–RSW nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 39 | 74% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 11 | 26% |
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 A319 · 799 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 533 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 486 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 323 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 288 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 138 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 20 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 1 flight
Also carried: 18 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 72.9%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 28 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.9%
- Flights counted
- 2,661
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 74.5% | 29 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 67% | 24 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 36% · aircraft arriving late 48% · air traffic system 14% · weather 2% · 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
- $266
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $243
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 66% of passengers · $316
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 32% of passengers · $158
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $229 · Q3 2025 $203 · Q4 2025 $249 · Q1 2026 $266).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $271, likely $241–$309
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 6.8%). 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 7% 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: 1,601 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.