The flight time from Boston to Fort Myers is 3 hours, 26 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves BOS Boston, MA 1 minute early.
17 minutes taxiing out
3 hours in the air
5 minutes taxiing in
Arrives RSW Fort Myers, FL 5 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Delta
80%
Spirit
77%
JetBlue
71%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Boston to Fort Myers is 3 hours, 26 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours.

The flight distance from Boston to Fort Myers is 1249 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Fort Myers to Boston
3 hours, 4 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Spirit
3h 25m
JetBlue
3h 25m
Delta
3h 26m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

37

Distance

1249 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

JetBlue
21
Delta
9
Spirit
5

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Boston from Fort Myers by plane?

The distance from Boston to Fort Myers by plane is 1249 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Boston to Fort Myers?

The flight time from Boston to Fort Myers is 3 hours, 26 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Spirit being the fastest taking 3 hours, 25 minutes, and Delta the slowest taking 3 hours, 26 minutes.

What airlines fly from Boston to Fort Myers?

Spirit, JetBlue, and Delta are the airlines with direct flights from Boston to Fort Myers.

Does Southwest fly from Boston to Fort Myers?

Southwest does not fly from Boston (BOS) to Fort Myers (RSW). Keep in mind that Southwest may fly to other nearby airports, as they will often fly into smaller airpors instead of larger ones. This is because the costs are often lower to fly into smaller airports, and they pass the savings on to you.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves Boston 1 minute early
Taxi Out Time 17 minutes
In the Air 180 minutes
Taxiing In 5 minutes
Arrives Fort Myers 5 minutes early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Boston to Fort Myers, Spirit is 77% reliable, which means that Spirit flights are on time 77% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Delta 80% 19% 1%
Spirit 77% 22% 1%
JetBlue 71% 28% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Boston and Fort Myers, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline Taxiing Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxiing In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
Spirit 14 183 5 205
JetBlue 17 180 5 205
Delta 21 179 4 206

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time Count
5pm 0.16
9pm 0.07
8am 0.14
4pm 0.48
10am 0.16
9am 0.08
7am 0.77
6am 0.77
1pm 0.38
10pm 0.02
12pm 0.24
5am 0.13
6pm 0.03
8pm 0.19
2pm 0.27
7pm 0.29
11am 0.28
3pm 0.81

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Boston to Fort Myers that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month Count
January 206
February 237
March 271
April 247
May 156
June 117
July 120
August 87
September 89
October 99
November 139
December 185

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Boston to Fort Myers that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day Count
Monday 5.54
Tuesday 5.13
Wednesday 5.21
Thursday 5.48
Friday 5.5
Saturday 5.17
Sunday 5.52

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline Flights per Week
JetBlue 0
Delta 0
Spirit 0

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time Taxi Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxi In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
5pm 17 180 5 206
9pm 16 177 4 198
8am 20 184 5 214
4pm 19 179 4 206
10am 17 184 5 209
9am 17 181 5 211
7am 22 179 4 209
6am 17 180 5 203
1pm 15 179 5 203
10pm 14 177 4 194
12pm 14 183 6 206
5am 13 180 5 198
6pm 15 183 5 206
8pm 15 181 5 207
2pm 17 182 5 202
7pm 16 183 5 207
11am 16 181 5 205
3pm 19 178 4 204
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.