The flight time from Chicago to Fort Myers is 2 hours, 49 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves ORD Chicago, IL 2 minutes early.
19 minutes taxiing out
2 hours, 23 minutes in the air
4 minutes taxiing in
Arrives RSW Fort Myers, FL 7 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

United
84%
American
81%
Spirit
72%
Southwest
68%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Chicago to Fort Myers is 2 hours, 49 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 23 minutes.

The flight distance from Chicago to Fort Myers is 1120 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Fort Myers to Chicago
3 hours, 3 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

American
2h 46m
Spirit
2h 46m
Southwest
2h 47m
United
2h 51m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

50

Distance

1120 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun02468

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

United
25
American
14
Spirit
8
Southwest
3

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Chicago from Fort Myers by plane?

The distance from Chicago to Fort Myers by plane is 1120 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Chicago to Fort Myers?

The flight time from Chicago to Fort Myers is 2 hours, 49 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 23 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Spirit being the fastest taking 2 hours, 46 minutes, and United the slowest taking 2 hours, 51 minutes.

What airlines fly from Chicago to Fort Myers?

Southwest, United, Spirit, and American are the airlines with direct flights from Chicago to Fort Myers.

Does Southwest fly from Chicago to Fort Myers?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Chicago (ORD) to Fort Myers (RSW). On average, they have 3 flights per week on this route. This may vary seasonally, please check the chart above for more details.

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 Chicago 2 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 19 minutes
In the Air 143 minutes
Taxiing In 4 minutes
Arrives Fort Myers 7 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 Chicago to Fort Myers, Southwest is 68% reliable, which means that Southwest flights are on time 68% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
United 84% 15% 1%
American 81% 18% 1%
Spirit 72% 26% 2%
Southwest 68% 29% 3%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Chicago 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)
American 15 143 4 166
Spirit 15 144 5 166
Southwest 17 144 3 167
United 23 142 4 171

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 0.24
10am 1.23
6am 0.04
4pm 0.2
1pm 0.81
8am 0.62
7am 0.93
12pm 0.21
3pm 0.41
11am 0.19
7pm 0.07
8pm 0.08
2pm 0.71
9am 0.61
6pm 0.85

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Chicago 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 256
February 236
March 290
April 278
May 239
June 145
July 159
August 160
September 152
October 216
November 226
December 294

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Chicago 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 7.29
Tuesday 6.73
Wednesday 6.83
Thursday 7.31
Friday 7.46
Saturday 7.87
Sunday 7.5

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
United 0
American 0
Spirit 0
Southwest 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 20 142 4 168
10am 21 142 4 169
6am 16 145 4 166
4pm 15 141 5 162
1pm 17 144 4 168
8am 16 143 5 167
7am 21 142 4 169
12pm 13 143 5 160
3pm 14 144 5 165
11am 13 145 4 164
7pm 26 142 5 175
8pm 24 143 4 172
2pm 21 144 4 169
9am 16 144 5 166
6pm 28 141 4 175
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.