RSW

Southwest Florida International Airport

ICAO KRSW26.5347°N 81.7528°W30 ft / 9 mLarge airport
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Southwest Florida International Airport (IATA: RSW, ICAO: KRSW) is a large airport in Fort Myers, Florida, United States. It opened in 1983. It has one runway, 12,000 ft (3,658 m) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 11.0 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1983–1983
1983
OpenedSouthwest Florida International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
Concourse DConcourse CConcourse B
06/24054° / 234° · LIT
LENGTH12,000 ft3,658 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
8.0M
8.3M
8.5M
8.7M
9.3M
10.1M
5.9M
10.2M
10.3M
10.0M
10.9M
11.0M
141516171819202122232425

Routes

30 destinations · 3 countries
2,500 km5,000 km7,500 km2,500 mi5,000 miATL · Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · 516 mi / 830 kmUSA · Concord-Padgett Regional Airport · 615 mi / 989 kmCVG · Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport · 881 mi / 1,418 kmILG · Wilmington Airport · 975 mi / 1,569 kmPHL · Philadelphia International Airport · 995 mi / 1,601 kmDTX · McKinney National Airport · 999 mi / 1,608 kmCLE · Cleveland Hopkins International Airport · 1,028 mi / 1,654 kmABE · Lehigh Valley International Airport · 1,040 mi / 1,674 kmJFK · John F. Kennedy International Airport · 1,076 mi / 1,732 kmLGA · LaGuardia Airport · 1,082 mi / 1,742 kmDTW · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · 1,087 mi / 1,750 kmORD · Chicago O'Hare International Airport · 1,123 mi / 1,807 kmHVN · Tweed New Haven Airport · 1,136 mi / 1,828 kmFNT · Bishop International Airport · 1,141 mi / 1,836 kmYYZ · Toronto Pearson International Airport · 1,191 mi / 1,916 kmDSM · Des Moines International Airport · 1,238 mi / 1,992 kmBOS · Boston Logan International Airport · 1,251 mi / 2,013 kmATW · Appleton International Airport · 1,281 mi / 2,062 kmMSP · Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field · 1,418 mi / 2,282 kmDEN · Denver International Airport · 1,606 mi / 2,584 kmFRA · Frankfurt Main Airport · 4,849 mi / 7,803 kmIND · Indianapolis International Airport · 948 mi / 1,525 kmAUS · Austin Bergstrom International Airport · 999 mi / 1,607 kmTTN · Trenton Mercer Airport · 1,030 mi / 1,657 kmISP · Long Island MacArthur Airport · 1,102 mi / 1,774 kmBUF · Buffalo Niagara International Airport · 1,146 mi / 1,845 kmGRR · Gerald R. Ford International Airport · 1,149 mi / 1,849 kmYOW · Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport · 1,341 mi / 2,158 kmYUL · Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport · 1,381 mi / 2,222 kmSLC · Salt Lake City International Airport · 1,983 mi / 3,192 kmFRASLCMSPYULFNTHVNDTXCVGUSAATLDENATWDSMYYZORDAUSILGBOSABECLEYOWGRRBUFISPDTWINDRSW
Year-round21
ATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, Delta Air Lines830 km516 miUSAConcord-Padgett Regional AirportUnited States · Avelo Airlines989 km615 miCVGCincinnati Northern Kentucky International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, Delta Air Lines1,418 km881 miILGWilmington AirportUnited States · Avelo Airlines1,569 km975 miPHLPhiladelphia International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines1,601 km995 miDTXMcKinney National AirportUnited States · Avelo Airlines1,608 km999 miCLECleveland Hopkins International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines1,654 km1,028 miABELehigh Valley International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,674 km1,040 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines1,732 km1,076 miLGALaGuardia AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines1,742 km1,082 miDTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines1,750 km1,087 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines1,807 km1,123 miHVNTweed New Haven AirportUnited States · Avelo Airlines1,828 km1,136 miFNTBishop International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,836 km1,141 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · WestJet, Porter Airlines, Air Canada Rouge1,916 km1,191 miDSMDes Moines International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,992 km1,238 miBOSBoston Logan International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines2,013 km1,251 miATWAppleton International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air2,062 km1,281 miMSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · Delta Air Lines2,282 km1,418 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines2,584 km1,606 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Discover Airlines7,803 km4,849 mi
Seasonal11
INDIndianapolis International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines1,525 km948 miAUSAustin Bergstrom International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines1,607 km999 miTTNTrenton Mercer AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines1,657 km1,030 miDTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines1,750 km1,087 miISPLong Island MacArthur AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines1,774 km1,102 miBUFBuffalo Niagara International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines1,845 km1,146 miGRRGerald R. Ford International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines1,849 km1,149 miYOWOttawa Macdonald-Cartier International AirportCanada · Porter Airlines2,158 km1,341 miYULMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportCanada · Porter Airlines2,222 km1,381 miMSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · Frontier Airlines2,282 km1,418 miSLCSalt Lake City International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines3,192 km1,983 mi
Most destinationsFrontier Airlines 13Delta Air Lines 9Avelo Airlines 4Allegiant Air 4Porter Airlines 3WestJet 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from RSW. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Southwest Florida International Airport” (revision of 23 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers11.0M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#198of 3,974 · #51 North America · #41 USLongest runway12,000 ft3,658 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=336of 29,823 · =85 North America · =75 USElevation30 ft9 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=40,403of 43,341 · =18,283 North America · =15,010 USAgeOpened 19832026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=8,564of 15,079 · =6,464 North America · =6,359 USRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =2,582 North America · =2,325 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

6 channels
A/DFORT MYERS APP/DEP119.750
ATISATIS124.650
CLDCLNC DEL132.075
GNDGND121.900
TWRFORT MYERS TWR128.750
UNICCTAF/UNICOM122.950