# Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW / KRSW)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/krsw

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: RSW / KRSW
- FAA: RSW
- Type: Large airport
- Owner: Lee County Government
- Serves: Fort Myers, Florida, United States
- Opened: 1983
- Elevation: 30 ft / 9 m
- Coordinates: 26.5347, -81.7528
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 12,000 ft / 3,658 m
- Instrument procedures: 6 approaches, 4 departures, 3 arrivals
- Passengers: 11,031,580 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://www.flylcpa.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Florida_International_Airport (23 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1500002
- Weather station: KRSW
- Ident: KRSW

## Timeline

- 1983: Southwest Florida International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 12,000 ft / 3,658 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 054° / 234° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/06757AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 7,970,493 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 8,337,530 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 8,510,198 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 8,748,311 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 9,256,115 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 10,116,009 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 5,944,486 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 10,223,059 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 10,258,770 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 10,029,242 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 10,884,902 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 11,031,580 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

30 destinations in 3 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (21)

- [ATL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/katl.md) Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · United States · 516 mi / 830 km · Frontier Airlines, Delta Air Lines
- [USA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kjqf.md) Concord-Padgett Regional Airport · United States · 615 mi / 989 km · Avelo Airlines
- [CVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcvg.md) Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport · United States · 881 mi / 1,418 km · Frontier Airlines, Delta Air Lines
- [ILG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kilg.md) Wilmington Airport · United States · 975 mi / 1,569 km · Avelo Airlines
- [PHL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kphl.md) Philadelphia International Airport · United States · 995 mi / 1,601 km · Frontier Airlines
- [DTX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktki.md) McKinney National Airport · United States · 999 mi / 1,608 km · Avelo Airlines
- [CLE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcle.md) Cleveland Hopkins International Airport · United States · 1,028 mi / 1,654 km · Frontier Airlines
- [ABE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kabe.md) Lehigh Valley International Airport · United States · 1,040 mi / 1,674 km · Allegiant Air
- [JFK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kjfk.md) John F. Kennedy International Airport · United States · 1,076 mi / 1,732 km · Delta Air Lines
- [LGA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klga.md) LaGuardia Airport · United States · 1,082 mi / 1,742 km · Delta Air Lines
- [DTW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdtw.md) Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · United States · 1,087 mi / 1,750 km · Delta Air Lines
- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 1,123 mi / 1,807 km · Frontier Airlines
- [HVN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khvn.md) Tweed New Haven Airport · United States · 1,136 mi / 1,828 km · Avelo Airlines
- [FNT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfnt.md) Bishop International Airport · United States · 1,141 mi / 1,836 km · Allegiant Air
- [YYZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyz.md) Toronto Pearson International Airport · Canada · 1,191 mi / 1,916 km · WestJet, Porter Airlines, Air Canada Rouge
- [DSM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdsm.md) Des Moines International Airport · United States · 1,238 mi / 1,992 km · Allegiant Air
- [BOS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbos.md) Boston Logan International Airport · United States · 1,251 mi / 2,013 km · Delta Air Lines
- [ATW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/katw.md) Appleton International Airport · United States · 1,281 mi / 2,062 km · Allegiant Air
- [MSP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmsp.md) Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field · United States · 1,418 mi / 2,282 km · Delta Air Lines
- [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 1,606 mi / 2,584 km · Frontier Airlines
- [FRA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eddf.md) Frankfurt Main Airport · Germany · 4,849 mi / 7,803 km · Discover Airlines

### Seasonal (11)

- [IND](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kind.md) Indianapolis International Airport · United States · 948 mi / 1,525 km · Frontier Airlines
- [AUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kaus.md) Austin Bergstrom International Airport · United States · 999 mi / 1,607 km · Delta Air Lines
- [TTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kttn.md) Trenton Mercer Airport · United States · 1,030 mi / 1,657 km · Frontier Airlines
- [DTW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdtw.md) Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · United States · 1,087 mi / 1,750 km · Frontier Airlines
- [ISP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kisp.md) Long Island MacArthur Airport · United States · 1,102 mi / 1,774 km · Frontier Airlines
- [BUF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbuf.md) Buffalo Niagara International Airport · United States · 1,146 mi / 1,845 km · Frontier Airlines
- [GRR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgrr.md) Gerald R. Ford International Airport · United States · 1,149 mi / 1,849 km · Frontier Airlines
- [YOW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyow.md) Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport · Canada · 1,341 mi / 2,158 km · Porter Airlines
- [YUL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyul.md) Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport · Canada · 1,381 mi / 2,222 km · Porter Airlines
- [MSP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmsp.md) Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field · United States · 1,418 mi / 2,282 km · Frontier Airlines
- [SLC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kslc.md) Salt Lake City International Airport · United States · 1,983 mi / 3,192 km · Delta Air Lines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from RSW, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (8)

- F9 [Frontier Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/frontier-airlines) · 13
- DL [Delta Air Lines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-air-lines) · 9
- G4 [Allegiant Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/allegiant-air) · 4
- XP [Avelo Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/avelo-airlines) · 4
- PD [Porter Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/porter-airlines) · 3
- RV [Air Canada Rouge](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-canada-rouge) · 1
- 4Y [Discover Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/discover-airlines) · 1
- WS [WestJet](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/westjet) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 11.0M (2025) | #198 of 3,974 | #51 in North America | #41 in US |
| Longest runway | 12,000 ft / 3,658 m | =336 of 29,858 | =85 in North America | =75 in US |
| Elevation | 30 ft / 9 m | =40,463 of 43,403 | =18,292 in North America | =15,018 in US |
| Age | Opened 1983 | =8,556 of 15,079 | =6,455 in North America | =6,350 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | FORT MYERS APP/DEP | 119.750 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 124.650 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 132.075 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| TWR | FORT MYERS TWR | 128.750 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [FMY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfmy.md) Page Field · 7.7 mi / 12 km
- [APF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kapf.md) Naples Municipal Airport · 26 mi / 43 km
- [PGD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpgd.md) Punta Gorda Airport · 30 mi / 49 km
- [SRQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksrq.md) Sarasota Bradenton International Airport · 77 mi / 124 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Southwest Florida International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Southwest_Florida_International_Airport&oldid=1376374798), revision of 23 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/krsw/data