Southwest Florida International
RSW · KRSW · Fort Myers, Florida · Lee County · map
Southwest Florida International is a public-use airport owned by the Board of Com Lee CO Port Auth, 10 miles southeast of Fort Myers, Florida, 30 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 12,000 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive) and about 5 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 95,179 takeoffs and landings a year. About 5,357,660 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KRSW · observed 5:53 pm EDT (21:53 UTC), 61 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-southwest (240°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 3,500 feet
- Temperature 83°F (28°C), dew point 76°F (24°C)
- Altimeter 29.84 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:32 pm EDT (17:32 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 9 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, showers nearby, scattered clouds at 3,000 feet, a broken layer at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 2:00 am EDT (06:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, overcast at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 5:00 am EDT (09:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, showers nearby, scattered clouds at 3,000 feet, overcast at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KRSW 062153Z 24008KT 10SM SCT035 28/24 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP101 T02830244
TAF KRSW 061732Z 0618/0718 22009KT P6SM VCSH SCT030 BKN250 FM070600 VRB03KT P6SM OVC250 FM070900 VRB03KT P6SM VCSH SCT030 OVC250
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA RSW · ICAO KRSW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Board of Com Lee CO Port Auth
- Elevation
- 30 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · 6:00 am to 12:00 am
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 1:00 am
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Miami sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1983
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 12,000 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 24: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 128.75 | Fort Myers |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Digital ATIS · Rsw and automated weather (ASOS) | 124.65 | Fort Myers |
| Clearance delivery | 120.8 | |
| Clearance delivery | 121.625 | |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace · Departure procedure (MOOKY) arriving from headings 121 to 180; Runway 06 | 124.125 | Fort Myers |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace · Pikkr and star arriving from headings 301 to 360; 5000 feet and below | 127.05 | Fort Myers |
| Clearance delivery | 132.075 | Fort Myers |
| Ground | 121.9 | Fort Myers |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace · Departure procedure (SCUBY) arriving from headings 181 to 240; Runway 24 | 119.75 | Fort Myers |
| Approach Runway 06; Runway 05/13 | 125.15 | Fort Myers |
| Departure procedure (ALICO) · Approach and departure · Approach Runway 06; arriving from headings 001 to 120 | 126.8 | Fort Myers |
| Departure procedure (ALICO) · Approach and departure · Class C airspace Runway 24; arriving from headings 241 to 300 | 134.425 | Fort Myers |
| Fort Myers Center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.75 | Fort Myers |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 239-416-1031.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 95,179, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Fort Myers from the FAA register
428 aircraft are registered to owners in Fort Myers, Florida: 321 piston singles, 41 piston twins, 24 business jets, 15 turboprops, 13 helicopters. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Florida.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 9 since 1982, 3 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 06 - the common traffic frequency. All other lights operates continuously.
- Fees for charter, travel clubs and revenue producing aircraft.
- U.S. customs user fee airport.
- No helicopter operations permitted on terminal apron.
- Lights on parallel road and parking lot northwest of runway 06/24 can be mistaken for runway and approach environment.
- Gnd clnc required prior to entering taxiway G.
- Runway use program in effect; use distant noise abatement departure profile. Visual approach to runway 06 west of Fort Myers beach maintain 3000 feet until crossing shoreline 12 NM southwest of airport. Runway 24 preferred between 10:00 pm to 6:00 am. For noise abatement procedure contact amgr.
- Caution: open baggage bays and const within terminal ramp area. Aircrews use minimum thrust settings in these areas, spcly durg single eng taxi. CROSS-BLEED starts only allowed aft reaching the tug release point.
- Traffic procd drctly to gate unless drctd by air traffic control; advise air traffic control if gate is not available.
- Departure - aircraft must obtain apvl from gnd control prior to pushback from gates B7, B9, C8, C9, D9 and D11. Pilots advise tug operators that you have obtained clnc from gnd control prior to entering taxiway G.
- Taxiway A5 between the FBO (fixed-base operator) ramp and taxiway a closed to aircraft wingspan more than 118 feet.
- Caution: glideslope ant 130 feet southwest of taxiway a centerline between taxiway A1 and taxiway A2.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.