Direct Flights from Detroit to Fort Myers
Fort Myers · Florida
Nonstop service from DTW to RSW on Delta, Frontier. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
63 cities have a nonstop to Fort Myers, Detroit among them.
How long to go to Fort Myers for, from Detroit
2h 40m in the air, 1,087 miles. That is a long weekend without much friction, though three nights beats two once you add the airport time at both ends.
With roughly 4 departures a day, you are not tied to one flight: if a meeting overruns or the weather turns, there is another one behind it.
About Fort Myers
Fort Myers is a booming town with great weather, entertainment and a casual feel in Southwest Florida. It was the winter home of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford, and it remains a popular spot for "snowbirds" from northern states.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Fort Myers
- Gasparilla Island State Park is a Florida State Park located south of Boca Grande on Gasparilla Island off Charlotte Harbor and Pine Island Sound.
- Cayo Costa State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Florida, on Cayo Costa, an island directly south of Boca Grande and just north of North Captiva Island, approximately 12 miles (19 km) west of Cape Coral.
- The Naples Zoo is a 43-acre zoo and historic botanical garden in Naples, Florida, United States.
- The Koreshan State Park is a state park in Estero, Florida located on U.S. Highway 41 at Corkscrew Road.
- The Southwest Florida Museum of History (SWFLM) is a history museum in Fort Myers, Florida. The museum is in historic downtown Ft. Myers, in a former Atlantic Coast Line Railroad depot at 2031 Jackson Street.
- The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium is a museum and aquarium devoted to seashells, conchology, and malacology, including the paleontological and archeological/anthropological aspects of the study of shel…
- The Baker Museum is part of Artis–Naples, a multidisciplinary organization that also is the home of the Naples Philharmonic, located at 5833 Pelican Bay Boulevard, Naples, Florida.
- Naples Botanical Garden is a 170-acre (69 ha) botanical garden located in Naples, Florida.
- The Edison and Ford Winter Estates contain a historical museum and 21 acre botanical garden on the adjacent sites of the winter homes of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford beside the Caloosahatchee River in Southwestern Florid…
- Stump Pass Beach State Park is a Florida State Park. The park includes the southern peninsula of Manasota Key, and two small islands to the east, Whidden and Peterson Key. The park is located in Englewood, Florida.
- Don Pedro Island State Recreation Area is a state park in the U.S. state of Florida.
- Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park is a Florida state park located on a barrier island on Florida's southwest coast near Naples, Florida, 6 miles west of I-75 in North Naples.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Fort Myers weather, compared with Detroit
25° warmer than Detroit on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Fort Myers 74°F · Detroit 33°F · 42° warmer
- April
- Fort Myers 85°F · Detroit 59°F · 26° warmer
- July
- Fort Myers 90°F · Detroit 84°F · 7° warmer
- October
- Fort Myers 86°F · Detroit 62°F · 24° warmer
Fort Myers is the steadier of the two, moving 17° between its coldest and warmest months where Detroit moves 51°.
Daily highs averaged from Meteostat station records (CC BY 4.0), measured at the nearest weather station to each city.
Planning a trip to Fort Myers
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Fort Myers is November–March, when daytime highs are a comfortable 74–80°F.
- How long to stay
- Fort Myers rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Gasparilla Island State Park, Cayo Costa State Park, and Naples Zoo and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Detroit to Fort Myers?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Detroit (DTW) to Fort Myers (RSW) on Delta, Frontier.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Detroit to Fort Myers?
- Delta, Frontier fly nonstop between Detroit (DTW) and Fort Myers (RSW).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Detroit to Fort Myers?
- There are about 4 nonstop departures per day (roughly 28 per week) from Detroit to Fort Myers.
- How far is Fort Myers from Detroit?
- Fort Myers is about 1,087 miles from Detroit by air.
- What is there to do in Fort Myers?
- Popular things to do include Gasparilla Island State Park, Cayo Costa State Park, Naples Zoo, Koreshan State Historic Site, and more.
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