Direct Flights from Washington to Fort Myers
Fort Myers · Florida
Nonstop service from BWI, DCA and IAD to RSW on American, Southwest, United. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
Which airports fly this route
Washington has 3 airports with nonstop service to Fort Myers. Fares differ by airport — each row opens that exact search on Kayak.
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- Find flights ↗BWIRSWBaltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall
- Find flights ↗DCARSWRonald Reagan Washington National
- Find flights ↗IADRSWWashington Dulles International
How rare is this nonstop?
63 cities have a nonstop to Fort Myers, Washington among them.
How long to go to Fort Myers for, from Washington
2h 20m in the air, 921 miles — a Friday-evening departure still leaves you most of the evening in Fort Myers. Two nights works.
With roughly 7 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 Washington
18° warmer than Washington on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Fort Myers 74°F · Washington 43°F · 31° warmer
- April
- Fort Myers 85°F · Washington 67°F · 18° warmer
- July
- Fort Myers 90°F · Washington 88°F · 3° warmer
- October
- Fort Myers 86°F · Washington 68°F · 18° warmer
Fort Myers is the steadier of the two, moving 17° between its coldest and warmest months where Washington moves 45°.
Daily highs averaged from Meteostat station records (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
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 Washington to Fort Myers?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Washington (BWI, DCA, IAD) to Fort Myers (RSW) on American, Southwest, United.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Washington to Fort Myers?
- American, Southwest, United fly nonstop between Washington (BWI, DCA, IAD) and Fort Myers (RSW).
- Which Washington airports have nonstop flights to Fort Myers?
- You can leave from 3 Washington airports: BWI (Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall) on Southwest; DCA (Ronald Reagan Washington National) on American; IAD (Washington Dulles International) on United.
- How many nonstop flights are there from Washington to Fort Myers?
- There are about 7 nonstop departures per day (roughly 49 per week) from Washington to Fort Myers.
- How far is Fort Myers from Washington?
- Fort Myers is about 921 miles from Washington 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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