EWR to RSW: Distance and Flight Time

How far is it from Newark to Fort Myers?

The great-circle distance between Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) and Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) is 1,722 km (1,070 mi, 930 nautical miles). That is the straight-line distance; a real flight is a little longer because of air-traffic routing.

How long is the flight from EWR to RSW?

A nonstop flight typically takes about 2h 40m. This is an estimate from the distance; actual block times depend on the aircraft, winds and the exact routing. RSW is roughly southwest of EWR.

How is the EWR to RSW route written in code?

The pair is written EWR-RSW in IATA codes and KEWR-KRSW in ICAO codes, the form used on a flight plan. Newark Liberty International Airport is EWR (KEWR), Southwest Florida International Airport is RSW (KRSW).

Both ICAO codes start with K, the prefix ICAO assigns to the contiguous United States, so this is a route inside one ICAO region. How ICAO prefixes are laid out.

The two fields sit at almost the same height, within 12 ft (4 m) of each other.

Airlines flying EWR to RSW

2 airlines appear on this route in the open route dataset, 2 of them still listed as active. Each row gives the IATA code, the ICAO code and the radio callsign, which is what an air traffic controller hears:

Route and carrier data comes from the OpenFlights open dataset, regenerated here on 3 July 2026. It is a historical snapshot of scheduled connections, not a live schedule, and it includes codeshare listings, so some carriers shown may no longer operate the route or exist. How we build this · Data and sources.

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