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RSW Meaning

RSW Airport Meaning

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RSW Meaning:

RSW stands for Southwest Florida International Airport


Located in Fort Myers, Florida, RSW (Southwest Florida International Airport) is classified as a medium hub airport by the FAA. You can check out more of RSW's characteristics and attributes below, including its airport code, location indicator and location identifier.


Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) Characteristics:

      City: Fort Myers
      State: Florida
      FAA: Southwest Florida International Airport
      IATA: RSW
      ICAO: KRSW
      Role: P-M

The city and state are where the airport is located, although an airport is sometimes outside of the boundaries city in which it's listed.

The "FAA" refers to the airport's location identifier, which is assigned by the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration).

The "IATA" refers to the airport code, which is assigned by the IATA (International Air Transport Association). Airports usually share the same FAA and IATA, though some do not.

The "ICAO" refers to the airport's location indicator, which assigned by the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization).


RSW is a commercial airport, and as such, is designated as a primary (P) airport by the FAA. All primary airports, inlcuding RSW, are grouped into four categories (hubs) by the FAA:

      P-N: Nonhub airport (has more than 10,000 annual enplanements, but less than 0.05% of total U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-S: Small hub airport (between 0.05% and 0.25% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-M: Medium hub airport (between 0.25 and 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-L: Large hub airport (at least 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)

RSW meaning is Southwest Florida International Airport.

Southwest Florida International Airport can be abbreviated as RSW.

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