Southwest Florida International Airport Map (Most Up-To-Date)

Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) runs as a long, single midfield terminal with an east–west spine: Doors 1–2 on the east end, Doors 5–6 on the west end, and a now-disrupted “center” where crossing is blocked. Within Fort Myers’ main airport complex, the west end acts like the operational hub, because most shuttles moved off the curb and into the parking-garage ground level accessed from Door 5.

Map Table

Terminal Node	Primary Use	Ground Transport Interface	Crosswalk Status
Door 1–2 (East)	Concourse B	quieter curb pickup	open
Door 3–4 (Center)	baggage claim mid-zone	blocked desire lines	closed
Door 5–6 (West)	Concourses C/D focus	garage-based GTC + TNC edge	Door 5 open / Door 6 closed

Southwest Florida International Airport Map Strategy

• Treat Door 5 as the default waypoint for anything shuttle-related: exit baggage claim, walk to Door 5, use Crosswalk 5, then follow blue garage signs to the correct bay.
• Use door-number precision to kill pickup ambiguity: coordinate arrivals by Door 1–2 (low congestion) versus Door 5–6 (high congestion), not by “baggage claim” or “terminal front.”
• Assume the center is a trap: Doors 3–4 can look “closest” from mid carousels, but the closed crosswalks force a lateral walk anyway—commit early to Door 2 (east) or Door 5 (west).
• For rideshare, minimize merge-chaos by standing upstream toward the Door 5/6 overlap instead of the far-west pinch point, and message the exact door number plus a visual identifier.

2026 Southwest Florida International Airport Map + Printable PDF

Construction-driven reroutes remain the defining feature at RSW in 2026, with shuttle operations consolidated into the parking garage ground level and the lower-level center crossings removed. The practical result is a door-number navigation system where Door 5 is the reliable “control point” for shuttles and west-side security access, while Door 6 concentrates rideshare pressure at the lane-merge choke.

Southwest Florida International Airport Overview Map 2026

Southwest Florida International Airport Concourse B Map 2026

Southwest Florida International Airport Concourse C Map 2026

Southwest Florida International Airport Concourse D Map 2026

2026 Southwest Florida International Airport Map Guide

What is the exact walking route and distance from Long-Term Parking to the terminal Arrivals Door 6 (using the pedestrian path around/near the garage)?

Walking takes about 800–1,000 feet (roughly 5–8 minutes) if you’re parked in the west-side Long-Term rows closest to the garage (Rows 1L/1M / Blue Lot area).

The clean route is: start in the west-side Long-Term section nearest the Short-Term Parking Garage → find the north–south sidewalk that runs along the west exterior edge of the garage → follow that sidewalk north toward the terminal (passing rental-car storage/garage-side areas) → stay on the same sidewalk until it deposits you at the west end of the lower-level curb by Arrivals Door 6. If you’re in the east Long-Term rows (Red Lot / Rows A–F), this walk stops being “direct” because you’ll be forced across the garage width or into active shuttle lanes.

Where is the precise shuttle pickup point for Long-Term Parking return (post-arrival), including the door number/curb segment passengers must walk to?

Waiting at the arrivals curb is not possible for Long-Term Parking shuttles in the current layout; the pickup is inside the parking garage ground level reached from Arrivals Door 5.

After baggage claim, walk to Door 5 on the lower level, exit to the curb, and immediately use Crosswalk 5 to cross into the Short-Term Parking Garage (Level 1 / ground floor). Once inside the garage, follow the overhead blue signs for “Long-Term Parking” to the shuttle bays/lanes aligned near the Taxi Dispatch Booth. That Taxi Dispatch Booth—positioned across from the Door 5/6 area—confirms you’re standing in the correct garage shuttle zone.

What is the exact location of the ‘odd/weird’ shuttle pickup/return area referenced during construction, and what landmark confirms you’re standing in the right place?

The “odd/weird” shuttle zone is the enclosed Ground Transportation Center on the parking garage ground level, not the open-air arrivals curb.

Reach it by exiting baggage claim at Door 5, using Crosswalk 5, and entering the Short-Term Parking Garage (Level 1). The space feels wrong because it’s a low-ceiling concrete deck with bus-style bays between columns rather than a curb. The confirmation landmark is the Taxi Dispatch Booth on the garage-side sidewalk across from the Door 5/6 area; if you can see the booth and overhead blue shuttle signs, you’re in the correct shuttle pickup/return zone.

On the arrivals curb, what is the exact door-number mapping (Doors 1–6) relative to baggage claim exits, so a rider can call out a door that matches their carousel side?

Doors 1–2 match the east baggage-claim carousels, Doors 5–6 match the west carousels, and the middle carousel zone must “choose a side” because the center crossings are blocked.

Baggage claim zone	Typical carousel group	Best exit doors to call out	Curbside pickup dynamic
East end	Carousels 1–2	Door 1 / Door 2	quieter, upstream
Mid zone	Carousel 3	Door 2 or Door 5	forced lateral walk either direction
West end	Carousels 4–6	Door 5 / Door 6	busiest, rideshare pressure at Door 6

What is the best ‘low-chaos’ waiting position for rideshare pickup on crowded days (e.g., ‘go to Door 6’), and what is the exact curb segment it corresponds to?

Standing at the Door 5/6 overlap is the lowest-chaos rideshare tactic because it keeps you inside the rideshare-acceptable west-end zone without planting you in the far-west lane-merge pinch point.

Exit at Door 6, but don’t stop at the far end where cars are merging; walk a short distance east (upstream) toward Door 5 until you’re at the boundary area where Door 6 foot traffic thins and drivers can still safely pull tight to the curb. This “Door 5/6 overlap” curb segment works best when you message the driver that exact position (Door 6, moved upstream toward Door 5) plus one visual identifier, so they spot you before getting trapped in the merge bottleneck just past the west end.

Where are the ground-level posted shuttle stops for parking shuttles, and what is the exact crossing point/median you use to reach them from the terminal curb?

Crossing at Doors 3, 4, or 6 is not possible on the lower level; the reliable way to reach the posted shuttle stops is Crosswalk 5 from Arrivals Door 5 into the garage ground level.

The shuttle stops are not curbside islands anymore—they’re garage “bays” marked by overhead blue signs on the ground floor of the Short-Term Parking Garage. From the terminal, exit Door 5, step directly into Crosswalk 5, and cross the inner roadway into the garage. Once inside, use the blue overhead signage to locate the correct bay/lane for Long-Term Parking (and other commercial shuttles), with the Taxi Dispatch Booth nearby as the easy “you’re here” anchor.

What is the exact point inside the terminal where the TSA queue begins (the physical choke point), and what is the walk distance from the main departures doors to that point?

The TSA queue begins at the first stanchion line inside the West Atrium, immediately past Departures Door 5, where the corridor narrows into the temporary Concourse C/D checkpoint entry.

From the outside drop-off curb at Door 5, walk through the automatic doors and continue roughly 50–100 feet to the first “back-and-forth” stanchions that form the true choke point (the point where people stop flowing freely and start stacking). If you’re dropped at Door 2 instead, the functional entry for Concourse C/D is still Door 5, so the inside-terminal walk from Door 2 to that West Atrium queue start is about 600 feet (around 3–5 minutes) before you even join the line.

What is the exact shortest path from TSA exit to the farthest end of the concourse, including the measured walk time/distance to the last gate cluster?

Walking to the farthest gate cluster takes about 12–15 minutes and roughly 2,600 feet (about 0.5 miles) from the West Atrium TSA exit to the end of Concourse D near Gate D10.

After clearing the West Atrium checkpoint, continue straight into the post-security connector, then follow the main concourse flow toward Concourse D. At the split, keep to the path feeding gates D4–D10 (straight/right) rather than peeling off early for D1–D3. The “last gate cluster” is at the extreme end of the concourse, beyond intermittent moving walkways; the best confirmation you’re on the long-haul path is that gate numbers continue stepping upward past D4–D6 toward D9–D10 as the corridor narrows into the far end.

What is the exact rental-car pickup location (on-airport vs shuttle) for the ‘maybe shuttle’ brands discussed, and what is the walking distance from baggage claim to that pickup point?

Most “maybe shuttle” brands at RSW are walk-up, on-airport counters in the Rental Car Service Center on the parking garage ground level, reached via Crosswalk 5, with a detoured side/rear entry that makes the walk about 500–600 feet (around 5–7 minutes) from mid baggage claim.

Brand type	Brands	Pickup method	Where you go from baggage claim
On-airport walk-up	Alamo, Avis, Budget, Dollar, Enterprise, Hertz, National, Payless, Sixt, Thrifty	walk	Door 5 → Crosswalk 5 → garage ground level → follow signs to side/rear entry
Off-airport shuttle	Fox (primary)	shuttle	Door 1/2 → Crosswalk 1 → east end of garage to the Fox pickup area

Where is the exact curbside pickup loop entry for private vehicles (non-rideshare), and what is the closest cell-phone/waiting alternative relative to that loop?

The private-vehicle pickup loop is entered from Terminal Access Road, and the closest “don’t-circle” waiting option is the Airport Plaza cell phone lot reached off that same approach before you rejoin the terminal loop.

Use Terminal Access Road to approach the terminal and follow airport signs for Arrivals / terminal curb pickup to enter the loop. Because the lower-level roadway is lane-reduced near the west end, the lowest-stress method is to stage in the cell phone lot at Airport Plaza (off Terminal Access Road via a left turn into the plaza area) until your passenger is physically at an agreed door number. If Airport Plaza is full, overflow staging is on Air Cargo Lane, which functions as the backup wait zone before re-entering the terminal access flow.

What is the exact baggage-claim carousel layout (carousel numbers/positions) and the walking distance from each carousel bank to Doors 1–6 for quick curb coordination?

Carousel geography follows the same east–west logic as the doors: Carousels 1–2 sit at the east end near Doors 1–2, Carousel 3 is centered but forced to choose Door 2 or Door 5, and Carousels 4–6 sit at the west end near Doors 5–6.

Carousel bank	Terminal position	Best doors to coordinate	Measured distance cues
Carousels 1–2	east end	Door 1 / Door 2	Carousel 1 → Door 1 ~50 ft
Carousel 3	center	Door 2 or Door 5	Carousel 3 → Door 2 ~100 ft; Carousel 3 → garage shuttle via Door 5/Crosswalk 5 ~450 ft
Carousels 4–6	west end	Door 5 / Door 6	Carousel 5 → Door 6 ~50 ft