Orlando International in November 2023

80.8%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 14,325 domestic departures from Orlando International (MCO). 80.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.4% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so MCO departures were 5.2 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MCO that month were on time 82.4% of the time (14,333 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, late-arriving aircraft 38% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 81.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.4%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from MCO in November 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

November 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	MCO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	80.8%	—	72.3%	86.0%
Arrived on time	81.4%	—	73.0%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.2%	—	1.7%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.6 min	—	19.6 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	478	—	440	18,793
Scheduled departures	14,325	—	160,601	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	3,854	27%	84.5%	0.5 min	0.2%
NK Spirit Airlines	2,433	17%	69.8%	14.6 min	0.4%
F9 Frontier Airlines	1,856	13%	78.8%	6.2 min	0.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	1,739	12%	90.1%	-5.7 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	1,587	11%	75.6%	7.9 min	0.1%
AA American Airlines	1,488	10%	84.4%	5.0 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	1,138	8%	91.1%	-6.2 min	0.4%
AS Alaska Airlines	230	2%	79.6%	3.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MCO–ATL	Orlando to Atlanta	769	82.2%	4.2 min	0.3%
MCO–EWR	Orlando to Newark	647	83.9%	-0.3 min	0.3%
MCO–PHL	Orlando to Philadelphia	555	79.5%	7.8 min	0.2%
MCO–SJU	Orlando to San Juan	525	78.7%	3.5 min	0.0%
MCO–CLT	Orlando to Charlotte	503	81.5%	5.1 min	0.0%
MCO–BWI	Orlando to Baltimore	488	82.8%	1.5 min	0.6%
MCO–LGA	Orlando to New York	473	83.3%	-1.6 min	0.2%
MCO–BOS	Orlando to Boston	467	77.9%	5.1 min	0.0%
MCO–DCA	Orlando to Washington	445	83.1%	6.9 min	0.0%
MCO–ORD	Orlando to Chicago	428	81.1%	4.0 min	0.7%
MCO–DFW	Orlando to Dallas/Fort Worth	427	80.1%	4.2 min	0.0%
MCO–DEN	Orlando to Denver	380	86.6%	-3.5 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	41.5%	42.5%	64,380
Late-arriving aircraft	37.5%	37.3%	58,210
National Aviation System	19.0%	16.2%	29,510
Extreme weather	1.2%	3.7%	1,905
Security	0.7%	0.3%	1,069

155,074 delay minutes on 2,632 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left MCO on time in November 2023?

80.8% of 14,325 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for MCO · methodology · corrections.