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Airport month · April 2024
Orlando International in April 2024
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 April 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 14,178 domestic departures from Orlando International (MCO). 78.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.5% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.2% arrived on time, so MCO departures were 2.3 points below the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at MCO that month were on time 79.6% of the time (14,170 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 18%.
- On time 78.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.1%
- Cancelled 1.1%
- Diverted 0.2%
April 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Apr 2024 | Year earlier | MCO, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Apr 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 78.2% | — | 72.3% | 80.5% |
| Arrived on time | 78.5% | — | 73.0% | 80.2% |
| Cancelled | 1.1% | — | 1.7% | 0.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.9 min | — | 19.6 min | 14.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 473 | — | 440 | 19,406 |
| Scheduled departures | 14,178 | — | 160,601 | 582,185 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 3,972 | 28% | 78.2% | 7.1 min | 0.8% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 2,240 | 16% | 78.0% | 5.3 min | 1.5% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 1,928 | 14% | 81.8% | 7.8 min | 0.4% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 1,570 | 11% | 76.2% | 7.5 min | 1.9% |
| AA American Airlines | 1,536 | 11% | 77.8% | 12.2 min | 1.4% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 1,460 | 10% | 77.1% | 7.5 min | 1.5% |
| UA United Airlines | 1,238 | 9% | 83.3% | 2.9 min | 1.1% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 234 | 2% | 63.7% | 14.4 min | 0.4% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCO–ATL | Orlando to Atlanta | 799 | 80.0% | 8.3 min | 1.0% |
| MCO–EWR | Orlando to Newark | 628 | 78.2% | 4.7 min | 1.8% |
| MCO–SJU | Orlando to San Juan | 515 | 78.8% | 6.4 min | 0.6% |
| MCO–ORD | Orlando to Chicago | 498 | 77.7% | 8.6 min | 1.0% |
| MCO–PHL | Orlando to Philadelphia | 473 | 77.8% | 8.3 min | 1.9% |
| MCO–BWI | Orlando to Baltimore | 467 | 79.7% | 5.3 min | 1.5% |
| MCO–CLT | Orlando to Charlotte | 459 | 76.7% | 7.5 min | 1.7% |
| MCO–DCA | Orlando to Washington | 450 | 77.3% | 7.6 min | 0.9% |
| MCO–BOS | Orlando to Boston | 434 | 76.7% | 8.4 min | 1.2% |
| MCO–LGA | Orlando to New York | 417 | 81.5% | 0.9 min | 2.4% |
| MCO–DFW | Orlando to Dallas/Fort Worth | 415 | 67.7% | 20.4 min | 2.9% |
| MCO–JFK | Orlando to New York | 402 | 79.6% | 6.2 min | 1.2% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MCO on time in April 2024?
78.2% of 14,178 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.2%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
April 2023 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 April 2024; 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.