Orlando International in July 2024

62.9%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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 13,337 domestic departures from Orlando International (MCO). 62.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 63.1% reached their destination on time; 2.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so MCO departures were 5.6 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MCO that month were on time 63.8% of the time (13,337 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 63.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 33.9%
Cancelled 2.6%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from MCO in July 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

July 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jul 2024	Year earlier	MCO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2024
Departed on time	62.9%	—	72.3%	68.5%
Arrived on time	63.1%	—	73.0%	68.1%
Cancelled	2.6%	—	1.7%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	31.0 min	—	19.6 min	24.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	445	—	440	21,154
Scheduled departures	13,337	—	160,601	634,613

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	4,073	31%	63.9%	18.3 min	0.7%
DL Delta Air Lines	1,846	14%	57.8%	36.4 min	7.4%
NK Spirit Airlines	1,834	14%	65.2%	19.2 min	2.9%
AA American Airlines	1,529	11%	61.3%	34.6 min	2.2%
B6 JetBlue Airways	1,444	11%	61.5%	28.1 min	1.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	1,277	10%	69.2%	16.2 min	2.7%
UA United Airlines	1,082	8%	65.8%	19.2 min	4.1%
AS Alaska Airlines	217	2%	54.4%	30.5 min	0.9%
G4 Allegiant Air	35	0%	45.7%	68.7 min	5.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MCO–ATL	Orlando to Atlanta	728	51.5%	49.7 min	4.9%
MCO–SJU	Orlando to San Juan	624	69.7%	14.9 min	0.8%
MCO–EWR	Orlando to Newark	481	58.4%	29.0 min	4.4%
MCO–BWI	Orlando to Baltimore	453	63.6%	18.4 min	1.5%
MCO–DEN	Orlando to Denver	441	67.1%	12.8 min	1.8%
MCO–PHL	Orlando to Philadelphia	438	58.2%	36.1 min	2.7%
MCO–CLT	Orlando to Charlotte	433	61.2%	31.3 min	3.9%
MCO–DCA	Orlando to Washington	429	62.5%	30.7 min	2.3%
MCO–DFW	Orlando to Dallas/Fort Worth	422	60.4%	29.8 min	0.9%
MCO–JFK	Orlando to New York	401	62.8%	30.9 min	4.7%
MCO–ORD	Orlando to Chicago	394	61.7%	27.0 min	3.3%
MCO–LGA	Orlando to New York	371	58.0%	25.6 min	5.1%

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), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	30.3%	36.6%	116,717
Late-arriving aircraft	40.2%	42.7%	154,910
National Aviation System	20.6%	16.0%	79,340
Extreme weather	8.4%	4.6%	32,473
Security	0.4%	0.1%	1,712

385,152 delay minutes on 4,516 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 July 2024?

62.9% of 13,337 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 63.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 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 July 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.