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Airport month · August 2024
Orlando International in August 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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 12,173 domestic departures from Orlando International (MCO). 66.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 66.1% reached their destination on time; 3.1% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so MCO departures were 8.9 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 13,360 departures with 66.4% leaving on time: a change of +0.1 points, with flights down 9%.
Flights arriving at MCO that month were on time 67.4% of the time (12,174 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 24%.
- On time 66.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 30.5%
- Cancelled 3.1%
- Diverted 0.3%
August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2024 | Aug 2023 | MCO, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 66.5% | 66.4% | 72.3% | 75.4% |
| Arrived on time | 66.1% | 66.2% | 73.0% | 74.7% |
| Cancelled | 3.1% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 2.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 24.7 min | 26.9 min | 19.6 min | 18.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 406 | 445 | 440 | 20,634 |
| Scheduled departures | 12,173 | 13,360 | 160,601 | 619,025 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 3,240 | 27% | 68.7% | 11.4 min | 2.4% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 1,816 | 15% | 68.2% | 14.5 min | 2.9% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 1,700 | 14% | 67.5% | 19.6 min | 2.2% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 1,497 | 12% | 58.0% | 29.3 min | 3.6% |
| AA American Airlines | 1,411 | 12% | 62.6% | 24.4 min | 4.7% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 1,244 | 10% | 66.5% | 17.5 min | 2.8% |
| UA United Airlines | 1,034 | 8% | 69.1% | 13.0 min | 4.4% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 201 | 2% | 63.7% | 13.3 min | 2.5% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 30 | 0% | 60.0% | 38.4 min | 3.3% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCO–ATL | Orlando to Atlanta | 708 | 63.1% | 21.6 min | 1.3% |
| MCO–SJU | Orlando to San Juan | 506 | 74.5% | 10.5 min | 1.0% |
| MCO–PHL | Orlando to Philadelphia | 460 | 55.2% | 30.7 min | 6.3% |
| MCO–EWR | Orlando to Newark | 454 | 58.6% | 21.2 min | 8.4% |
| MCO–BWI | Orlando to Baltimore | 453 | 58.1% | 19.5 min | 5.1% |
| MCO–CLT | Orlando to Charlotte | 429 | 67.1% | 15.2 min | 4.2% |
| MCO–JFK | Orlando to New York | 419 | 57.3% | 32.8 min | 6.0% |
| MCO–DCA | Orlando to Washington | 395 | 60.0% | 35.5 min | 2.8% |
| MCO–BOS | Orlando to Boston | 389 | 57.8% | 27.1 min | 4.1% |
| MCO–LGA | Orlando to New York | 381 | 61.9% | 20.6 min | 5.5% |
| MCO–ORD | Orlando to Chicago | 369 | 65.0% | 14.5 min | 3.3% |
| MCO–DFW | Orlando to Dallas/Fort Worth | 365 | 64.1% | 20.9 min | 2.2% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MCO on time in August 2024?
66.5% of 12,173 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 66.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2023, 66.4% of 13,360 departures left on time and 1.7% were cancelled, against 66.5% and 3.1% in August 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.