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Airport month · September 2024
Orlando International in September 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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 10,764 domestic departures from Orlando International (MCO). 83.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.1% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so MCO departures were 0.6 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 12,265 departures with 73.4% leaving on time: a change of +10.4 points, with flights down 12%.
Flights arriving at MCO that month were on time 83.3% of the time (10,760 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 35%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 27%.
- On time 82.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.3%
- Cancelled 0.4%
- Diverted 0.2%
September 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Sep 2024 | Sep 2023 | MCO, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 83.8% | 73.4% | 72.3% | 84.4% |
| Arrived on time | 82.1% | 71.9% | 73.0% | 83.9% |
| Cancelled | 0.4% | 1.3% | 1.7% | 0.6% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 9.9 min | 22.1 min | 19.6 min | 10.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 359 | 409 | 440 | 19,421 |
| Scheduled departures | 10,764 | 12,265 | 160,601 | 582,622 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,941 | 27% | 83.8% | -0.3 min | 0.2% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 1,597 | 15% | 81.8% | 2.7 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 1,436 | 13% | 85.5% | -3.9 min | 0.6% |
| AA American Airlines | 1,264 | 12% | 78.9% | 6.8 min | 0.5% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 1,197 | 11% | 81.5% | 3.0 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 1,142 | 11% | 77.5% | 3.9 min | 1.5% |
| UA United Airlines | 990 | 9% | 85.3% | -1.8 min | 0.3% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 170 | 2% | 67.6% | 11.5 min | 2.9% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 27 | 0% | 66.7% | 17.6 min | 7.4% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCO–ATL | Orlando to Atlanta | 695 | 75.0% | 7.5 min | 0.6% |
| MCO–EWR | Orlando to Newark | 415 | 85.1% | -1.2 min | 0.2% |
| MCO–CLT | Orlando to Charlotte | 407 | 79.9% | 2.6 min | 1.5% |
| MCO–PHL | Orlando to Philadelphia | 407 | 72.2% | 11.2 min | 0.5% |
| MCO–SJU | Orlando to San Juan | 406 | 85.2% | -1.2 min | 0.0% |
| MCO–BWI | Orlando to Baltimore | 394 | 82.5% | -1.2 min | 0.5% |
| MCO–DCA | Orlando to Washington | 371 | 83.6% | 5.2 min | 0.0% |
| MCO–DFW | Orlando to Dallas/Fort Worth | 371 | 79.8% | 6.4 min | 0.3% |
| MCO–BOS | Orlando to Boston | 342 | 81.6% | 0.7 min | 0.0% |
| MCO–DEN | Orlando to Denver | 327 | 82.9% | 1.9 min | 0.0% |
| MCO–ORD | Orlando to Chicago | 320 | 80.0% | 0.4 min | 0.6% |
| MCO–LGA | Orlando to New York | 318 | 82.4% | -1.2 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MCO on time in September 2024?
83.8% of 10,764 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In September 2023, 73.4% of 12,265 departures left on time and 1.3% were cancelled, against 83.8% and 0.4% in September 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.