On-Time Report

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Airport month · November 2024

Orlando International in November 2024

85.0%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 12,656 domestic departures from Orlando International (MCO). 85.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.8% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so MCO departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 14,325 departures with 80.8% leaving on time: a change of +4.2 points, with flights down 12%.

Flights arriving at MCO that month were on time 87.5% of the time (12,659 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 28%.

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

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

MeasureNov 2024Nov 2023MCO, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time85.0%80.8%72.3%85.2%
Arrived on time85.8%81.4%73.0%84.8%
Cancelled0.2%0.2%1.7%0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)9.2 min12.6 min19.6 min10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day42247844019,180
Scheduled departures12,65614,325160,601575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines3,58228%87.5%-3.8 min0.2%
DL Delta Air Lines1,74114%86.6%-1.6 min0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines1,60613%88.5%-4.7 min0.2%
B6 JetBlue Airways1,50112%83.7%0.0 min0.0%
AA American Airlines1,47512%86.7%-2.8 min0.5%
F9 Frontier Airlines1,36211%84.7%-1.2 min0.3%
UA United Airlines1,1749%81.6%5.1 min0.4%
AS Alaska Airlines1881%72.3%8.5 min0.5%
G4 Allegiant Air270%77.8%0.3 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
MCO–ATLOrlando to Atlanta70584.5%1.2 min0.0%
MCO–EWROrlando to Newark59068.1%15.8 min0.3%
MCO–SJUOrlando to San Juan52887.7%-2.0 min0.2%
MCO–PHLOrlando to Philadelphia45786.2%-2.1 min0.2%
MCO–LGAOrlando to New York45088.0%-4.4 min0.0%
MCO–BWIOrlando to Baltimore41486.5%-2.1 min0.2%
MCO–BOSOrlando to Boston41385.7%-3.7 min0.0%
MCO–JFKOrlando to New York40787.0%-1.5 min0.0%
MCO–DFWOrlando to Dallas/Fort Worth40481.9%-0.3 min1.7%
MCO–CLTOrlando to Charlotte39989.2%-5.3 min0.0%
MCO–DCAOrlando to Washington38085.0%-2.3 min0.3%
MCO–DENOrlando to Denver36485.7%-0.1 min0.8%

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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Nov 2024Minutes
Air carrier33.6%36.9%32,812
Late-arriving aircraft37.1%35.6%36,268
National Aviation System27.7%21.9%27,074
Extreme weather0.8%5.4%749
Security0.8%0.2%766
97,669 delay minutes on 1,747 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left MCO on time in November 2024?

85.0% of 12,656 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 80.8% of 14,325 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 85.0% and 0.2% in November 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 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.