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Airport month · December 2024
Orlando International in December 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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 13,621 domestic departures from Orlando International (MCO). 76.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.3% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so MCO departures were 1.4 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 15,112 departures with 76.0% leaving on time: a change of +0.4 points, with flights down 10%.
Flights arriving at MCO that month were on time 76.3% of the time (13,640 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 18%.
- On time 78.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.1%
- Cancelled 0.4%
- Diverted 0.2%
December 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | MCO, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 76.4% | 76.0% | 72.3% | 77.8% |
| Arrived on time | 78.3% | 78.2% | 73.0% | 78.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.4% | 0.3% | 1.7% | 0.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 16.9 min | 15.4 min | 19.6 min | 16.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 454 | 504 | 440 | 19,686 |
| Scheduled departures | 13,621 | 15,112 | 160,601 | 590,581 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 3,707 | 27% | 80.1% | 4.6 min | 0.2% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 1,936 | 14% | 78.6% | 7.7 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 1,737 | 13% | 81.8% | 1.6 min | 0.4% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 1,685 | 12% | 70.4% | 16.3 min | 0.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 1,621 | 12% | 78.7% | 7.4 min | 0.7% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 1,409 | 10% | 80.1% | 3.0 min | 0.4% |
| UA United Airlines | 1,248 | 9% | 78.4% | 8.4 min | 0.9% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 246 | 2% | 66.7% | 15.1 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 32 | 0% | 78.1% | 2.2 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCO–ATL | Orlando to Atlanta | 726 | 74.2% | 8.7 min | 0.0% |
| MCO–EWR | Orlando to Newark | 638 | 71.8% | 12.0 min | 0.5% |
| MCO–SJU | Orlando to San Juan | 604 | 79.5% | 5.3 min | 0.0% |
| MCO–LGA | Orlando to New York | 481 | 78.8% | 8.5 min | 0.0% |
| MCO–BOS | Orlando to Boston | 478 | 73.6% | 11.4 min | 0.8% |
| MCO–PHL | Orlando to Philadelphia | 468 | 76.7% | 7.5 min | 0.0% |
| MCO–CLT | Orlando to Charlotte | 456 | 83.8% | 2.0 min | 0.0% |
| MCO–JFK | Orlando to New York | 453 | 70.4% | 19.8 min | 0.7% |
| MCO–BWI | Orlando to Baltimore | 424 | 84.2% | -1.2 min | 0.2% |
| MCO–ORD | Orlando to Chicago | 424 | 80.0% | 3.7 min | 0.2% |
| MCO–DFW | Orlando to Dallas/Fort Worth | 415 | 72.5% | 10.3 min | 3.1% |
| MCO–DEN | Orlando to Denver | 401 | 84.3% | 3.8 min | 0.5% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MCO on time in December 2024?
76.4% of 13,621 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2023, 76.0% of 15,112 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 76.4% and 0.4% in December 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.