Orlando International in January 2025

77.5%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 13,058 domestic departures from Orlando International (MCO). 77.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.7% reached their destination on time; 1.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so MCO departures were 1.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 14,296 departures with 70.6% leaving on time: a change of +6.9 points, with flights down 9%.

Flights arriving at MCO that month were on time 78.7% of the time (13,052 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 79.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.4%
Cancelled 1.6%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from MCO in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2025	Jan 2024	MCO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time	77.5%	70.6%	72.3%	79.3%
Arrived on time	79.7%	70.9%	73.0%	78.6%
Cancelled	1.6%	2.9%	1.7%	3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.3 min	20.1 min	19.6 min	14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	435	477	440	17,992
Scheduled departures	13,058	14,296	160,601	539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	3,493	27%	81.0%	-0.1 min	1.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	1,782	14%	74.0%	10.1 min	1.5%
AA American Airlines	1,617	12%	78.5%	4.2 min	2.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines	1,574	12%	81.6%	1.5 min	0.8%
NK Spirit Airlines	1,485	11%	84.8%	-3.4 min	2.6%
B6 JetBlue Airways	1,450	11%	78.6%	1.9 min	1.1%
UA United Airlines	1,293	10%	80.3%	5.0 min	1.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	253	2%	73.9%	2.8 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	78	1%	84.6%	1.7 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	33	0%	69.7%	2.6 min	6.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MCO–ATL	Orlando to Atlanta	673	72.7%	12.5 min	3.3%
MCO–EWR	Orlando to Newark	633	80.7%	-0.6 min	0.9%
MCO–SJU	Orlando to San Juan	527	77.2%	4.0 min	0.6%
MCO–LGA	Orlando to New York	482	78.6%	3.7 min	0.2%
MCO–PHL	Orlando to Philadelphia	436	80.0%	5.7 min	0.9%
MCO–CLT	Orlando to Charlotte	425	85.2%	-3.4 min	1.6%
MCO–BOS	Orlando to Boston	422	86.0%	-6.1 min	0.7%
MCO–ORD	Orlando to Chicago	420	81.9%	4.9 min	0.5%
MCO–BWI	Orlando to Baltimore	415	87.0%	-8.4 min	4.3%
MCO–DFW	Orlando to Dallas/Fort Worth	411	72.0%	9.4 min	5.4%
MCO–DEN	Orlando to Denver	402	77.6%	6.8 min	0.5%
MCO–DCA	Orlando to Washington	385	75.8%	1.1 min	5.2%

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), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	34.5%	36.2%	47,456
Late-arriving aircraft	43.7%	34.7%	60,141
National Aviation System	19.2%	19.9%	26,493
Extreme weather	1.7%	9.1%	2,282
Security	1.0%	0.2%	1,333

137,705 delay minutes on 2,404 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 January 2025?

77.5% of 13,058 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 70.6% of 14,296 departures left on time and 2.9% were cancelled, against 77.5% and 1.6% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.