Orlando International in February 2025

79.0%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 12,575 domestic departures from Orlando International (MCO). 79.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.2% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so MCO departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 13,577 departures with 80.7% leaving on time: a change of −1.7 points, with flights down 7%.

Flights arriving at MCO that month were on time 77.8% of the time (12,573 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 24%.

On time 80.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.7%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	MCO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	79.0%	80.7%	72.3%	79.2%
Arrived on time	80.2%	78.7%	73.0%	77.9%
Cancelled	0.9%	0.3%	1.7%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.1 min	12.6 min	19.6 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	419	453	440	16,830
Scheduled departures	12,575	13,577	160,601	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	3,428	27%	82.4%	2.1 min	0.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	1,602	13%	78.0%	8.4 min	0.2%
F9 Frontier Airlines	1,568	12%	80.7%	-0.3 min	1.5%
AA American Airlines	1,544	12%	79.0%	6.2 min	1.6%
NK Spirit Airlines	1,445	11%	81.7%	3.1 min	1.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	1,428	11%	73.8%	9.4 min	2.0%
UA United Airlines	1,211	10%	83.9%	2.4 min	0.1%
AS Alaska Airlines	239	2%	80.3%	2.2 min	0.4%
YX Republic Airline	84	1%	78.6%	18.9 min	2.4%
G4 Allegiant Air	26	0%	61.5%	25.9 min	3.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MCO–ATL	Orlando to Atlanta	660	76.8%	9.0 min	0.2%
MCO–EWR	Orlando to Newark	560	79.3%	7.4 min	0.9%
MCO–LGA	Orlando to New York	462	79.7%	1.2 min	2.8%
MCO–BOS	Orlando to Boston	458	75.3%	6.6 min	2.2%
MCO–SJU	Orlando to San Juan	456	81.8%	4.1 min	0.4%
MCO–PHL	Orlando to Philadelphia	423	80.4%	4.1 min	2.1%
MCO–CLT	Orlando to Charlotte	405	85.4%	-3.6 min	1.5%
MCO–BWI	Orlando to Baltimore	394	82.7%	-0.6 min	0.8%
MCO–ORD	Orlando to Chicago	389	82.0%	4.6 min	0.0%
MCO–JFK	Orlando to New York	385	76.4%	7.1 min	1.0%
MCO–DEN	Orlando to Denver	377	87.0%	-3.0 min	0.3%
MCO–DFW	Orlando to Dallas/Fort Worth	372	78.8%	5.2 min	0.5%

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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	30.4%	33.9%	50,484
Late-arriving aircraft	44.6%	36.9%	74,109
National Aviation System	23.6%	22.5%	39,147
Extreme weather	1.2%	6.6%	1,915
Security	0.3%	0.1%	528

166,183 delay minutes on 2,350 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 February 2025?

79.0% of 12,575 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 80.7% of 13,577 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 79.0% and 0.9% in February 2025.

Provenance

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