Orlando International in March 2025

78.7%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 15,071 domestic departures from Orlando International (MCO). 78.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.2% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so MCO departures were 1.2 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 15,650 departures with 69.0% leaving on time: a change of +9.7 points, with flights down 4%.

Flights arriving at MCO that month were on time 78.7% of the time (15,068 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, national aviation system 28% and air carrier 26%.

On time 76.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.2%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	MCO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	78.7%	69.0%	72.3%	79.9%
Arrived on time	76.2%	66.9%	73.0%	79.3%
Cancelled	1.2%	1.5%	1.7%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.3 min	23.8 min	19.6 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	502	522	440	20,029
Scheduled departures	15,071	15,650	160,601	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	4,230	28%	76.3%	8.5 min	1.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	1,900	13%	74.2%	16.7 min	0.7%
F9 Frontier Airlines	1,858	12%	74.7%	8.6 min	1.8%
NK Spirit Airlines	1,848	12%	78.6%	7.6 min	1.2%
AA American Airlines	1,756	12%	74.7%	15.7 min	2.1%
B6 JetBlue Airways	1,654	11%	76.2%	9.1 min	0.5%
UA United Airlines	1,407	9%	79.2%	9.4 min	0.4%
AS Alaska Airlines	279	2%	73.8%	6.8 min	1.4%
YX Republic Airline	93	1%	83.9%	9.5 min	1.1%
G4 Allegiant Air	46	0%	80.4%	18.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MCO–ATL	Orlando to Atlanta	760	72.8%	14.6 min	0.7%
MCO–EWR	Orlando to Newark	624	74.7%	11.8 min	1.1%
MCO–SJU	Orlando to San Juan	571	80.9%	3.4 min	0.9%
MCO–LGA	Orlando to New York	517	74.1%	10.2 min	1.4%
MCO–PHL	Orlando to Philadelphia	514	77.2%	13.4 min	1.4%
MCO–BOS	Orlando to Boston	493	75.1%	11.4 min	1.4%
MCO–ORD	Orlando to Chicago	482	75.9%	16.9 min	0.4%
MCO–BWI	Orlando to Baltimore	466	81.1%	1.6 min	2.8%
MCO–DEN	Orlando to Denver	463	77.5%	8.4 min	1.3%
MCO–DFW	Orlando to Dallas/Fort Worth	460	70.2%	16.3 min	3.5%
MCO–JFK	Orlando to New York	452	74.1%	16.0 min	0.9%
MCO–CLT	Orlando to Charlotte	445	77.1%	10.5 min	1.3%

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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	26.2%	33.0%	69,183
Late-arriving aircraft	42.1%	39.2%	111,090
National Aviation System	27.5%	21.9%	72,588
Extreme weather	4.1%	5.9%	10,712
Security	0.2%	0.1%	523

264,096 delay minutes on 3,351 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 March 2025?

78.7% of 15,071 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 69.0% of 15,650 departures left on time and 1.5% were cancelled, against 78.7% and 1.2% in March 2025.

Provenance

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