On-Time Report

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Airport month · April 2025

Orlando International in April 2025

80.8%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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 14,194 domestic departures from Orlando International (MCO). 80.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.8% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so MCO departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 14,178 departures with 78.2% leaving on time: a change of +2.6 points, with flights up 0%.

Flights arriving at MCO that month were on time 80.7% of the time (14,183 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 36%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 26%.

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

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

MeasureApr 2025Apr 2024MCO, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Apr 2025
Departed on time80.8%78.2%72.3%80.6%
Arrived on time80.8%78.5%73.0%79.5%
Cancelled0.4%1.1%1.7%0.8%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)13.6 min15.9 min19.6 min14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day47347344019,465
Scheduled departures14,19414,178160,601583,950

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines3,88927%81.1%2.8 min0.2%
DL Delta Air Lines1,86513%81.0%3.7 min0.7%
F9 Frontier Airlines1,77312%76.9%8.5 min0.7%
AA American Airlines1,69112%80.1%7.9 min0.6%
NK Spirit Airlines1,67112%85.0%0.2 min0.1%
B6 JetBlue Airways1,65212%79.1%4.2 min0.2%
UA United Airlines1,2729%81.1%4.2 min0.5%
AS Alaska Airlines2512%87.6%-10.8 min0.4%
YX Republic Airline921%83.7%4.1 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air380%84.2%4.8 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
MCO–ATLOrlando to Atlanta72477.5%7.6 min1.4%
MCO–EWROrlando to Newark56567.3%23.4 min0.7%
MCO–PHLOrlando to Philadelphia54676.7%15.5 min0.5%
MCO–BOSOrlando to Boston50180.4%4.4 min0.0%
MCO–JFKOrlando to New York48973.8%5.4 min0.6%
MCO–ORDOrlando to Chicago48080.0%7.8 min1.0%
MCO–SJUOrlando to San Juan47482.9%7.6 min0.6%
MCO–BWIOrlando to Baltimore46579.4%4.2 min0.6%
MCO–LGAOrlando to New York44779.2%2.5 min0.4%
MCO–CLTOrlando to Charlotte42886.2%-0.8 min0.0%
MCO–DCAOrlando to Washington38575.6%10.7 min0.0%
MCO–DFWOrlando to Dallas/Fort Worth38073.7%11.2 min1.3%

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), April 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Apr 2025Minutes
Air carrier33.0%32.7%57,828
Late-arriving aircraft36.3%39.4%63,588
National Aviation System26.2%22.2%45,979
Extreme weather3.8%5.5%6,680
Security0.7%0.2%1,266
175,341 delay minutes on 2,640 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 April 2025?

80.8% of 14,194 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2024, 78.2% of 14,178 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 80.8% and 0.4% in April 2025.

Provenance

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