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Airport month · May 2025
Orlando International in May 2025
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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 13,597 domestic departures from Orlando International (MCO). 70.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.3% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so MCO departures were 6.0 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 13,837 departures with 70.9% leaving on time: a change of −0.2 points, with flights down 2%.
Flights arriving at MCO that month were on time 70.6% of the time (13,589 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, national aviation system 30% and air carrier 19%.
- On time 69.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 29.7%
- Cancelled 0.6%
- Diverted 0.3%
May 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2025 | May 2024 | MCO, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 70.7% | 70.9% | 72.3% | 76.7% |
| Arrived on time | 69.3% | 69.3% | 73.0% | 75.4% |
| Cancelled | 0.6% | 0.9% | 1.7% | 1.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 24.6 min | 22.0 min | 19.6 min | 17.5 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 453 | 461 | 440 | 20,188 |
| Scheduled departures | 13,597 | 13,837 | 160,601 | 605,648 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 3,978 | 29% | 69.4% | 15.2 min | 0.5% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 1,768 | 13% | 71.0% | 18.6 min | 0.2% |
| AA American Airlines | 1,682 | 12% | 67.5% | 26.5 min | 1.4% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 1,658 | 12% | 68.8% | 18.1 min | 0.8% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 1,513 | 11% | 65.7% | 21.9 min | 0.7% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 1,445 | 11% | 73.0% | 12.0 min | 0.4% |
| UA United Airlines | 1,215 | 9% | 69.0% | 20.7 min | 1.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 216 | 2% | 70.8% | 15.2 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 93 | 1% | 76.3% | 14.7 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 29 | 0% | 62.1% | 55.3 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCO–ATL | Orlando to Atlanta | 722 | 70.6% | 20.2 min | 0.0% |
| MCO–SJU | Orlando to San Juan | 524 | 77.7% | 11.3 min | 0.2% |
| MCO–EWR | Orlando to Newark | 511 | 41.1% | 63.4 min | 3.3% |
| MCO–PHL | Orlando to Philadelphia | 499 | 65.9% | 25.5 min | 1.0% |
| MCO–ORD | Orlando to Chicago | 478 | 71.1% | 18.5 min | 0.4% |
| MCO–CLT | Orlando to Charlotte | 437 | 76.2% | 7.4 min | 1.8% |
| MCO–LGA | Orlando to New York | 431 | 65.2% | 21.7 min | 1.4% |
| MCO–JFK | Orlando to New York | 429 | 66.7% | 20.4 min | 0.5% |
| MCO–BWI | Orlando to Baltimore | 424 | 69.8% | 15.3 min | 0.7% |
| MCO–DFW | Orlando to Dallas/Fort Worth | 412 | 59.2% | 37.0 min | 1.5% |
| MCO–DCA | Orlando to Washington | 390 | 57.2% | 35.7 min | 1.3% |
| MCO–BOS | Orlando to Boston | 368 | 64.7% | 17.3 min | 0.8% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MCO on time in May 2025?
70.7% of 13,597 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In May 2024, 70.9% of 13,837 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 70.7% and 0.6% in May 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 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.