Orlando International in July 2025

65.7%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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 13,579 domestic departures from Orlando International (MCO). 65.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 65.5% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so MCO departures were 4.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 13,337 departures with 62.9% leaving on time: a change of +2.8 points, with flights up 2%.

Flights arriving at MCO that month were on time 64.5% of the time (13,570 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, national aviation system 27% and air carrier 24%.

On time 65.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 32.3%
Cancelled 1.8%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2025	Jul 2024	MCO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time	65.7%	62.9%	72.3%	69.7%
Arrived on time	65.5%	63.1%	73.0%	69.0%
Cancelled	1.8%	2.6%	1.7%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	28.7 min	31.0 min	19.6 min	24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	453	445	440	21,048
Scheduled departures	13,579	13,337	160,601	631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	4,134	30%	67.1%	15.1 min	1.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	1,740	13%	65.1%	23.4 min	2.4%
NK Spirit Airlines	1,633	12%	68.3%	14.3 min	1.2%
AA American Airlines	1,615	12%	59.8%	34.2 min	3.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	1,604	12%	60.8%	30.7 min	3.5%
F9 Frontier Airlines	1,310	10%	66.2%	16.9 min	1.8%
UA United Airlines	1,168	9%	69.1%	26.8 min	1.1%
AS Alaska Airlines	216	2%	66.7%	9.1 min	1.4%
YX Republic Airline	93	1%	72.0%	21.2 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	35	0%	48.6%	33.5 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	31	0%	80.6%	0.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MCO–ATL	Orlando to Atlanta	698	67.5%	23.6 min	0.9%
MCO–SJU	Orlando to San Juan	623	70.0%	15.9 min	0.5%
MCO–ORD	Orlando to Chicago	512	63.1%	24.0 min	1.0%
MCO–EWR	Orlando to Newark	480	55.6%	56.5 min	4.8%
MCO–DFW	Orlando to Dallas/Fort Worth	447	64.4%	22.5 min	2.2%
MCO–DEN	Orlando to Denver	438	66.9%	14.2 min	0.7%
MCO–JFK	Orlando to New York	433	51.3%	39.5 min	6.7%
MCO–PHL	Orlando to Philadelphia	428	57.9%	39.4 min	4.2%
MCO–BWI	Orlando to Baltimore	414	61.1%	23.1 min	4.1%
MCO–LGA	Orlando to New York	404	55.4%	33.0 min	7.2%
MCO–CLT	Orlando to Charlotte	403	69.7%	18.2 min	2.2%
MCO–DCA	Orlando to Washington	394	52.3%	47.8 min	3.6%

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), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	24.4%	31.1%	89,791
Late-arriving aircraft	38.5%	40.8%	141,789
National Aviation System	26.9%	20.7%	98,933
Extreme weather	10.1%	7.3%	37,315
Security	0.2%	0.1%	620

368,448 delay minutes on 4,380 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 July 2025?

65.7% of 13,579 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 65.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 62.9% of 13,337 departures left on time and 2.6% were cancelled, against 65.7% and 1.8% in July 2025.

Provenance

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