Orlando International in August 2025

68.0%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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 12,746 domestic departures from Orlando International (MCO). 68.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 66.8% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so MCO departures were 8.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 12,173 departures with 66.5% leaving on time: a change of +1.5 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at MCO that month were on time 68.2% of the time (12,746 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, national aviation system 22% and air carrier 21%.

On time 66.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 32.1%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2025	Aug 2024	MCO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2025
Departed on time	68.0%	66.5%	72.3%	76.8%
Arrived on time	66.8%	66.1%	73.0%	76.3%
Cancelled	0.8%	3.1%	1.7%	1.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	26.8 min	24.7 min	19.6 min	17.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	425	406	440	20,079
Scheduled departures	12,746	12,173	160,601	602,378

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	3,493	27%	66.7%	17.6 min	0.4%
NK Spirit Airlines	1,700	13%	64.6%	19.9 min	0.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	1,637	13%	72.8%	17.6 min	1.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	1,626	13%	65.1%	21.7 min	0.5%
AA American Airlines	1,502	12%	60.9%	29.7 min	1.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines	1,331	10%	68.5%	15.8 min	1.4%
UA United Airlines	1,127	9%	71.8%	20.8 min	0.8%
AS Alaska Airlines	204	2%	57.4%	25.5 min	2.0%
YX Republic Airline	93	1%	75.3%	2.1 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	28	0%	50.0%	75.6 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	5	0%	40.0%	33.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MCO–ATL	Orlando to Atlanta	634	66.2%	23.1 min	0.3%
MCO–SJU	Orlando to San Juan	525	65.3%	22.5 min	0.4%
MCO–EWR	Orlando to Newark	512	61.9%	31.9 min	0.8%
MCO–ORD	Orlando to Chicago	494	63.6%	25.7 min	2.2%
MCO–PHL	Orlando to Philadelphia	455	69.9%	13.9 min	0.2%
MCO–JFK	Orlando to New York	434	65.7%	23.0 min	1.4%
MCO–LGA	Orlando to New York	434	65.9%	18.1 min	2.1%
MCO–CLT	Orlando to Charlotte	397	68.3%	19.7 min	0.3%
MCO–DCA	Orlando to Washington	386	58.0%	29.9 min	1.3%
MCO–DFW	Orlando to Dallas/Fort Worth	370	55.7%	34.2 min	3.0%
MCO–BWI	Orlando to Baltimore	363	63.9%	17.1 min	0.6%
MCO–DEN	Orlando to Denver	358	67.0%	17.9 min	0.8%

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), August 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	20.8%	33.1%	69,181
Late-arriving aircraft	40.8%	40.5%	135,487
National Aviation System	22.1%	19.2%	73,289
Extreme weather	16.2%	7.0%	53,713
Security	0.2%	0.1%	524

332,194 delay minutes on 4,094 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 August 2025?

68.0% of 12,746 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 66.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2024, 66.5% of 12,173 departures left on time and 3.1% were cancelled, against 68.0% and 0.8% in August 2025.

Provenance

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