Orlando International in September 2025

84.2%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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 11,256 domestic departures from Orlando International (MCO). 84.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.2% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so MCO departures were 1.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 10,764 departures with 83.8% leaving on time: a change of +0.4 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at MCO that month were on time 84.5% of the time (11,258 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 33%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 30%.

On time 84.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.4%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2025	Sep 2024	MCO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time	84.2%	83.8%	72.3%	83.1%
Arrived on time	84.2%	82.1%	73.0%	82.8%
Cancelled	0.2%	0.4%	1.7%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.5 min	9.9 min	19.6 min	12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	375	359	440	18,748
Scheduled departures	11,256	10,764	160,601	562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	3,278	29%	84.1%	0.9 min	0.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	1,525	14%	87.5%	-3.4 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	1,492	13%	86.1%	-4.0 min	0.5%
AA American Airlines	1,373	12%	79.4%	5.9 min	0.5%
B6 JetBlue Airways	1,185	11%	79.2%	4.0 min	0.4%
UA United Airlines	1,065	9%	87.0%	-2.8 min	0.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines	1,047	9%	87.1%	-6.9 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	175	2%	78.9%	0.4 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	90	1%	84.4%	1.7 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	26	0%	69.2%	35.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MCO–ATL	Orlando to Atlanta	564	83.3%	0.7 min	0.0%
MCO–EWR	Orlando to Newark	499	82.4%	1.0 min	1.0%
MCO–ORD	Orlando to Chicago	456	84.2%	0.0 min	0.2%
MCO–SJU	Orlando to San Juan	425	82.6%	3.4 min	0.0%
MCO–PHL	Orlando to Philadelphia	401	82.0%	0.4 min	0.2%
MCO–LGA	Orlando to New York	394	85.8%	-4.5 min	0.3%
MCO–DFW	Orlando to Dallas/Fort Worth	376	79.5%	8.9 min	1.1%
MCO–DCA	Orlando to Washington	359	76.3%	8.9 min	0.3%
MCO–BWI	Orlando to Baltimore	346	89.0%	-7.3 min	0.9%
MCO–JFK	Orlando to New York	346	86.1%	-6.1 min	0.3%
MCO–MIA	Orlando to Miami	346	82.7%	0.6 min	0.3%
MCO–CLT	Orlando to Charlotte	337	86.9%	-2.7 min	0.3%

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), September 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	30.4%	34.3%	31,766
Late-arriving aircraft	32.8%	37.4%	34,229
National Aviation System	30.2%	22.6%	31,496
Extreme weather	6.3%	5.6%	6,581
Security	0.4%	0.1%	381

104,453 delay minutes on 1,729 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 September 2025?

84.2% of 11,256 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 83.8% of 10,764 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 84.2% and 0.2% in September 2025.

Provenance

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