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Airport month · October 2025
Orlando International in October 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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 13,245 domestic departures from Orlando International (MCO). 77.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.1% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so MCO departures were 3.0 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 12,289 departures with 79.1% leaving on time: a change of −2.1 points, with flights up 8%.
Flights arriving at MCO that month were on time 77.6% of the time (13,244 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 29%.
- On time 75.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.2%
- Cancelled 0.6%
- Diverted 0.2%
October 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2025 | Oct 2024 | MCO, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 77.0% | 79.1% | 72.3% | 80.0% |
| Arrived on time | 75.1% | 81.4% | 73.0% | 79.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.6% | 7.6% | 1.7% | 0.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 17.0 min | 9.0 min | 19.6 min | 13.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 442 | 410 | 440 | 20,195 |
| Scheduled departures | 13,245 | 12,289 | 160,601 | 605,844 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 4,383 | 33% | 71.8% | 11.9 min | 0.5% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 1,687 | 13% | 79.7% | 8.6 min | 0.4% |
| AA American Airlines | 1,561 | 12% | 76.3% | 14.4 min | 0.6% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 1,495 | 11% | 75.2% | 11.2 min | 0.9% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 1,387 | 10% | 70.3% | 15.9 min | 0.5% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 1,268 | 10% | 80.9% | 4.7 min | 0.6% |
| UA United Airlines | 1,178 | 9% | 78.1% | 8.3 min | 0.3% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 182 | 1% | 76.9% | 6.9 min | 1.1% |
| YX Republic Airline | 75 | 1% | 89.3% | 0.7 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 29 | 0% | 44.8% | 36.5 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCO–ATL | Orlando to Atlanta | 663 | 75.4% | 11.4 min | 0.6% |
| MCO–EWR | Orlando to Newark | 541 | 68.0% | 21.4 min | 0.4% |
| MCO–ORD | Orlando to Chicago | 533 | 73.5% | 13.9 min | 0.6% |
| MCO–PHL | Orlando to Philadelphia | 457 | 72.0% | 13.7 min | 0.2% |
| MCO–SJU | Orlando to San Juan | 446 | 76.9% | 9.3 min | 0.4% |
| MCO–LGA | Orlando to New York | 424 | 68.2% | 18.5 min | 1.4% |
| MCO–DCA | Orlando to Washington | 397 | 74.3% | 9.2 min | 0.3% |
| MCO–CLT | Orlando to Charlotte | 392 | 81.6% | 6.2 min | 0.8% |
| MCO–DFW | Orlando to Dallas/Fort Worth | 386 | 75.4% | 7.0 min | 1.8% |
| MCO–JFK | Orlando to New York | 373 | 76.1% | 10.9 min | 1.1% |
| MCO–DEN | Orlando to Denver | 369 | 80.8% | 2.8 min | 0.3% |
| MCO–BWI | Orlando to Baltimore | 365 | 81.9% | 3.4 min | 0.5% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MCO on time in October 2025?
77.0% of 13,245 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2024, 79.1% of 12,289 departures left on time and 7.6% were cancelled, against 77.0% and 0.6% in October 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.