Orlando International in December 2025

69.0%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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 14,287 domestic departures from Orlando International (MCO). 69.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.6% reached their destination on time; 1.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so MCO departures were 3.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 13,621 departures with 76.4% leaving on time: a change of −7.4 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at MCO that month were on time 70.1% of the time (14,279 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 70.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.8%
Cancelled 1.4%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	MCO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	69.0%	76.4%	72.3%	72.0%
Arrived on time	70.6%	78.3%	73.0%	71.9%
Cancelled	1.4%	0.4%	1.7%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.5 min	16.9 min	19.6 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	476	454	440	19,410
Scheduled departures	14,287	13,621	160,601	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	4,538	32%	70.4%	12.0 min	0.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	1,915	13%	71.3%	14.9 min	2.6%
B6 JetBlue Airways	1,727	12%	63.3%	21.2 min	1.7%
AA American Airlines	1,690	12%	73.6%	13.6 min	0.4%
F9 Frontier Airlines	1,432	10%	72.3%	10.5 min	1.7%
UA United Airlines	1,347	9%	81.5%	2.2 min	0.4%
NK Spirit Airlines	1,284	9%	62.3%	18.7 min	4.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	236	2%	76.7%	6.0 min	0.4%
YX Republic Airline	91	1%	67.0%	13.3 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	27	0%	55.6%	31.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MCO–ATL	Orlando to Atlanta	721	71.8%	14.2 min	1.7%
MCO–EWR	Orlando to Newark	608	69.1%	12.4 min	2.8%
MCO–ORD	Orlando to Chicago	553	65.8%	17.0 min	0.7%
MCO–SJU	Orlando to San Juan	535	68.8%	16.7 min	0.6%
MCO–LGA	Orlando to New York	466	58.6%	25.9 min	5.4%
MCO–PHL	Orlando to Philadelphia	447	64.7%	20.5 min	1.8%
MCO–JFK	Orlando to New York	446	64.3%	21.0 min	2.9%
MCO–BOS	Orlando to Boston	436	71.6%	14.0 min	1.8%
MCO–BWI	Orlando to Baltimore	423	74.2%	8.9 min	1.4%
MCO–DCA	Orlando to Washington	411	68.1%	22.1 min	0.5%
MCO–DFW	Orlando to Dallas/Fort Worth	410	77.1%	6.3 min	0.2%
MCO–DEN	Orlando to Denver	401	77.8%	4.7 min	0.5%

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), December 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	31.6%	33.3%	86,638
Late-arriving aircraft	47.9%	41.1%	131,470
National Aviation System	18.3%	19.1%	50,105
Extreme weather	2.0%	6.4%	5,594
Security	0.2%	0.2%	623

274,430 delay minutes on 3,976 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 December 2025?

69.0% of 14,287 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 76.4% of 13,621 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 69.0% and 1.4% in December 2025.

Provenance

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