Orlando International in January 2026

71.7%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 13,786 domestic departures from Orlando International (MCO). 71.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.4% reached their destination on time; 3.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so MCO departures were 3.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 13,058 departures with 77.5% leaving on time: a change of −5.8 points, with flights up 6%.

Flights arriving at MCO that month were on time 73.0% of the time (13,795 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 72.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.6%
Cancelled 3.9%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from MCO in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	MCO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	71.7%	77.5%	72.3%	75.6%
Arrived on time	72.4%	79.7%	73.0%	75.3%
Cancelled	3.9%	1.6%	1.7%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.7 min	13.3 min	19.6 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	460	435	440	18,133
Scheduled departures	13,786	13,058	160,601	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	4,148	30%	74.5%	5.4 min	2.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	1,870	14%	73.5%	9.4 min	3.2%
AA American Airlines	1,725	13%	68.1%	16.1 min	7.8%
NK Spirit Airlines	1,501	11%	67.1%	10.8 min	6.2%
B6 JetBlue Airways	1,440	10%	65.3%	14.8 min	5.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines	1,395	10%	72.6%	7.7 min	3.0%
UA United Airlines	1,380	10%	82.6%	0.5 min	1.6%
AS Alaska Airlines	228	2%	74.6%	6.4 min	0.4%
YX Republic Airline	68	0%	66.2%	12.3 min	2.9%
G4 Allegiant Air	31	0%	67.7%	36.7 min	3.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MCO–ATL	Orlando to Atlanta	701	75.6%	5.3 min	2.7%
MCO–EWR	Orlando to Newark	600	75.3%	7.0 min	4.5%
MCO–ORD	Orlando to Chicago	539	69.4%	11.1 min	2.4%
MCO–LGA	Orlando to New York	513	68.8%	10.2 min	5.7%
MCO–SJU	Orlando to San Juan	506	66.2%	16.8 min	4.0%
MCO–PHL	Orlando to Philadelphia	449	66.1%	18.4 min	6.9%
MCO–DFW	Orlando to Dallas/Fort Worth	441	68.7%	7.6 min	10.4%
MCO–BWI	Orlando to Baltimore	410	77.8%	0.1 min	4.4%
MCO–CLT	Orlando to Charlotte	410	68.5%	12.4 min	8.8%
MCO–BOS	Orlando to Boston	406	68.2%	11.0 min	5.9%
MCO–DEN	Orlando to Denver	388	82.5%	0.0 min	0.3%
MCO–DCA	Orlando to Washington	379	64.6%	16.8 min	6.9%

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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	35.3%	37.3%	75,704
Late-arriving aircraft	41.3%	35.0%	88,421
National Aviation System	20.4%	18.0%	43,637
Extreme weather	2.7%	9.6%	5,704
Security	0.3%	0.1%	730

214,196 delay minutes on 3,256 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 January 2026?

71.7% of 13,786 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 77.5% of 13,058 departures left on time and 1.6% were cancelled, against 71.7% and 3.9% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.