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Airport month · May 2026
Orlando International in May 2026
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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 12,958 domestic departures from Orlando International (MCO). 74.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.8% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so MCO departures were 2.2 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 13,597 departures with 70.7% leaving on time: a change of +4.2 points, with flights down 5%.
Flights arriving at MCO that month were on time 78.0% of the time (12,953 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 22%.
- On time 77.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.3%
- Cancelled 0.7%
- Diverted 0.3%
May 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2026 | May 2025 | MCO, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 74.9% | 70.7% | 72.3% | 77.1% |
| Arrived on time | 77.8% | 69.3% | 73.0% | 77.6% |
| Cancelled | 0.7% | 0.6% | 1.7% | 0.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 16.0 min | 24.6 min | 19.6 min | 16.0 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 432 | 453 | 440 | 20,391 |
| Scheduled departures | 12,958 | 13,597 | 160,601 | 611,735 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 4,586 | 35% | 70.9% | 9.8 min | 0.8% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 1,877 | 14% | 80.9% | 4.5 min | 1.2% |
| AA American Airlines | 1,758 | 14% | 74.3% | 11.4 min | 0.8% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 1,625 | 13% | 86.0% | -4.0 min | 0.2% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 1,555 | 12% | 84.6% | 1.1 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 1,276 | 10% | 85.0% | 0.1 min | 0.3% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 198 | 2% | 78.8% | -1.1 min | 0.5% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 46 | 0% | 41.3% | 25.5 min | 19.6% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 37 | 0% | 73.0% | 5.6 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCO–ATL | Orlando to Atlanta | 723 | 75.5% | 10.7 min | 0.8% |
| MCO–ORD | Orlando to Chicago | 503 | 72.6% | 10.5 min | 0.6% |
| MCO–EWR | Orlando to Newark | 485 | 86.2% | -0.8 min | 0.2% |
| MCO–SJU | Orlando to San Juan | 476 | 79.4% | 5.5 min | 0.2% |
| MCO–PHL | Orlando to Philadelphia | 449 | 80.4% | 8.6 min | 0.2% |
| MCO–DFW | Orlando to Dallas/Fort Worth | 426 | 71.8% | 9.1 min | 2.8% |
| MCO–JFK | Orlando to New York | 399 | 83.5% | 2.0 min | 0.5% |
| MCO–CLT | Orlando to Charlotte | 395 | 82.0% | 8.8 min | 0.0% |
| MCO–DCA | Orlando to Washington | 395 | 76.5% | 4.4 min | 0.8% |
| MCO–LGA | Orlando to New York | 371 | 73.6% | 8.4 min | 1.9% |
| MCO–BWI | Orlando to Baltimore | 369 | 78.6% | 2.7 min | 0.8% |
| MCO–DEN | Orlando to Denver | 351 | 84.3% | -6.2 min | 0.6% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MCO on time in May 2026?
74.9% of 12,958 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In May 2025, 70.7% of 13,597 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 74.9% and 0.7% in May 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 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.