Orlando International in July 2026

63.6%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 July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 13,136 domestic departures from Orlando International (MCO). 63.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 66.2% reached their destination on time; 2.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so MCO departures were 5.2 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 13,579 departures with 65.7% leaving on time: a change of −2.1 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at MCO that month were on time 64.5% of the time (13,137 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 23% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 66.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 30.8%
Cancelled 2.4%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2026	Jul 2025	MCO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2026
Departed on time	63.6%	65.7%	72.3%	68.8%
Arrived on time	66.2%	65.5%	73.0%	69.4%
Cancelled	2.4%	1.8%	1.7%	2.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	28.6 min	28.7 min	19.6 min	24.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	438	453	440	21,066
Scheduled departures	13,136	13,579	160,601	631,970

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	4,492	34%	67.8%	14.8 min	0.7%
F9 Frontier Airlines	1,977	15%	65.6%	19.8 min	2.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	1,825	14%	66.2%	21.1 min	2.4%
AA American Airlines	1,724	13%	66.7%	25.9 min	2.1%
B6 JetBlue Airways	1,715	13%	57.2%	29.7 min	6.9%
UA United Airlines	1,180	9%	72.8%	10.1 min	2.5%
AS Alaska Airlines	184	1%	71.2%	2.6 min	1.6%
G4 Allegiant Air	39	0%	66.7%	19.2 min	2.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MCO–ATL	Orlando to Atlanta	693	61.0%	26.8 min	2.2%
MCO–SJU	Orlando to San Juan	645	69.1%	15.7 min	2.0%
MCO–DFW	Orlando to Dallas/Fort Worth	439	68.1%	18.4 min	0.9%
MCO–ORD	Orlando to Chicago	438	68.0%	18.6 min	1.8%
MCO–PHL	Orlando to Philadelphia	426	54.7%	47.2 min	4.9%
MCO–CLT	Orlando to Charlotte	403	71.0%	18.1 min	1.2%
MCO–BWI	Orlando to Baltimore	398	62.1%	19.7 min	5.0%
MCO–DEN	Orlando to Denver	398	80.2%	2.4 min	0.8%
MCO–JFK	Orlando to New York	390	54.6%	34.1 min	11.0%
MCO–DCA	Orlando to Washington	387	57.9%	28.2 min	5.9%
MCO–EWR	Orlando to Newark	385	59.0%	26.9 min	8.1%
MCO–LGA	Orlando to New York	358	49.7%	41.8 min	8.9%

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), July 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	23.3%	31.7%	78,037
Late-arriving aircraft	46.6%	41.8%	155,987
National Aviation System	22.7%	19.9%	75,862
Extreme weather	7.2%	6.5%	24,149
Security	0.3%	0.1%	890

334,925 delay minutes on 4,049 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 July 2026?

63.6% of 13,136 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 66.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025, 65.7% of 13,579 departures left on time and 1.8% were cancelled, against 63.6% and 2.4% in July 2026.

Provenance

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