Melbourne Orlando International in August 2023

83.6%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 August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 226 domestic departures from Melbourne Orlando International (MLB). 83.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.3% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so MLB departures were 6.9 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MLB that month were on time 77.4% of the time (226 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 64%, extreme weather 17% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 82.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.5%
Cancelled 1.8%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from MLB in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	MLB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	83.6%	—	81.0%	76.7%
Arrived on time	82.3%	—	82.6%	76.9%
Cancelled	1.8%	—	2.0%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.1 min	—	16.3 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	—	8	20,100
Scheduled departures	226	—	2,890	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	124	55%	85.5%	-5.3 min	2.4%
OH PSA Airlines	93	41%	77.4%	24.6 min	1.1%
G4 Allegiant Air	9	4%	88.9%	-1.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MLB–ATL	Melbourne to Atlanta	124	85.5%	-5.3 min	2.4%
MLB–CLT	Melbourne to Charlotte	93	77.4%	24.6 min	1.1%
MLB–PIT	Melbourne to Pittsburgh	9	88.9%	-1.0 min	0.0%

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), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	4.7%	36.7%	199
Late-arriving aircraft	63.7%	42.2%	2,671
National Aviation System	14.4%	15.7%	602
Extreme weather	16.8%	5.1%	705
Security	0.3%	0.2%	13

4,190 delay minutes on 35 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 MLB on time in August 2023?

83.6% of 226 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for MLB · methodology · corrections.