Melbourne Orlando International in September 2023

88.6%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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 210 domestic departures from Melbourne Orlando International (MLB). 88.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.1% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so MLB departures were 8.1 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MLB that month were on time 85.7% of the time (210 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 55%, extreme weather 22% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 87.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.9%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	MLB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	88.6%	—	81.0%	80.5%
Arrived on time	87.1%	—	82.6%	80.1%
Cancelled	1.0%	—	2.0%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.5 min	—	16.3 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	—	8	18,978
Scheduled departures	210	—	2,890	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	114	54%	91.2%	-6.8 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	88	42%	80.7%	-0.6 min	2.3%
G4 Allegiant Air	8	4%	100.0%	-8.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MLB–ATL	Melbourne to Atlanta	114	91.2%	-6.8 min	0.0%
MLB–CLT	Melbourne to Charlotte	88	80.7%	-0.6 min	2.3%
MLB–PIT	Melbourne to Pittsburgh	8	100.0%	-8.2 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), September 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	5.3%	36.4%	68
Late-arriving aircraft	55.3%	38.3%	710
National Aviation System	17.9%	19.9%	230
Extreme weather	21.6%	5.1%	277
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,285 delay minutes on 25 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 September 2023?

88.6% of 210 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 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 September 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.