Melbourne Orlando International in October 2023

95.5%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 220 domestic departures from Melbourne Orlando International (MLB). 95.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 95.5% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so MLB departures were 11.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MLB that month were on time 91.8% of the time (220 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, extreme weather 35% and air carrier 10%.

On time 95.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 4.1%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	MLB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	95.5%	—	81.0%	83.8%
Arrived on time	95.5%	—	82.6%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	2.0%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	5.6 min	—	16.3 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	—	8	19,966
Scheduled departures	220	—	2,890	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	120	55%	96.7%	-9.1 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	91	41%	94.5%	-2.2 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	9	4%	88.9%	0.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MLB–ATL	Melbourne to Atlanta	120	96.7%	-9.1 min	0.0%
MLB–CLT	Melbourne to Charlotte	91	94.5%	-2.2 min	0.0%
MLB–PIT	Melbourne to Pittsburgh	9	88.9%	0.6 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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	9.6%	41.3%	79
Late-arriving aircraft	47.3%	40.5%	391
National Aviation System	8.1%	14.4%	67
Extreme weather	35.1%	3.7%	290
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

827 delay minutes on 9 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 October 2023?

95.5% of 220 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 95.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.