Melbourne Orlando International in December 2023

88.5%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 234 domestic departures from Melbourne Orlando International (MLB). 88.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.9% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so MLB departures were 5.4 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MLB that month were on time 85.9% of the time (234 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 64%, air carrier 22% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 88.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.1%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	MLB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	88.5%	—	81.0%	83.1%
Arrived on time	88.9%	—	82.6%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	2.0%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.0 min	—	16.3 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	—	8	19,013
Scheduled departures	234	—	2,890	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	115	49%	94.8%	-12.7 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	92	39%	81.5%	3.1 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	27	12%	88.9%	-5.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MLB–ATL	Melbourne to Atlanta	115	94.8%	-12.7 min	0.0%
MLB–CLT	Melbourne to Charlotte	92	81.5%	3.1 min	0.0%
MLB–ABE	Melbourne to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	9	100.0%	-21.3 min	0.0%
MLB–BNA	Melbourne to Nashville	9	77.8%	6.3 min	0.0%
MLB–PIT	Melbourne to Pittsburgh	9	88.9%	-1.9 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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	22.4%	37.1%	357
Late-arriving aircraft	63.7%	38.8%	1,018
National Aviation System	13.6%	17.6%	217
Extreme weather	0.0%	6.2%	0
Security	0.3%	0.3%	5

1,597 delay minutes on 26 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 December 2023?

88.5% of 234 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.