Melbourne Orlando International in January 2024

81.2%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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 223 domestic departures from Melbourne Orlando International (MLB). 81.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.5% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so MLB departures were 7.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MLB that month were on time 77.6% of the time (223 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 73%, air carrier 14% and national aviation system 8%.

On time 82.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.0%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from MLB in January 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2024	Year earlier	MLB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2024
Departed on time	81.2%	—	81.0%	74.0%
Arrived on time	82.5%	—	82.6%	72.9%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	2.0%	3.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.5 min	—	16.3 min	18.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	—	8	18,242
Scheduled departures	223	—	2,890	547,271

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	105	47%	89.5%	-8.1 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	93	42%	75.3%	18.0 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	25	11%	80.0%	-7.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MLB–ATL	Melbourne to Atlanta	105	89.5%	-8.1 min	0.0%
MLB–CLT	Melbourne to Charlotte	93	75.3%	18.0 min	0.0%
MLB–ABE	Melbourne to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	9	88.9%	-10.4 min	0.0%
MLB–BNA	Melbourne to Nashville	8	75.0%	-5.2 min	0.0%
MLB–PIT	Melbourne to Pittsburgh	8	75.0%	-6.0 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), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	14.3%	32.6%	507
Late-arriving aircraft	73.4%	39.0%	2,597
National Aviation System	7.7%	17.9%	272
Extreme weather	4.6%	10.3%	161
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,537 delay minutes on 38 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 January 2024?

81.2% of 223 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.