Melbourne Orlando International in March 2024

80.6%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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 252 domestic departures from Melbourne Orlando International (MLB). 80.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.7% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so MLB departures were 2.1 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MLB that month were on time 76.6% of the time (252 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 43% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 81.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.1%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	MLB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	80.6%	—	81.0%	78.5%
Arrived on time	81.7%	—	82.6%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.8%	—	2.0%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.2 min	—	16.3 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	—	8	19,726
Scheduled departures	252	—	2,890	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	122	48%	85.2%	-2.5 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	103	41%	75.7%	3.5 min	1.9%
G4 Allegiant Air	27	11%	88.9%	-9.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MLB–ATL	Melbourne to Atlanta	122	85.2%	-2.5 min	0.0%
MLB–CLT	Melbourne to Charlotte	93	80.6%	-1.5 min	2.2%
MLB–DCA	Melbourne to Washington	10	30.0%	49.2 min	0.0%
MLB–ABE	Melbourne to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	9	100.0%	-22.0 min	0.0%
MLB–BNA	Melbourne to Nashville	9	77.8%	-0.2 min	0.0%
MLB–PIT	Melbourne to Pittsburgh	9	88.9%	-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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	42.5%	32.1%	947
Late-arriving aircraft	44.7%	42.1%	995
National Aviation System	11.4%	21.4%	253
Extreme weather	0.8%	4.2%	17
Security	0.7%	0.2%	15

2,227 delay minutes on 43 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 March 2024?

80.6% of 252 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 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 March 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.