Melbourne Orlando International in May 2024

82.2%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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 241 domestic departures from Melbourne Orlando International (MLB). 82.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.3% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so MLB departures were 8.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MLB that month were on time 78.4% of the time (241 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 39% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 79.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.7%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	May 2024	Year earlier	MLB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time	82.2%	—	81.0%	73.4%
Arrived on time	79.3%	—	82.6%	72.3%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	2.0%	1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.5 min	—	16.3 min	20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	—	8	20,325
Scheduled departures	241	—	2,890	609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	124	51%	86.3%	-1.4 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	95	39%	69.5%	33.5 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	22	9%	81.8%	-8.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MLB–ATL	Melbourne to Atlanta	124	86.3%	-1.4 min	0.0%
MLB–CLT	Melbourne to Charlotte	93	69.9%	33.7 min	0.0%
MLB–ABE	Melbourne to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	9	88.9%	-20.9 min	0.0%
MLB–PIT	Melbourne to Pittsburgh	9	66.7%	5.6 min	0.0%
MLB–BNA	Melbourne to Nashville	4	100.0%	-10.5 min	0.0%
MLB–DCA	Melbourne to Washington	2	50.0%	21.5 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), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	39.0%	29.8%	2,043
Late-arriving aircraft	47.4%	43.0%	2,483
National Aviation System	12.7%	20.1%	666
Extreme weather	1.0%	7.0%	51
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

5,243 delay minutes on 50 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 May 2024?

82.2% of 241 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 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 May 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.