Melbourne Orlando International in August 2024

76.4%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 229 domestic departures from Melbourne Orlando International (MLB). 76.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.5% reached their destination on time; 4.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so MLB departures were 1.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 226 departures with 83.6% leaving on time: a change of −7.2 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at MLB that month were on time 76.9% of the time (229 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 57%, extreme weather 17% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 75.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.2%
Cancelled 4.8%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	MLB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	76.4%	83.6%	81.0%	75.4%
Arrived on time	75.5%	82.3%	82.6%	74.7%
Cancelled	4.8%	1.8%	2.0%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.4 min	18.1 min	16.3 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	8	8	20,634
Scheduled departures	229	226	2,890	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	119	52%	83.2%	1.3 min	0.8%
OH PSA Airlines	92	40%	67.4%	11.3 min	8.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	18	8%	66.7%	16.4 min	11.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MLB–ATL	Melbourne to Atlanta	119	83.2%	1.3 min	0.8%
MLB–CLT	Melbourne to Charlotte	92	67.4%	11.3 min	8.7%
MLB–ABE	Melbourne to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	9	77.8%	12.1 min	11.1%
MLB–PIT	Melbourne to Pittsburgh	9	55.6%	20.6 min	11.1%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	11.7%	33.8%	390
Late-arriving aircraft	57.1%	39.8%	1,909
National Aviation System	14.1%	20.4%	473
Extreme weather	17.2%	5.9%	574
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,346 delay minutes on 44 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 August 2024?

76.4% of 229 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 83.6% of 226 departures left on time and 1.8% were cancelled, against 76.4% and 4.8% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.