Melbourne Orlando International in September 2024

90.1%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 222 domestic departures from Melbourne Orlando International (MLB). 90.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.3% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so MLB departures were 5.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 210 departures with 88.6% leaving on time: a change of +1.5 points, with flights up 6%.

Flights arriving at MLB that month were on time 84.7% of the time (222 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 30%, late-arriving aircraft 29% and air carrier 25%.

On time 88.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.8%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	MLB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	90.1%	88.6%	81.0%	84.4%
Arrived on time	88.3%	87.1%	82.6%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.9%	1.0%	2.0%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.4 min	6.5 min	16.3 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	7	8	19,421
Scheduled departures	222	210	2,890	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	114	51%	90.4%	-3.6 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	90	41%	83.3%	0.6 min	2.2%
G4 Allegiant Air	18	8%	100.0%	-23.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MLB–ATL	Melbourne to Atlanta	114	90.4%	-3.6 min	0.0%
MLB–CLT	Melbourne to Charlotte	90	83.3%	0.6 min	2.2%
MLB–ABE	Melbourne to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	9	100.0%	-30.7 min	0.0%
MLB–PIT	Melbourne to Pittsburgh	9	100.0%	-16.2 min	0.0%

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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	25.2%	38.6%	388
Late-arriving aircraft	28.5%	38.4%	439
National Aviation System	30.0%	18.2%	462
Extreme weather	16.2%	4.8%	250
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,539 delay minutes on 24 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 September 2024?

90.1% of 222 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 88.6% of 210 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 90.1% and 0.9% in September 2024.

Provenance

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