Melbourne Orlando International in December 2024

81.4%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 258 domestic departures from Melbourne Orlando International (MLB). 81.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.0% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so MLB departures were 3.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 234 departures with 88.5% leaving on time: a change of −7.1 points, with flights up 10%.

Flights arriving at MLB that month were on time 79.5% of the time (258 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 39% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 81.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.2%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	MLB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	81.4%	88.5%	81.0%	77.8%
Arrived on time	81.0%	88.9%	82.6%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.4%	0.0%	2.0%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.8 min	8.0 min	16.3 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	8	8	19,686
Scheduled departures	258	234	2,890	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	116	45%	82.8%	5.9 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	115	45%	80.9%	2.7 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	27	10%	74.1%	28.0 min	3.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MLB–CLT	Melbourne to Charlotte	116	82.8%	5.9 min	0.0%
MLB–ATL	Melbourne to Atlanta	115	80.9%	2.7 min	0.0%
MLB–CVG	Melbourne to Cincinnati	10	70.0%	34.4 min	10.0%
MLB–ABE	Melbourne to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	9	77.8%	30.7 min	0.0%
MLB–PIT	Melbourne to Pittsburgh	8	75.0%	17.6 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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	38.7%	34.3%	1,472
Late-arriving aircraft	48.1%	40.2%	1,831
National Aviation System	13.1%	17.8%	500
Extreme weather	0.0%	7.5%	0
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,803 delay minutes on 47 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 December 2024?

81.4% of 258 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 88.5% of 234 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 81.4% and 0.4% in December 2024.

Provenance

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