Melbourne Orlando International in January 2025

78.7%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 244 domestic departures from Melbourne Orlando International (MLB). 78.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.8% reached their destination on time; 5.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so MLB departures were 0.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 223 departures with 81.2% leaving on time: a change of −2.5 points, with flights up 9%.

Flights arriving at MLB that month were on time 77.0% of the time (244 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 74%, air carrier 12% and national aviation system 8%.

On time 82.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.9%
Cancelled 5.3%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from MLB in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2025	Jan 2024	MLB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time	78.7%	81.2%	81.0%	79.3%
Arrived on time	82.8%	82.5%	82.6%	78.6%
Cancelled	5.3%	0.0%	2.0%	3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.3 min	17.5 min	16.3 min	14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	7	8	17,992
Scheduled departures	244	223	2,890	539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	113	46%	80.5%	-2.8 min	5.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	104	43%	83.7%	-7.4 min	6.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	27	11%	88.9%	1.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MLB–CLT	Melbourne to Charlotte	113	80.5%	-2.8 min	5.3%
MLB–ATL	Melbourne to Atlanta	104	83.7%	-7.4 min	6.7%
MLB–ABE	Melbourne to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	9	88.9%	-4.8 min	0.0%
MLB–CVG	Melbourne to Cincinnati	9	77.8%	12.2 min	0.0%
MLB–PIT	Melbourne to Pittsburgh	9	100.0%	-3.6 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), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	12.1%	36.2%	193
Late-arriving aircraft	73.9%	34.7%	1,182
National Aviation System	8.3%	19.9%	132
Extreme weather	5.8%	9.1%	93
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,600 delay minutes on 29 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 January 2025?

78.7% of 244 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 81.2% of 223 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 78.7% and 5.3% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.