Melbourne Orlando International in March 2025

78.2%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 262 domestic departures from Melbourne Orlando International (MLB). 78.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.6% reached their destination on time; 1.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so MLB departures were 1.7 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 252 departures with 80.6% leaving on time: a change of −2.4 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at MLB that month were on time 79.4% of the time (262 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and extreme weather 14%.

On time 78.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.7%
Cancelled 1.9%
Diverted 0.8%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	MLB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	78.2%	80.6%	81.0%	79.9%
Arrived on time	78.6%	81.7%	82.6%	79.3%
Cancelled	1.9%	0.8%	2.0%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	25.5 min	10.2 min	16.3 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	8	8	20,029
Scheduled departures	262	252	2,890	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	119	45%	81.5%	15.5 min	1.7%
OH PSA Airlines	116	44%	78.4%	20.8 min	2.6%
G4 Allegiant Air	27	10%	66.7%	24.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MLB–ATL	Melbourne to Atlanta	119	81.5%	15.5 min	1.7%
MLB–CLT	Melbourne to Charlotte	116	78.4%	20.8 min	2.6%
MLB–ABE	Melbourne to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	9	66.7%	15.3 min	0.0%
MLB–CVG	Melbourne to Cincinnati	9	66.7%	41.9 min	0.0%
MLB–PIT	Melbourne to Pittsburgh	9	66.7%	15.5 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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	42.7%	33.0%	2,818
Late-arriving aircraft	32.4%	39.2%	2,140
National Aviation System	11.0%	21.9%	729
Extreme weather	13.8%	5.9%	912
Security	0.0%	0.1%	2

6,601 delay minutes on 49 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 March 2025?

78.2% of 262 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 80.6% of 252 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 78.2% and 1.9% in March 2025.

Provenance

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