Melbourne Orlando International in May 2025

77.7%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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 269 domestic departures from Melbourne Orlando International (MLB). 77.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.9% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so MLB departures were 1.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 241 departures with 82.2% leaving on time: a change of −4.5 points, with flights up 12%.

Flights arriving at MLB that month were on time 72.5% of the time (269 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 72.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.7%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	May 2025	May 2024	MLB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2025
Departed on time	77.7%	82.2%	81.0%	76.7%
Arrived on time	72.9%	79.3%	82.6%	75.4%
Cancelled	1.1%	0.0%	2.0%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.8 min	21.5 min	16.3 min	17.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	8	8	20,188
Scheduled departures	269	241	2,890	605,648

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	124	46%	68.5%	21.2 min	2.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	118	44%	75.4%	9.4 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	27	10%	81.5%	1.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MLB–CLT	Melbourne to Charlotte	124	68.5%	21.2 min	2.4%
MLB–ATL	Melbourne to Atlanta	118	75.4%	9.4 min	0.0%
MLB–ABE	Melbourne to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	9	77.8%	1.2 min	0.0%
MLB–CVG	Melbourne to Cincinnati	9	66.7%	11.9 min	0.0%
MLB–PIT	Melbourne to Pittsburgh	9	100.0%	-7.6 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), May 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	32.9%	29.3%	1,796
Late-arriving aircraft	40.1%	37.8%	2,186
National Aviation System	18.8%	25.9%	1,024
Extreme weather	8.3%	6.9%	452
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

5,458 delay minutes on 69 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 May 2025?

77.7% of 269 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2024, 82.2% of 241 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 77.7% and 1.1% in May 2025.

Provenance

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