Melbourne Orlando International in August 2025

81.9%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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 237 domestic departures from Melbourne Orlando International (MLB). 81.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.5% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so MLB departures were 5.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 229 departures with 76.4% leaving on time: a change of +5.5 points, with flights up 3%.

Flights arriving at MLB that month were on time 79.3% of the time (237 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 69%, air carrier 17% and national aviation system 8%.

On time 83.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.2%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.8%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2025	Aug 2024	MLB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2025
Departed on time	81.9%	76.4%	81.0%	76.8%
Arrived on time	83.5%	75.5%	82.6%	76.3%
Cancelled	0.4%	4.8%	2.0%	1.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.2 min	15.4 min	16.3 min	17.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	8	8	20,079
Scheduled departures	237	229	2,890	602,378

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	122	51%	85.2%	0.5 min	0.8%
OH PSA Airlines	88	37%	79.5%	19.0 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	27	11%	88.9%	-8.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MLB–ATL	Melbourne to Atlanta	122	85.2%	0.5 min	0.8%
MLB–CLT	Melbourne to Charlotte	88	79.5%	19.0 min	0.0%
MLB–ABE	Melbourne to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	9	100.0%	-14.2 min	0.0%
MLB–CVG	Melbourne to Cincinnati	9	88.9%	-8.6 min	0.0%
MLB–PIT	Melbourne to Pittsburgh	9	77.8%	-2.1 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), August 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	16.6%	33.1%	697
Late-arriving aircraft	69.4%	40.5%	2,923
National Aviation System	7.9%	19.2%	333
Extreme weather	6.1%	7.0%	257
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,210 delay minutes on 36 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 August 2025?

81.9% of 237 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2024, 76.4% of 229 departures left on time and 4.8% were cancelled, against 81.9% and 0.4% in August 2025.

Provenance

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