Melbourne Orlando International in September 2025

90.2%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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 235 domestic departures from Melbourne Orlando International (MLB). 90.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 92.8% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so MLB departures were 7.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 222 departures with 90.1% leaving on time: a change of +0.1 points, with flights up 6%.

Flights arriving at MLB that month were on time 89.8% of the time (235 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 67%, late-arriving aircraft 25% and extreme weather 5%.

On time 92.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 7.2%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2025	Sep 2024	MLB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time	90.2%	90.1%	81.0%	83.1%
Arrived on time	92.8%	88.3%	82.6%	82.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.9%	2.0%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.2 min	6.4 min	16.3 min	12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	7	8	18,748
Scheduled departures	235	222	2,890	562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	120	51%	90.0%	-2.6 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	97	41%	94.8%	-9.1 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	18	8%	100.0%	-21.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MLB–ATL	Melbourne to Atlanta	120	90.0%	-2.6 min	0.0%
MLB–CLT	Melbourne to Charlotte	97	94.8%	-9.1 min	0.0%
MLB–ABE	Melbourne to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	9	100.0%	-9.9 min	0.0%
MLB–CVG	Melbourne to Cincinnati	9	100.0%	-33.2 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), September 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	66.7%	34.3%	1,250
Late-arriving aircraft	24.5%	37.4%	460
National Aviation System	3.9%	22.6%	74
Extreme weather	4.8%	5.6%	90
Security	0.1%	0.1%	1

1,875 delay minutes on 17 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 September 2025?

90.2% of 235 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 92.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 90.1% of 222 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 90.2% and 0.0% in September 2025.

Provenance

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