Melbourne Orlando International in January 2026

79.6%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 270 domestic departures from Melbourne Orlando International (MLB). 79.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.7% reached their destination on time; 7.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so MLB departures were 4.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 244 departures with 78.7% leaving on time: a change of +0.9 points, with flights up 11%.

Flights arriving at MLB that month were on time 78.5% of the time (270 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 30% and extreme weather 16%.

On time 80.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.5%
Cancelled 7.8%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from MLB in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	MLB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	79.6%	78.7%	81.0%	75.6%
Arrived on time	80.7%	82.8%	82.6%	75.3%
Cancelled	7.8%	5.3%	2.0%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.2 min	9.3 min	16.3 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	8	8	18,133
Scheduled departures	270	244	2,890	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	123	46%	84.6%	-6.3 min	3.3%
OH PSA Airlines	119	44%	76.5%	-6.1 min	12.6%
G4 Allegiant Air	28	10%	82.1%	-10.8 min	7.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MLB–ATL	Melbourne to Atlanta	123	84.6%	-6.3 min	3.3%
MLB–CLT	Melbourne to Charlotte	119	76.5%	-6.1 min	12.6%
MLB–PIT	Melbourne to Pittsburgh	10	60.0%	4.1 min	10.0%
MLB–ABE	Melbourne to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	9	88.9%	-19.5 min	11.1%
MLB–CVG	Melbourne to Cincinnati	9	100.0%	-18.0 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 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	30.1%	37.3%	673
Late-arriving aircraft	47.8%	35.0%	1,070
National Aviation System	6.5%	18.0%	145
Extreme weather	15.7%	9.6%	351
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,239 delay minutes on 31 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 2026?

79.6% of 270 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 78.7% of 244 departures left on time and 5.3% were cancelled, against 79.6% and 7.8% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.