Orlando Sanford International in September 2023

78.4%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 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 519 domestic departures from Orlando Sanford International (SFB). 78.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.5% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so SFB departures were 2.1 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SFB that month were on time 71.7% of the time (519 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and extreme weather 14%.

On time 75.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.7%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from SFB in September 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

September 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	SFB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	78.4%	—	72.4%	80.5%
Arrived on time	75.5%	—	69.5%	80.1%
Cancelled	0.4%	—	0.7%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.2 min	—	24.9 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	17	—	28	18,978
Scheduled departures	519	—	10,115	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	519	100%	75.5%	10.8 min	0.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SFB–TYS	Sanford to Knoxville	46	65.2%	16.2 min	0.0%
SFB–ABE	Sanford to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	38	73.7%	14.9 min	0.0%
SFB–AVL	Sanford to Asheville	37	64.9%	26.0 min	0.0%
SFB–CVG	Sanford to Cincinnati	23	78.3%	7.4 min	0.0%
SFB–BNA	Sanford to Nashville	18	72.2%	9.2 min	0.0%
SFB–GRR	Sanford to Grand Rapids	17	76.5%	19.9 min	0.0%
SFB–USA	Sanford to Concord	17	58.8%	7.1 min	0.0%
SFB–BGR	Sanford to Bangor	14	78.6%	25.9 min	7.1%
SFB–LEX	Sanford to Lexington	14	71.4%	3.9 min	0.0%
SFB–FNT	Sanford to Flint	13	92.3%	-9.5 min	0.0%
SFB–IND	Sanford to Indianapolis	11	63.6%	89.2 min	0.0%
SFB–MDT	Sanford to Harrisburg	11	90.9%	-5.8 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), September 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	42.0%	36.4%	3,624
Late-arriving aircraft	32.3%	38.3%	2,782
National Aviation System	11.2%	19.9%	966
Extreme weather	14.4%	5.1%	1,243
Security	0.1%	0.2%	5

8,620 delay minutes on 123 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 SFB on time in September 2023?

78.4% of 519 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for SFB · methodology · corrections.