Orlando Sanford International in October 2023

81.7%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 777 domestic departures from Orlando Sanford International (SFB). 81.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.9% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so SFB departures were 2.1 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SFB that month were on time 76.1% of the time (777 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 52%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 78.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.2%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	SFB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	81.7%	—	72.4%	83.8%
Arrived on time	78.9%	—	69.5%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.5%	—	0.7%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.0 min	—	24.9 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	26	—	28	19,966
Scheduled departures	777	—	10,115	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	777	100%	78.9%	7.7 min	0.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SFB–ABE	Sanford to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	59	76.3%	5.8 min	0.0%
SFB–TYS	Sanford to Knoxville	54	85.2%	6.1 min	0.0%
SFB–AVL	Sanford to Asheville	52	73.1%	6.0 min	0.0%
SFB–CVG	Sanford to Cincinnati	32	75.0%	12.0 min	0.0%
SFB–GRR	Sanford to Grand Rapids	29	69.0%	30.0 min	0.0%
SFB–LEX	Sanford to Lexington	28	85.7%	5.4 min	0.0%
SFB–IND	Sanford to Indianapolis	26	88.5%	2.8 min	0.0%
SFB–MDT	Sanford to Harrisburg	25	88.0%	-0.7 min	0.0%
SFB–USA	Sanford to Concord	22	77.3%	-0.2 min	4.5%
SFB–ATW	Sanford to Appleton	17	76.5%	12.1 min	0.0%
SFB–BGR	Sanford to Bangor	17	100.0%	-7.1 min	0.0%
SFB–DSM	Sanford to Des Moines	17	70.6%	16.5 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	51.7%	41.3%	4,776
Late-arriving aircraft	31.3%	40.5%	2,885
National Aviation System	13.7%	14.4%	1,263
Extreme weather	2.9%	3.7%	265
Security	0.4%	0.2%	40

9,229 delay minutes on 157 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 October 2023?

81.7% of 777 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.