Orlando Sanford International in November 2023

81.3%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 728 domestic departures from Orlando Sanford International (SFB). 81.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.2% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so SFB departures were 4.7 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SFB that month were on time 77.7% of the time (728 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 78.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.6%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	SFB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	81.3%	—	72.4%	86.0%
Arrived on time	78.2%	—	69.5%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.3%	—	0.7%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.0 min	—	24.9 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	24	—	28	18,793
Scheduled departures	728	—	10,115	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	728	100%	78.2%	7.7 min	0.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SFB–ABE	Sanford to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	60	88.3%	-1.6 min	0.0%
SFB–AVL	Sanford to Asheville	55	65.5%	14.7 min	0.0%
SFB–TYS	Sanford to Knoxville	54	70.4%	6.6 min	0.0%
SFB–CVG	Sanford to Cincinnati	25	92.0%	-8.5 min	0.0%
SFB–GRR	Sanford to Grand Rapids	25	80.0%	0.3 min	0.0%
SFB–MDT	Sanford to Harrisburg	22	81.8%	3.4 min	0.0%
SFB–FNT	Sanford to Flint	17	70.6%	17.5 min	0.0%
SFB–USA	Sanford to Concord	17	70.6%	16.1 min	5.9%
SFB–BGR	Sanford to Bangor	13	92.3%	-0.5 min	0.0%
SFB–BNA	Sanford to Nashville	13	53.8%	3.0 min	0.0%
SFB–LEX	Sanford to Lexington	13	76.9%	17.8 min	0.0%
SFB–PIT	Sanford to Pittsburgh	12	75.0%	14.2 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), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	40.3%	42.5%	4,253
Late-arriving aircraft	30.6%	37.3%	3,231
National Aviation System	18.5%	16.2%	1,955
Extreme weather	9.7%	3.7%	1,020
Security	0.9%	0.3%	98

10,557 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 November 2023?

81.3% of 728 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.