Orlando Sanford International in December 2023

80.1%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 815 domestic departures from Orlando Sanford International (SFB). 80.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.2% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so SFB departures were 3.0 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SFB that month were on time 75.6% of the time (816 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 26% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 82.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.2%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	SFB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	80.1%	—	72.4%	83.1%
Arrived on time	82.2%	—	69.5%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.1%	—	0.7%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.9 min	—	24.9 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	27	—	28	19,013
Scheduled departures	815	—	10,115	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	815	100%	82.2%	0.5 min	0.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SFB–TYS	Sanford to Knoxville	61	80.3%	0.0 min	0.0%
SFB–ABE	Sanford to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	55	85.5%	-4.1 min	0.0%
SFB–AVL	Sanford to Asheville	54	74.1%	3.6 min	0.0%
SFB–GRR	Sanford to Grand Rapids	31	87.1%	-13.4 min	0.0%
SFB–FNT	Sanford to Flint	23	91.3%	-8.4 min	0.0%
SFB–CVG	Sanford to Cincinnati	22	86.4%	-8.0 min	0.0%
SFB–USA	Sanford to Concord	22	72.7%	19.6 min	0.0%
SFB–MDT	Sanford to Harrisburg	18	83.3%	-0.4 min	0.0%
SFB–IND	Sanford to Indianapolis	17	88.2%	12.1 min	0.0%
SFB–DSM	Sanford to Des Moines	15	73.3%	10.9 min	0.0%
SFB–ELM	Sanford to Elmira/Corning	15	86.7%	4.2 min	0.0%
SFB–HTS	Sanford to Ashland	15	86.7%	-0.8 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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	26.1%	37.1%	2,319
Late-arriving aircraft	49.7%	38.8%	4,411
National Aviation System	13.3%	17.6%	1,183
Extreme weather	10.7%	6.2%	953
Security	0.0%	0.3%	4

8,870 delay minutes on 140 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 December 2023?

80.1% of 815 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.