Orlando Sanford International in January 2024

80.0%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 744 domestic departures from Orlando Sanford International (SFB). 80.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.1% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so SFB departures were 6.0 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SFB that month were on time 73.9% of the time (744 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 80.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.1%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from SFB in January 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2024	Year earlier	SFB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2024
Departed on time	80.0%	—	72.4%	74.0%
Arrived on time	80.1%	—	69.5%	72.9%
Cancelled	1.3%	—	0.7%	3.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.4 min	—	24.9 min	18.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	25	—	28	18,242
Scheduled departures	744	—	10,115	547,271

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	744	100%	80.1%	0.8 min	1.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SFB–TYS	Sanford to Knoxville	51	74.5%	0.0 min	3.9%
SFB–ABE	Sanford to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	50	90.0%	14.2 min	0.0%
SFB–AVL	Sanford to Asheville	42	59.5%	13.2 min	2.4%
SFB–GRR	Sanford to Grand Rapids	30	73.3%	15.8 min	0.0%
SFB–FNT	Sanford to Flint	23	87.0%	-12.6 min	0.0%
SFB–MDT	Sanford to Harrisburg	23	87.0%	-11.3 min	0.0%
SFB–CVG	Sanford to Cincinnati	20	85.0%	18.4 min	0.0%
SFB–ATW	Sanford to Appleton	17	82.4%	13.5 min	0.0%
SFB–USA	Sanford to Concord	17	88.2%	-7.0 min	0.0%
SFB–PBG	Sanford to Plattsburgh	15	66.7%	3.7 min	0.0%
SFB–BGR	Sanford to Bangor	14	85.7%	-2.2 min	0.0%
SFB–BNA	Sanford to Nashville	13	61.5%	9.6 min	7.7%

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), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	34.2%	32.6%	3,285
Late-arriving aircraft	46.6%	39.0%	4,474
National Aviation System	10.9%	17.9%	1,042
Extreme weather	8.3%	10.3%	797
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

9,598 delay minutes on 135 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 January 2024?

80.0% of 744 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.