Orlando Sanford International in March 2024

75.5%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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 917 domestic departures from Orlando Sanford International (SFB). 75.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.8% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so SFB departures were 3.0 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SFB that month were on time 70.1% of the time (917 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 72.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.3%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	SFB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	75.5%	—	72.4%	78.5%
Arrived on time	72.8%	—	69.5%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.8%	—	0.7%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.8 min	—	24.9 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	31	—	28	19,726
Scheduled departures	917	—	10,115	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	917	100%	72.8%	10.1 min	0.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SFB–ABE	Sanford to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	56	80.4%	2.2 min	1.8%
SFB–TYS	Sanford to Knoxville	52	73.1%	12.0 min	1.9%
SFB–GRR	Sanford to Grand Rapids	42	61.9%	19.1 min	0.0%
SFB–AVL	Sanford to Asheville	38	71.1%	15.1 min	0.0%
SFB–FNT	Sanford to Flint	36	75.0%	-0.6 min	0.0%
SFB–CVG	Sanford to Cincinnati	35	68.6%	13.9 min	0.0%
SFB–ATW	Sanford to Appleton	27	85.2%	-1.4 min	0.0%
SFB–BGR	Sanford to Bangor	27	85.2%	-5.8 min	7.4%
SFB–IND	Sanford to Indianapolis	26	92.3%	-3.8 min	0.0%
SFB–MDT	Sanford to Harrisburg	24	58.3%	16.4 min	0.0%
SFB–BNA	Sanford to Nashville	18	66.7%	26.9 min	0.0%
SFB–SBN	Sanford to South Bend	18	100.0%	-7.8 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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	35.5%	32.1%	5,536
Late-arriving aircraft	42.2%	42.1%	6,578
National Aviation System	13.9%	21.4%	2,169
Extreme weather	8.1%	4.2%	1,270
Security	0.3%	0.2%	42

15,595 delay minutes on 241 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 March 2024?

75.5% of 917 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 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 March 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.