Orlando Sanford International in April 2024

84.2%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 April 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 753 domestic departures from Orlando Sanford International (SFB). 84.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.3% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.2% arrived on time, so SFB departures were 3.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SFB that month were on time 81.2% of the time (754 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 82.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.3%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2024	Year earlier	SFB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2024
Departed on time	84.2%	—	72.4%	80.5%
Arrived on time	82.3%	—	69.5%	80.2%
Cancelled	1.2%	—	0.7%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.1 min	—	24.9 min	14.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	25	—	28	19,406
Scheduled departures	753	—	10,115	582,185

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	753	100%	82.3%	6.7 min	1.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SFB–ABE	Sanford to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	49	87.8%	3.2 min	2.0%
SFB–TYS	Sanford to Knoxville	44	79.5%	11.5 min	2.3%
SFB–GRR	Sanford to Grand Rapids	32	87.5%	-4.6 min	0.0%
SFB–CVG	Sanford to Cincinnati	31	77.4%	41.1 min	0.0%
SFB–AVL	Sanford to Asheville	27	81.5%	13.7 min	0.0%
SFB–FNT	Sanford to Flint	22	95.5%	-15.1 min	4.5%
SFB–BGR	Sanford to Bangor	20	95.0%	-6.1 min	0.0%
SFB–MDT	Sanford to Harrisburg	20	85.0%	26.9 min	0.0%
SFB–USA	Sanford to Concord	17	76.5%	61.0 min	5.9%
SFB–PSM	Sanford to Portsmouth	16	81.3%	-10.8 min	6.3%
SFB–LEX	Sanford to Lexington	15	73.3%	3.7 min	0.0%
SFB–PBG	Sanford to Plattsburgh	15	80.0%	-6.1 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), April 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	25.4%	33.6%	2,836
Late-arriving aircraft	37.6%	41.0%	4,189
National Aviation System	21.0%	20.0%	2,345
Extreme weather	15.1%	5.1%	1,686
Security	0.8%	0.2%	88

11,144 delay minutes on 123 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 April 2024?

84.2% of 753 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

April 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 April 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.