Orlando Sanford International in May 2024

78.5%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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 776 domestic departures from Orlando Sanford International (SFB). 78.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.6% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so SFB departures were 5.1 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SFB that month were on time 73.0% of the time (777 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, national aviation system 22% and air carrier 21%.

On time 77.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.8%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	May 2024	Year earlier	SFB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time	78.5%	—	72.4%	73.4%
Arrived on time	77.6%	—	69.5%	72.3%
Cancelled	0.4%	—	0.7%	1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.8 min	—	24.9 min	20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day	26	—	28	20,325
Scheduled departures	776	—	10,115	609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	776	100%	77.6%	8.1 min	0.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SFB–ABE	Sanford to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	53	79.2%	9.7 min	0.0%
SFB–TYS	Sanford to Knoxville	49	75.5%	14.6 min	0.0%
SFB–AVL	Sanford to Asheville	31	71.0%	13.8 min	0.0%
SFB–CVG	Sanford to Cincinnati	29	72.4%	18.6 min	0.0%
SFB–GRR	Sanford to Grand Rapids	23	82.6%	7.5 min	0.0%
SFB–LEX	Sanford to Lexington	22	81.8%	5.5 min	0.0%
SFB–FNT	Sanford to Flint	20	55.0%	30.6 min	0.0%
SFB–MDT	Sanford to Harrisburg	19	73.7%	7.6 min	0.0%
SFB–BGR	Sanford to Bangor	18	100.0%	-13.3 min	0.0%
SFB–IND	Sanford to Indianapolis	17	64.7%	32.4 min	0.0%
SFB–USA	Sanford to Concord	17	76.5%	6.0 min	0.0%
SFB–SGF	Sanford to Springfield	15	66.7%	16.6 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), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	21.3%	29.8%	2,404
Late-arriving aircraft	48.7%	43.0%	5,490
National Aviation System	21.6%	20.1%	2,436
Extreme weather	8.3%	7.0%	932
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

11,262 delay minutes on 169 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 May 2024?

78.5% of 776 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 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 May 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.