Orlando Sanford International in August 2024

71.9%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 695 domestic departures from Orlando Sanford International (SFB). 71.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.7% reached their destination on time; 2.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so SFB departures were 3.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 665 departures with 78.9% leaving on time: a change of −7.0 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at SFB that month were on time 67.3% of the time (695 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 31%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and extreme weather 29%.

On time 71.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.6%
Cancelled 2.6%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	SFB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	71.9%	78.9%	72.4%	75.4%
Arrived on time	71.7%	76.5%	69.5%	74.7%
Cancelled	2.6%	0.9%	0.7%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	23.3 min	14.9 min	24.9 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	23	22	28	20,634
Scheduled departures	695	665	10,115	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	695	100%	71.7%	15.4 min	2.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SFB–ABE	Sanford to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	52	69.2%	14.1 min	1.9%
SFB–TYS	Sanford to Knoxville	47	70.2%	7.2 min	4.3%
SFB–AVL	Sanford to Asheville	44	63.6%	15.9 min	2.3%
SFB–CVG	Sanford to Cincinnati	26	76.9%	-2.8 min	3.8%
SFB–GRR	Sanford to Grand Rapids	21	81.0%	5.9 min	0.0%
SFB–BGR	Sanford to Bangor	18	83.3%	-0.5 min	0.0%
SFB–MDT	Sanford to Harrisburg	18	77.8%	18.8 min	0.0%
SFB–FWA	Sanford to Fort Wayne	16	81.3%	-2.9 min	0.0%
SFB–LEX	Sanford to Lexington	16	31.3%	56.3 min	12.5%
SFB–FNT	Sanford to Flint	15	73.3%	16.0 min	0.0%
SFB–SGF	Sanford to Springfield	15	93.3%	3.1 min	0.0%
SFB–PIT	Sanford to Pittsburgh	13	46.2%	17.3 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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	31.2%	33.8%	4,815
Late-arriving aircraft	30.6%	39.8%	4,728
National Aviation System	8.8%	20.4%	1,361
Extreme weather	29.3%	5.9%	4,523
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

15,427 delay minutes on 178 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 August 2024?

71.9% of 695 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 78.9% of 665 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 71.9% and 2.6% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.