Orlando Sanford International in September 2024

79.8%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 501 domestic departures from Orlando Sanford International (SFB). 79.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.8% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so SFB departures were 4.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 519 departures with 78.4% leaving on time: a change of +1.4 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at SFB that month were on time 74.3% of the time (501 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, extreme weather 27% and late-arriving aircraft 21%.

On time 79.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.2%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	SFB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	79.8%	78.4%	72.4%	84.4%
Arrived on time	79.8%	75.5%	69.5%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.8%	0.4%	0.7%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.8 min	16.2 min	24.9 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	17	17	28	19,421
Scheduled departures	501	519	10,115	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	501	100%	79.8%	3.7 min	0.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SFB–TYS	Sanford to Knoxville	48	68.8%	5.1 min	0.0%
SFB–AVL	Sanford to Asheville	36	58.3%	14.8 min	11.1%
SFB–ABE	Sanford to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	34	91.2%	-6.1 min	0.0%
SFB–CVG	Sanford to Cincinnati	22	86.4%	-2.7 min	0.0%
SFB–GRR	Sanford to Grand Rapids	18	83.3%	14.4 min	0.0%
SFB–BGR	Sanford to Bangor	14	78.6%	0.8 min	0.0%
SFB–MDT	Sanford to Harrisburg	14	85.7%	-5.1 min	0.0%
SFB–FNT	Sanford to Flint	13	69.2%	9.5 min	0.0%
SFB–FWA	Sanford to Fort Wayne	13	92.3%	-2.2 min	0.0%
SFB–LEX	Sanford to Lexington	13	84.6%	35.3 min	0.0%
SFB–SGF	Sanford to Springfield	13	84.6%	-8.4 min	0.0%
SFB–IND	Sanford to Indianapolis	11	81.8%	13.0 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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	42.7%	38.6%	2,709
Late-arriving aircraft	20.5%	38.4%	1,301
National Aviation System	9.9%	18.2%	628
Extreme weather	26.9%	4.8%	1,703
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

6,341 delay minutes on 96 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 September 2024?

79.8% of 501 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 78.4% of 519 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 79.8% and 0.8% in September 2024.

Provenance

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