Orlando Sanford International in October 2024

73.9%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 760 domestic departures from Orlando Sanford International (SFB). 73.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.9% reached their destination on time; 9.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so SFB departures were 11.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 777 departures with 81.7% leaving on time: a change of −7.8 points, with flights down 2%.

Flights arriving at SFB that month were on time 73.0% of the time (759 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 50%, extreme weather 26% and late-arriving aircraft 19%.

On time 74.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.5%
Cancelled 9.3%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	SFB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	73.9%	81.7%	72.4%	85.5%
Arrived on time	74.9%	78.9%	69.5%	85.8%
Cancelled	9.3%	0.5%	0.7%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.4 min	12.0 min	24.9 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	25	26	28	20,517
Scheduled departures	760	777	10,115	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	760	100%	74.9%	5.9 min	9.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SFB–ABE	Sanford to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	61	77.0%	0.0 min	8.2%
SFB–TYS	Sanford to Knoxville	55	70.9%	4.5 min	9.1%
SFB–AVL	Sanford to Asheville	50	62.0%	37.1 min	18.0%
SFB–CVG	Sanford to Cincinnati	29	75.9%	9.1 min	6.9%
SFB–GRR	Sanford to Grand Rapids	29	82.8%	30.5 min	6.9%
SFB–BGR	Sanford to Bangor	25	80.0%	1.6 min	8.0%
SFB–IND	Sanford to Indianapolis	25	68.0%	10.2 min	12.0%
SFB–LEX	Sanford to Lexington	24	62.5%	14.3 min	8.3%
SFB–FWA	Sanford to Fort Wayne	23	82.6%	-6.7 min	13.0%
SFB–MDT	Sanford to Harrisburg	23	78.3%	8.9 min	8.7%
SFB–FNT	Sanford to Flint	17	82.4%	2.5 min	5.9%
SFB–DSM	Sanford to Des Moines	16	87.5%	-10.4 min	6.3%

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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	50.1%	42.7%	4,891
Late-arriving aircraft	19.4%	37.4%	1,894
National Aviation System	5.0%	16.3%	485
Extreme weather	25.5%	3.4%	2,489
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

9,759 delay minutes on 118 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 October 2024?

73.9% of 760 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 81.7% of 777 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 73.9% and 9.3% in October 2024.

Provenance

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