Orlando Sanford International in December 2024

65.1%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 922 domestic departures from Orlando Sanford International (SFB). 65.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 66.1% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so SFB departures were 12.7 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 815 departures with 80.1% leaving on time: a change of −15.0 points, with flights up 13%.

Flights arriving at SFB that month were on time 61.3% of the time (923 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 39%, late-arriving aircraft 35% and extreme weather 14%.

On time 66.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 32.8%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	SFB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	65.1%	80.1%	72.4%	77.8%
Arrived on time	66.1%	82.2%	69.5%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.1%	0.7%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	25.8 min	12.9 min	24.9 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	31	27	28	19,686
Scheduled departures	922	815	10,115	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	922	100%	66.1%	18.9 min	0.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SFB–TYS	Sanford to Knoxville	67	74.6%	18.1 min	0.0%
SFB–ABE	Sanford to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	60	76.7%	12.6 min	0.0%
SFB–GRR	Sanford to Grand Rapids	44	81.8%	9.0 min	0.0%
SFB–AVL	Sanford to Asheville	37	70.3%	14.0 min	0.0%
SFB–FNT	Sanford to Flint	30	70.0%	11.7 min	0.0%
SFB–ATW	Sanford to Appleton	27	66.7%	3.6 min	7.4%
SFB–CVG	Sanford to Cincinnati	24	45.8%	32.3 min	0.0%
SFB–MDT	Sanford to Harrisburg	22	45.5%	25.6 min	4.5%
SFB–DSM	Sanford to Des Moines	21	57.1%	68.4 min	0.0%
SFB–BGR	Sanford to Bangor	20	90.0%	-9.6 min	0.0%
SFB–SBN	Sanford to South Bend	19	73.7%	19.9 min	0.0%
SFB–IND	Sanford to Indianapolis	18	50.0%	83.7 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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	38.7%	34.3%	8,635
Late-arriving aircraft	35.3%	40.2%	7,878
National Aviation System	12.4%	17.8%	2,777
Extreme weather	13.5%	7.5%	3,021
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

22,311 delay minutes on 302 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 December 2024?

65.1% of 922 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 66.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 80.1% of 815 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 65.1% and 0.7% in December 2024.

Provenance

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