Orlando Sanford International in January 2025

72.4%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 798 domestic departures from Orlando Sanford International (SFB). 72.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.9% reached their destination on time; 1.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so SFB departures were 6.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 744 departures with 80.0% leaving on time: a change of −7.6 points, with flights up 7%.

Flights arriving at SFB that month were on time 68.4% of the time (798 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 71.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.7%
Cancelled 1.4%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from SFB in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2025	Jan 2024	SFB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time	72.4%	80.0%	72.4%	79.3%
Arrived on time	71.9%	80.1%	69.5%	78.6%
Cancelled	1.4%	1.3%	0.7%	3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.3 min	15.4 min	24.9 min	14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	27	25	28	17,992
Scheduled departures	798	744	10,115	539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	798	100%	71.9%	10.7 min	1.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SFB–TYS	Sanford to Knoxville	53	69.8%	26.7 min	0.0%
SFB–ABE	Sanford to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	52	82.7%	-0.3 min	0.0%
SFB–GRR	Sanford to Grand Rapids	36	66.7%	15.5 min	0.0%
SFB–AVL	Sanford to Asheville	34	76.5%	4.4 min	0.0%
SFB–FNT	Sanford to Flint	33	78.8%	5.1 min	0.0%
SFB–ATW	Sanford to Appleton	31	64.5%	9.8 min	0.0%
SFB–MDT	Sanford to Harrisburg	24	75.0%	1.1 min	0.0%
SFB–CVG	Sanford to Cincinnati	21	61.9%	60.0 min	0.0%
SFB–BGR	Sanford to Bangor	20	95.0%	-12.6 min	0.0%
SFB–FWA	Sanford to Fort Wayne	19	73.7%	9.1 min	0.0%
SFB–SBN	Sanford to South Bend	18	50.0%	33.2 min	0.0%
SFB–CID	Sanford to Cedar Rapids/Iowa City	14	71.4%	10.1 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), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	34.2%	36.2%	4,689
Late-arriving aircraft	38.7%	34.7%	5,308
National Aviation System	15.6%	19.9%	2,141
Extreme weather	11.5%	9.1%	1,579
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

13,717 delay minutes on 213 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 January 2025?

72.4% of 798 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 80.0% of 744 departures left on time and 1.3% were cancelled, against 72.4% and 1.4% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.