Orlando Sanford International in April 2025

72.5%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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 885 domestic departures from Orlando Sanford International (SFB). 72.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 67.5% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so SFB departures were 8.1 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 753 departures with 84.2% leaving on time: a change of −11.7 points, with flights up 18%.

Flights arriving at SFB that month were on time 67.7% of the time (885 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 67.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 32.1%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2025	Apr 2024	SFB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2025
Departed on time	72.5%	84.2%	72.4%	80.6%
Arrived on time	67.5%	82.3%	69.5%	79.5%
Cancelled	0.1%	1.2%	0.7%	0.8%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.5 min	15.1 min	24.9 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	30	25	28	19,465
Scheduled departures	885	753	10,115	583,950

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	885	100%	67.5%	13.1 min	0.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SFB–ABE	Sanford to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	58	87.9%	-3.2 min	0.0%
SFB–TYS	Sanford to Knoxville	49	67.3%	14.0 min	0.0%
SFB–GRR	Sanford to Grand Rapids	43	72.1%	16.8 min	0.0%
SFB–AVL	Sanford to Asheville	41	63.4%	17.4 min	0.0%
SFB–FNT	Sanford to Flint	34	64.7%	19.9 min	0.0%
SFB–CVG	Sanford to Cincinnati	30	73.3%	15.4 min	0.0%
SFB–BGR	Sanford to Bangor	29	75.9%	2.4 min	0.0%
SFB–ATW	Sanford to Appleton	27	88.9%	0.6 min	0.0%
SFB–SBN	Sanford to South Bend	27	70.4%	5.9 min	0.0%
SFB–MDT	Sanford to Harrisburg	23	78.3%	7.7 min	0.0%
SFB–PSM	Sanford to Portsmouth	23	73.9%	14.1 min	0.0%
SFB–ELM	Sanford to Elmira/Corning	21	71.4%	4.7 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), April 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	36.0%	32.7%	5,686
Late-arriving aircraft	37.0%	39.4%	5,834
National Aviation System	22.7%	22.2%	3,577
Extreme weather	3.6%	5.5%	562
Security	0.7%	0.2%	116

15,775 delay minutes on 284 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 April 2025?

72.5% of 885 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 67.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2024, 84.2% of 753 departures left on time and 1.2% were cancelled, against 72.5% and 0.1% in April 2025.

Provenance

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