Orlando Sanford International in August 2025

67.6%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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 788 domestic departures from Orlando Sanford International (SFB). 67.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 64.3% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so SFB departures were 9.2 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 695 departures with 71.9% leaving on time: a change of −4.3 points, with flights up 13%.

Flights arriving at SFB that month were on time 58.4% of the time (788 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, extreme weather 43%, air carrier 29% and late-arriving aircraft 17%.

On time 64.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 35.2%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2025	Aug 2024	SFB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2025
Departed on time	67.6%	71.9%	72.4%	76.8%
Arrived on time	64.3%	71.7%	69.5%	76.3%
Cancelled	0.1%	2.6%	0.7%	1.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	32.4 min	23.3 min	24.9 min	17.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	26	23	28	20,079
Scheduled departures	788	695	10,115	602,378

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	788	100%	64.3%	27.9 min	0.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SFB–ABE	Sanford to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	54	75.9%	14.8 min	0.0%
SFB–TYS	Sanford to Knoxville	52	57.7%	37.6 min	0.0%
SFB–AVL	Sanford to Asheville	45	48.9%	70.2 min	0.0%
SFB–CVG	Sanford to Cincinnati	29	55.2%	27.8 min	0.0%
SFB–BGR	Sanford to Bangor	28	64.3%	6.9 min	3.6%
SFB–GRR	Sanford to Grand Rapids	25	60.0%	46.7 min	0.0%
SFB–FNT	Sanford to Flint	23	95.7%	-7.3 min	0.0%
SFB–MDT	Sanford to Harrisburg	23	60.9%	26.4 min	0.0%
SFB–LEX	Sanford to Lexington	20	55.0%	13.7 min	0.0%
SFB–DSM	Sanford to Des Moines	17	70.6%	7.3 min	0.0%
SFB–SBN	Sanford to South Bend	17	64.7%	17.4 min	0.0%
SFB–SGF	Sanford to Springfield	16	75.0%	10.3 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	29.0%	33.1%	7,628
Late-arriving aircraft	16.5%	40.5%	4,331
National Aviation System	10.2%	19.2%	2,676
Extreme weather	42.7%	7.0%	11,215
Security	1.6%	0.1%	424

26,274 delay minutes on 277 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 August 2025?

67.6% of 788 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 64.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2024, 71.9% of 695 departures left on time and 2.6% were cancelled, against 67.6% and 0.1% in August 2025.

Provenance

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