Orlando Sanford International in October 2025

74.4%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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 859 domestic departures from Orlando Sanford International (SFB). 74.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.4% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so SFB departures were 5.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 760 departures with 73.9% leaving on time: a change of +0.5 points, with flights up 13%.

Flights arriving at SFB that month were on time 65.7% of the time (859 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 36%, late-arriving aircraft 25% and extreme weather 24%.

On time 71.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 28.2%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2025	Oct 2024	SFB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time	74.4%	73.9%	72.4%	80.0%
Arrived on time	71.4%	74.9%	69.5%	79.1%
Cancelled	0.0%	9.3%	0.7%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.5 min	15.4 min	24.9 min	13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	29	25	28	20,195
Scheduled departures	859	760	10,115	605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	859	100%	71.4%	14.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SFB–ABE	Sanford to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	62	79.0%	3.1 min	0.0%
SFB–AVL	Sanford to Asheville	61	68.9%	16.4 min	0.0%
SFB–TYS	Sanford to Knoxville	57	66.7%	11.9 min	0.0%
SFB–CVG	Sanford to Cincinnati	34	85.3%	-0.5 min	0.0%
SFB–GRR	Sanford to Grand Rapids	34	64.7%	15.1 min	0.0%
SFB–IND	Sanford to Indianapolis	28	71.4%	7.5 min	0.0%
SFB–FNT	Sanford to Flint	27	92.6%	-1.9 min	0.0%
SFB–BGR	Sanford to Bangor	26	84.6%	8.0 min	0.0%
SFB–LEX	Sanford to Lexington	24	62.5%	21.4 min	0.0%
SFB–MDT	Sanford to Harrisburg	24	87.5%	2.4 min	0.0%
SFB–FWA	Sanford to Fort Wayne	23	65.2%	22.6 min	0.0%
SFB–ATW	Sanford to Appleton	18	88.9%	6.1 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), October 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	36.0%	34.0%	5,885
Late-arriving aircraft	25.0%	39.7%	4,093
National Aviation System	15.1%	22.9%	2,472
Extreme weather	23.9%	3.3%	3,909
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

16,359 delay minutes on 242 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 2025?

74.4% of 859 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 73.9% of 760 departures left on time and 9.3% were cancelled, against 74.4% and 0.0% in October 2025.

Provenance

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