Orlando Sanford International in January 2026

72.9%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 767 domestic departures from Orlando Sanford International (SFB). 72.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.6% reached their destination on time; 2.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so SFB departures were 2.7 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 798 departures with 72.4% leaving on time: a change of +0.5 points, with flights down 4%.

Flights arriving at SFB that month were on time 66.9% of the time (767 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 72.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.3%
Cancelled 2.9%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from SFB in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	SFB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	72.9%	72.4%	72.4%	75.6%
Arrived on time	72.6%	71.9%	69.5%	75.3%
Cancelled	2.9%	1.4%	0.7%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.5 min	18.3 min	24.9 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	26	27	28	18,133
Scheduled departures	767	798	10,115	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	767	100%	72.6%	9.7 min	2.9%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SFB–TYS	Sanford to Knoxville	53	60.4%	20.7 min	5.7%
SFB–ABE	Sanford to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	50	80.0%	27.0 min	4.0%
SFB–AVL	Sanford to Asheville	39	69.2%	10.3 min	5.1%
SFB–FNT	Sanford to Flint	33	75.8%	3.9 min	0.0%
SFB–GRR	Sanford to Grand Rapids	32	59.4%	21.4 min	0.0%
SFB–ATW	Sanford to Appleton	30	83.3%	-0.7 min	0.0%
SFB–CVG	Sanford to Cincinnati	21	76.2%	11.7 min	4.8%
SFB–BGR	Sanford to Bangor	20	80.0%	-6.7 min	10.0%
SFB–MDT	Sanford to Harrisburg	20	75.0%	-4.1 min	5.0%
SFB–DSM	Sanford to Des Moines	19	73.7%	4.4 min	0.0%
SFB–FWA	Sanford to Fort Wayne	17	82.4%	-0.7 min	0.0%
SFB–LEX	Sanford to Lexington	17	58.8%	49.1 min	11.8%

By scheduled departure hour

100

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	42.9%	37.3%	5,658
Late-arriving aircraft	36.8%	35.0%	4,859
National Aviation System	10.3%	18.0%	1,355
Extreme weather	9.5%	9.6%	1,258
Security	0.5%	0.1%	71

13,201 delay minutes on 186 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 2026?

72.9% of 767 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 72.4% of 798 departures left on time and 1.4% were cancelled, against 72.9% and 2.9% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.