Orlando Sanford International in March 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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 989 domestic departures from Orlando Sanford International (SFB). 72.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.3% reached their destination on time; 2.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so SFB departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 1,086 departures with 76.9% leaving on time: a change of −4.0 points, with flights down 9%.

Flights arriving at SFB that month were on time 65.2% of the time (990 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 47%, late-arriving aircraft 27% and extreme weather 15%.

On time 69.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 28.2%
Cancelled 2.1%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	SFB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	72.9%	76.9%	72.4%	72.8%
Arrived on time	69.3%	74.9%	69.5%	73.2%
Cancelled	2.1%	0.7%	0.7%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	26.7 min	17.0 min	24.9 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	33	36	28	20,403
Scheduled departures	989	1,086	10,115	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	989	100%	69.3%	20.6 min	2.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SFB–TYS	Sanford to Knoxville	59	64.4%	19.4 min	1.7%
SFB–ABE	Sanford to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	57	71.9%	10.4 min	0.0%
SFB–GRR	Sanford to Grand Rapids	52	76.9%	33.6 min	1.9%
SFB–FNT	Sanford to Flint	45	68.9%	41.1 min	0.0%
SFB–AVL	Sanford to Asheville	43	69.8%	10.3 min	2.3%
SFB–CVG	Sanford to Cincinnati	35	68.6%	22.9 min	0.0%
SFB–BGR	Sanford to Bangor	32	81.3%	3.3 min	3.1%
SFB–ATW	Sanford to Appleton	31	67.7%	2.0 min	9.7%
SFB–SBN	Sanford to South Bend	31	64.5%	7.8 min	3.2%
SFB–IND	Sanford to Indianapolis	26	65.4%	42.4 min	0.0%
SFB–DSM	Sanford to Des Moines	23	91.3%	-10.6 min	0.0%
SFB–MDT	Sanford to Harrisburg	22	77.3%	22.8 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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	47.2%	33.5%	12,081
Late-arriving aircraft	26.6%	39.3%	6,816
National Aviation System	11.4%	21.0%	2,913
Extreme weather	14.6%	5.9%	3,752
Security	0.2%	0.2%	59

25,621 delay minutes on 279 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 March 2026?

72.9% of 989 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 76.9% of 1,086 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 72.9% and 2.1% in March 2026.

Provenance

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