Orlando Sanford International in April 2026

78.6%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 799 domestic departures from Orlando Sanford International (SFB). 78.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.3% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so SFB departures were 0.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 885 departures with 72.5% leaving on time: a change of +6.1 points, with flights down 10%.

Flights arriving at SFB that month were on time 73.1% of the time (799 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 51%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and national aviation system 9%.

On time 76.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.4%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	SFB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	78.6%	72.5%	72.4%	79.1%
Arrived on time	76.3%	67.5%	69.5%	78.9%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.1%	0.7%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.5 min	16.5 min	24.9 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	27	30	28	19,931
Scheduled departures	799	885	10,115	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	799	100%	76.3%	10.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SFB–ABE	Sanford to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	49	81.6%	13.7 min	0.0%
SFB–TYS	Sanford to Knoxville	44	84.1%	-3.1 min	0.0%
SFB–GRR	Sanford to Grand Rapids	42	83.3%	4.5 min	0.0%
SFB–AVL	Sanford to Asheville	36	75.0%	9.0 min	0.0%
SFB–BGR	Sanford to Bangor	32	93.8%	-6.7 min	0.0%
SFB–FNT	Sanford to Flint	32	62.5%	15.8 min	0.0%
SFB–ATW	Sanford to Appleton	25	80.0%	26.7 min	0.0%
SFB–CVG	Sanford to Cincinnati	24	70.8%	0.2 min	0.0%
SFB–SBN	Sanford to South Bend	20	80.0%	0.0 min	0.0%
SFB–ELM	Sanford to Elmira/Corning	19	73.7%	23.7 min	0.0%
SFB–MDT	Sanford to Harrisburg	19	78.9%	0.4 min	0.0%
SFB–PIT	Sanford to Pittsburgh	17	76.5%	14.5 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 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	51.3%	33.5%	7,022
Late-arriving aircraft	31.9%	40.4%	4,370
National Aviation System	8.9%	21.0%	1,225
Extreme weather	7.8%	5.0%	1,072
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

13,689 delay minutes on 187 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 2026?

78.6% of 799 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 72.5% of 885 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 78.6% and 0.0% in April 2026.

Provenance

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