On-Time Report

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Route · 12 months to July 2026

Sanford to Indianapolis: on-time record

Orlando Sanford International to Indianapolis International

70.7%arrived 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. Data through July 2026; this is a monthly history, not live flight status.

70.7% of scheduled SFB to IND flights arrived on time in the 12 months to July 2026. The figure covers 225 flights between Sanford and Indianapolis by carriers that report to BTS, a distance of 807 miles.

That is 5.3 points below the national on-time share of 76.0% for the same period and 1.2 points above the 69.5% recorded for all departures from SFB. Flights that did arrive were 17.2 min late on average, and 0.4% of scheduled flights were cancelled (national: 1.8%).

Allegiant Air is the only reporting carrier on the route, with 225 flights in the period.

By scheduled departure hour (local time at SFB), flights leaving from 9 am to 10 am had the highest on-time share, 86.7%; those leaving from 7 pm to 8 pm had the lowest, 60.0%.

The on-time share is up 10.8 points on the previous 12 months (59.9%); cancellations moved from 1.8% to 0.4%.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category on this route, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 26% and extreme weather 23%.

70.7%arrived on timenational 76.0%
17.2 minaverage arrival delayearly arrivals count as negative; national 8.1 min
0.4%cancellednational 1.8%
19flights a month225 in 12 months · 807 miles
Every scheduled SFB to IND flight by a reporting carrier, August 2025 to July 2026.

Airlines on the route compared

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
G4 Allegiant Air225100%70.7%17.2 min0.4%

Carriers with at least 24 flights in the 12 months to July 2026. The on-time pill is green when a carrier is at or above the route's overall share. Regional carriers operate flights sold under larger airlines' brands; BTS lists the carrier that operated the flight.

Compared with the airports and the nation

MeasureSFB to INDAll departures from SFBAll arrivals at INDAll reported flights
Arrived on time70.7%69.5%75.2%76.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late28.4%29.6%22.6%21.9%
Cancelled0.4%0.7%2.0%1.8%
Diverted0.4%0.3%0.1%0.3%
Average arrival delay17.2 min20.0 min8.1 min8.1 min
Delay minutes per 100 flights2,4522,6341,6271,684
Scheduled flights22510,11548,5627,043,858

12 months to July 2026. Delay minutes count late arrivals only (an early arrival is zero), so the per-100-flights row is a normalised total rather than an average of early and late.

The return direction, IND to SFB, recorded 75.1% on time across 225 flights in the same period.

Month by month

100%columns start at 40%
Share of scheduled SFB to IND flights that arrived on time, Aug 2023 to Jul 2026. Green columns are at or above the national figure for that month (the dark tick), amber below it, red more than eight points below.

Year on year: on time 70.7% against 59.9% (+10.8 pts), cancelled 0.4% against 1.8%, flights 225 against 227.

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of flights that arrived on time, by the hour they were scheduled to leave SFB (local time), 12 months to July 2026. Faded cells have few flights. Hover or tap a cell for counts.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNationalMinutes
Air carrier26.0%33.3%1,396
Late-arriving aircraft39.7%39.7%2,137
National Aviation System10.9%20.7%587
Extreme weather23.4%6.1%1,259
Security0.0%0.1%0
5,379 delay minutes on 64 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Seasonality

Calendar monthFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg arrival delayYears in sample
Jan3565.7%2.9%7.4 min3
Feb4158.5%0.0%29.2 min3
Mar7779.2%0.0%16.6 min3
Apr4067.5%0.0%18.4 min3
May5554.5%0.0%45.0 min3
Jun8864.8%0.0%21.6 min3
Jul8764.4%2.3%21.2 min3
Aug3375.8%0.0%9.0 min3
Sep3278.1%0.0%34.6 min3
Oct7975.9%3.8%6.7 min3
Nov3892.1%0.0%-4.9 min3
Dec5364.2%0.0%45.2 min3

Each calendar month summed across the 36 months on file, so most rows combine three years. The pill compares the month with the route's own 12-month share.

Other routes from Sanford (SFB)

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SFB–ABESanford to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton64275.5%17.7 min0.3%
SFB–TYSSanford to Knoxville63963.7%21.3 min0.6%
SFB–AVLSanford to Asheville51569.3%22.0 min0.6%
SFB–GRRSanford to Grand Rapids40071.5%16.8 min0.8%
SFB–CVGSanford to Cincinnati35164.7%24.1 min0.3%
SFB–FNTSanford to Flint32273.9%15.6 min0.3%
SFB–BGRSanford to Bangor28879.9%4.3 min2.1%
SFB–MDTSanford to Harrisburg27877.7%13.6 min0.4%

All 69 routes and the airport record for SFB · airport record for IND

Questions and answers

How often are flights from Sanford to Indianapolis on time?

70.7% of the 225 flights scheduled from SFB to IND in the 12 months to July 2026 arrived less than 15 minutes after their scheduled time. The national share for the same period was 76.0%. Cancelled and diverted flights count as not on time.

Which airline has the highest on-time share from SFB to IND?

Allegiant Air is the only reporting carrier with at least 60 flights on the route in the period, so there is no comparison to make.

What causes delays between Sanford and Indianapolis?

For flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late, carriers attributed the delay minutes as follows: late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 26%, extreme weather 23%, national aviation system 11%, security 0%. The categories are the carriers' own reports to BTS; weather that slows the wider system is usually recorded under the National Aviation System rather than extreme weather.

What time of day has the highest on-time share from SFB?

Flights scheduled to leave SFB from 9 am to 10 am arrived on time 86.7% of the time, the highest of any hour with enough flights to compare. The lowest was 7 pm to 8 pm at 60.0%. Delays tend to build through the day as late aircraft carry over to later flights.

Is it getting better?

The on-time share for the 12 months to July 2026 was 70.7%, up 10.8 points on the previous 12 months (59.9%). The monthly chart on this page shows each of the last 36 months.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is computed from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance files, which list each scheduled domestic flight by the carriers required to report. This page covers August 2023 to July 2026. It shows totals and averages only; it is not a live flight-status service.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (1987 to present), monthly files August 2023 to July 2026, a US government work in the public domain. Figures are totals and averages over all scheduled flights by reporting carriers on the route; no individual flight or aircraft is identified. Times are local to the departure airport. The load factor and passenger counts from the BTS T-100 series are not included in this edition. See the methodology; report processing errors through corrections.