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Melbourne Orlando International Airport (MLB) delays & on-time performance

Melbourne, Florida · 5 nonstop destinations · 3 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

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On-time arrivals
84%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.0%
58 flights
Avg arrival delay
16 min
95 min when late
Departed on time
83%
avg taxi-out 16 min

Figures cover 2,890 departures from MLB; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into MLB were on time 82% of the time.

Key facts

  • Flights departing Melbourne Orlando International Airport (MLB) arrived on time 84% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
  • 2% were cancelled, and 6% arrived an hour or more late.
  • Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (87% on time); PSA Airlines was the least (81%).
  • Departures scheduled around 5am did best (96% on time); around 7pm did worst (72%).
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (49%).

Most delayed routes from MLB

Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

All 5 routes from MLB →

Most reliable routes from MLB

Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

Best airline at MLB

Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.

AirlineOn timeCancelledAvg delayRoutesFlights
Delta Air Lines87%1.4%11 min11,449
Allegiant Air82%1.3%15 min3310
PSA Airlines81%2.9%21 min11,131

Best time to fly out of MLB

On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).

  • 5am96%123 flts
  • 6am92%463 flts
  • 7am96%94 flts
  • 8am93%43 flts
  • 9am89%75 flts
  • 10am82%38 flts
  • 11am85%561 flts
  • 12pm93%167 flts
  • 1pm77%107 flts
  • 2pm79%327 flts
  • 3pm82%126 flts
  • 4pm76%59 flts
  • 5pm75%222 flts
  • 6pm81%350 flts
  • 7pm72%123 flts

Monthly trend

60%80%100%July 2025: 78.2% on time, 1.7% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 84.6% on time, 0.4% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 92.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 83.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 89.1% on time, 4.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 81.0% on time, 1.2% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 87.6% on time, 7.8% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 84.1% on time, 1.3% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 85.3% on time, 2.5% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 89.3% on time, 0.4% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 85.1% on time, 0.8% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 79.8% on time, 1.3% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 70.3% on time, 3.3% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why departures were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft49%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)28%
  • Extreme weather13%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion10%
  • Security0%

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.