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Orlando Sanford International Airport (SFB) delays & on-time performance

Sanford, Florida · 69 nonstop destinations · 1 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

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No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at SFB right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.

On-time arrivals
70%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.7%
66 flights
Avg arrival delay
27 min
85 min when late
Departed on time
73%
avg taxi-out 17 min

Figures cover 10,115 departures from SFB; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into SFB were on time 64% of the time.

Key facts

  • Flights departing Orlando Sanford International Airport (SFB) arrived on time 70% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, worse than the 78% national average.
  • 0.7% were cancelled, and 12% arrived an hour or more late.
  • Departures scheduled around 6am did best (91% on time); around 6pm did worst (46%).
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (38%).

Most delayed routes from SFB

Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

All 69 routes from SFB →

Most reliable routes from SFB

Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

Best airline at SFB

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

AirlineOn timeCancelledAvg delayRoutesFlights
Allegiant Air70%0.7%27 min6910,115

Best time to fly out of SFB

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

  • 6am91%1,194 flts
  • 7am87%818 flts
  • 8am88%775 flts
  • 9am88%525 flts
  • 10am85%475 flts
  • 11am81%419 flts
  • 12pm62%834 flts
  • 1pm59%733 flts
  • 2pm65%618 flts
  • 3pm65%812 flts
  • 4pm59%530 flts
  • 5pm47%522 flts
  • 6pm46%743 flts
  • 7pm53%502 flts
  • 8pm61%344 flts
  • 9pm57%264 flts

Monthly trend

40%70%100%July 2025: 58.4% on time, 0.4% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 64.7% on time, 0.1% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 81.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 71.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 72.3% on time, 0.3% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 67.9% on time, 0.8% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 75.0% on time, 2.9% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 71.5% on time, 0.4% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 71.1% on time, 2.1% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 76.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 70.8% on time, 0.1% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 64.1% on time, 0.4% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 62.8% on time, 0.4% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why departures were late

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)38%
  • Late-arriving aircraft27%
  • Extreme weather23%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion12%
  • 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.