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Orlando International Airport (MCO) departure delays

Name: Orlando International Airport (MCO) departure delays
Creator: FlightLabs

Of 12,775 sampled departures, 69.3% left 15 minutes or more behind schedule. Average lateness was 42.6 minutes. Sample window: Nov 6, 2025 to May 7, 2026.

These are historical aggregates, not live status. A departure is late at 15 minutes past schedule.

When departures are on time

Best hour to depart: 23:00–23:59, 28.9% late.
Best day of week: Tuesday, 61.8% late.

Airlines with the most late departures

Airline	Flights sampled	Late	Average lateness
Aeromexico (AM)	80	90.0%	29.8 min
Palau Micronesia Air (PD)	102	87.3%	62.5 min
Yute Air Alaska (4Y)	36	86.1%	39.0 min
Southwest Airlines Co. (WN)	3,175	82.0%	45.4 min
ChallengAir (1I)	128	81.3%	49.3 min

Routes from MCO

MCO to ORD — 146 flights per week
MCO to PHL — 134 flights per week
MCO to LGA — 125 flights per week
MCO to BOS — 124 flights per week
MCO to ATL — 118 flights per week
MCO to DFW — 118 flights per week
MCO to CLT — 110 flights per week
MCO to SJU — 108 flights per week

The departures that are late right now

69.3% of this MCO sample left 15 minutes late or more. GET /flight_delays returns the ones that are late at this moment: airline, flight number, scheduled time, actual time and minutes of delay.

https://www.goflightlabs.com/flight_delays?access_key=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY&delay=15&type=departures&dep_iata=MCO

Example response

Field names match the live API. This flight only shows the shape. It is not a live result.

{ "success": true, "data": [ { "airline_iata": "AA", "flight_iata": "AA100", "flight_number": "100", "dep_iata": "MCO", "dep_time": "2024-03-15 08:00", "dep_actual": "2024-03-15 08:22", "dep_delayed": 22, "status": "active" } ] }

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