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Airport · SFB · Sanford, Florida

Sanford, FL

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Sanford, FL (SFB) ranks #102 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Sanford, FL posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a high-volume U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

74.1%
On-time
Top 98%
on-time, US airports
83 min
Delay when late
1.99%
Cancelled
#102 of 382
Corpus placement
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SFB on-time rate vs. the national average

Behind the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%74.1%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 974,855.

Late Aircraft 35.5% (345,616 min)
Carrier 35.6% (346,655 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 15.6% (152,457 min)
Weather 13.1% (127,780 min)
Security 0.2% (2,347 min)

SFB - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: September (90.3%) · worst: July (84.8%)

84%86%88%90%92% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 87.7%

SFB - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

80%85%90%95%100% 202020212022202320242025 94.2% 85.7% ▼ -9.0%

SFB - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 15.8 min · taxi-in 7.3 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

12 min14 min16 min18 min20 min Jan 24Dec 25 15.3 min 16.1 min ▲ +5.2%

SFB's average taxi-out (15.8 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 14.4 min (October 2024) to 18.8 min (August 2025).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Sanford, FL.

Cancellation Rate

1.99%

2,266 of 113,898 flights

Diversion Rate

0.18%

208 of 113,898 flights

Delay Rate

25.9%

29,554 of 113,898 flights

Top Routes from SFB

Busiest routes to and from Sanford, FL.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
SFB (Sanford) → ABE (Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton) 3,302 76.3% 882 mi
ABE (Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton) → SFB (Sanford) 3,299 82.2% 882 mi
SFB (Sanford) → TYS (Knoxville) 2,745 68.9% 511 mi
TYS (Knoxville) → SFB (Sanford) 2,743 75.3% 511 mi
SFB (Sanford) → AVL (Asheville) 2,648 71.5% 465 mi
AVL (Asheville) → SFB (Sanford) 2,642 73.9% 465 mi
GRR (Grand Rapids) → SFB (Sanford) 1,439 73.2% 1,001 mi
SFB (Sanford) → GRR (Grand Rapids) 1,438 69% 1,001 mi
CVG (Cincinnati) → SFB (Sanford) 1,212 73.6% 735 mi
SFB (Sanford) → CVG (Cincinnati) 1,212 68.2% 735 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Sanford, FL, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 74.1%).

Columbus, OH

Columbus, OH

74.3% on-time 12,681 flights

Barrow, AK

Barrow, AK

74.4% on-time 4,483 flights

Ponce, PR

Ponce, PR

74.5% on-time 8,079 flights

Pago Pago, TT

Pago Pago, TT

74.6% on-time 1,005 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 113,898).

Asheville, NC

Asheville, NC

114,713 flights 80% on-time

Greensboro/High Point, NC

Greensboro/High Point, NC

116,389 flights 84.6% on-time

Bozeman, MT

Bozeman, MT

117,386 flights 82.3% on-time

White Plains, NY

White Plains, NY

117,692 flights 79.1% on-time

Other Airports in Florida

Compare performance with other Florida airports.

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Tampa, FL

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Fort Myers, FL

Fort Myers · 420,518 flights
JAX 80.4%

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville · 316,106 flights
PBI 76.9%

West Palm Beach/Palm Beach, FL

West Palm Beach/Palm Beach · 302,058 flights
SRQ 79.5%

Sarasota/Bradenton, FL

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SFB delay-share reading

The standout signal at Sanford, FL is on-time standing: 74.1% (4.9 pts below the 79% national flight-weighted average; roughly the bottom-quartile on-time performance) across 113,898 BTS flights (2020–2025). When a departure runs late, the average delay is 82.6 minutes; cancellations run 1.99%.

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (35.5% late-aircraft, 35.6% carrier, 15.6% NAS, 13.1% weather, 0.2% security). As a busy airport, that mix matters more for connection planning than for a thin schedule.

On the multi-year calendar, SFB is strongest in September (90.3% on-time) and weakest in July (84.8%), a 5.5-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~2,033 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to ABE (Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton) at 76.3% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Florida: Florida flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using SFB's data

SFB's on-time book sits in the slower half of the BTS set; check the delay mix and the worst month before treating the headline as typical.

  • Check the busiest route from SFB before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in September rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 15.8 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.