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MDT to SFB flight delays

Harrisburg, PA (MDT) Sanford, FL (SFB) · 827 miles

278 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics

62.68%

Arrived on time

Within 15 minutes of schedule

0.72%

Cancelled

Share of scheduled flights

102 min

When late, late by

Average across delayed arrivals

39 min

Delay per flight

Averaged over every flight flown

What the record says about this route

The season swings this route hard. In May it ran 30.5 points more punctual than in August — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.

The two directions do not behave alike. SFB to MDT arrives on time 13.9 points more often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.

This is a late route. Flights from Harrisburg to Sanford miss their scheduled arrival often enough that a tight connection at the far end is a connection at risk.

The route has been getting better. The later months in the record run 12.8 points more punctual than the earlier ones, which usually means a schedule that was too tight has been given more room.

Which airline should you fly on this route?

Over January 2025 – August 2026, Allegiant Air arrived on time most often on MDT to SFB. Flights ran closest to schedule in February and worst in September.

Every airline on MDT to SFB

Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.

Airline Flights On time Cancelled Avg delay Grade
Allegiant Air 278 62.68% 0.72% 102 min F

Month by month

Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.

Jul 2025 peak 89 Jun 2026
On-time arrival rate, %

Common questions

Are flights from Harrisburg to Sanford usually delayed?

62.68% of flights on the MDT to SFB route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 4 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.

Which airlines fly from Harrisburg to Sanford?

Only Allegiant Air appears in the published record on this route, with 278 flights and 62.68% arriving on time.

How often are MDT to SFB flights cancelled?

0.72% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 7 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.

What is the best month to fly Harrisburg to Sanford?

May, when 78.3% of flights arrived on time. The worst was August at 47.8%.

When MDT to SFB flights are late, how late are they?

About 102 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.

What these figures do and do not tell you

Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on MDT to SFB during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.

A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.

Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →