Connection · one ticket · schedule Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 · records Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Orlando → Dallas-Fort Worth via Detroit: arrives on time 28%

  1. 15:40 MCO → 18:32 DTW
    F9 2713 · Frontier · 2h 50m · 56% on time, 1.2% cancelled
  2. 58m layover in Detroit (DTW) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 19:30 DTW → 21:31 DFW
    F9 3175 · Frontier · 3h 01m · 54% on time, 3.1% cancelled

Total trip 6h 51m, scheduled departure to arrival (Dallas-Fort Worth is 1 h behind Orlando). Times are local. Both flew on 28 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection55%The first flight arrived more than 13 minutes late on 45% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 58m layover.
Arrives on time28%First flight not cancelled (1.2% are) × connection made (55%) × second flight not cancelled (3.1% are) and within 15 minutes (54%).
Total trip6h 51mMCO 15:40 to DFW 21:31, layover included

Tight connection: often missed. The first flight is late enough to miss it on more than 1 day in 4.

Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.