Sun, Oct 4 has passed, so this is the 12-month record.

Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Connect in the morning. The same one-hour layover misses 1 time in 10 at 9 am and 28% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	MEM	MCO	2h 00m	76%	2.3%	443	Flying now
Frontier	MEM	MCO	2h 10m	42%few flights	0.0%	12	Flying now
Spirit	MEM	MCO	2h 04m	84%	3.9%	284	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Orlando on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Orlando is 1 h ahead of Memphis). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


American Details →	MEM 05:00 → CLT 07:46AA 978	2h 23m Charlotte	CLT 10:09 → MCO 11:57AA 2074	5h 57m	98%	88%
United Details →	MEM 09:00 → IAH 10:54UA 4003 · flown by Mesa	1h 31m Houston	IAH 12:25 → MCO 16:04UA 2662	6h 04m	96%	82%
United Details →	MEM 06:00 → EWR 09:43UA 3642 · flown by Republic	1h 27m Newark	EWR 11:10 → MCO 14:03UA 2396	7h 03m	96%	81%
Delta Details →	MEM 05:15 → ATL 07:35DL 1666	2h 50m Atlanta	ATL 10:25 → MCO 12:00DL 664	5h 45m	97%	80%
Southwest Details →	MEM 06:42 → HOU 08:20WN 2914	3h 02m Houston	HOU 11:22 → MCO 14:52WN 2034	7h 10m	100%	79%
American Details →	MEM 06:27 → DCA 09:50AA 5441 · flown by PSA	1h 35m Washington	DCA 11:25 → MCO 13:51AA 2062	6h 24m	100%	77%
Delta Details →	MEM 06:20 → ATL 08:44DL 1624	2h 41m Atlanta	ATL 11:25 → MCO 13:00DL 1030	5h 40m	98%	76%
Delta Details →	MEM 06:00 → MSP 08:13DL 3899 · flown by SkyWest	1h 14m Minneapolis	MSP 09:27 → MCO 13:40DL 1208	6h 40m	94%	74%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	MEM 17:54 → ATL 20:29DL 552	51m Atlanta	ATL 21:20 → MCO 22:56DL 1733	4h 02m	69%	44%
American Details →	MEM 12:03 → DFW 13:45AA 1935	58m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 14:43 → MCO 18:31AA 2117	5h 30m	52%	28%
American Details →	MEM 14:20 → ORD 16:23AA 3675 · flown by Envoy	49m Chicago	ORD 17:12 → MCO 21:05AA 486	5h 45m	51%	21%

Same layover, different day-part

How often the first flight arrives too late to connect (45 min minimum), for one-ticket layovers of 45–80 minutes.

Morning

MSP · 1h 14m · leaves 06:00 6%

PHL · 1h 18m · leaves 06:11 6%

LGA · 54m · leaves 07:05 8%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 1h 17m · leaves 14:56 28%

ATL · 51m · leaves 17:54 31%

ORD · 49m · leaves 14:20 49%

Delays build through the day, so an afternoon first leg eats the layover. A short connection is fine early in the morning and a gamble later on.

Mixing airlines

One ticketMiss it and the airline rebooks you; bags go through. 45 min is enough.

Separate ticketsMiss it and you buy a new ticket. Re-check bags, clear security again: we require 90 min.


Southwest WN 2913 MEM 08:25 → BNA Frontier F9 1286 BNA 11:12 → MCO Connection details →	1h 52m	5h 00m	93%	85%
Delta DL 1625 MEM 07:25 → ATL Frontier F9 4556 ATL 12:34 → MCO Connection details →	2h 49m	5h 50m	97%	74%
United UA 3642 MEM 06:00 → EWR Frontier F9 2511 EWR 11:30 → MCO Connection details →	1h 47m	7h 26m	95%	74%

Rank all connections, any airlines →

Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.

How these are worked out. Makes the connection: share of the last year’s flights where the first flight arrived with at least 45 minutes to spare (90 on separate tickets). Arrives on time: first flight not cancelled × connection made × second flight not cancelled and arriving within 15 minutes. Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.

About this data: US DOT on-time records, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Schedules (which flights and connections exist, and their times) are as of Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026; seasonal flights outside that window aren’t ranked. Rebuilt monthly. JSON