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 4% of the time at 9 am and 1 time in 5 at 8 pm.

Nonstops


United	CLE	MCO	2h 31m	89%	0.5%	554	Flying now
Southwest	CLE	MCO	2h 30m	78%	0.0%	332	Flying now
Frontier	CLE	MCO	2h 34m	76%	1.4%	1,226	Flying now
Spirit	CLE	MCO	–	33%few flights	0.0%	3	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. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	CLE 06:40 → BNA 07:10WN 4568	2h 05m Nashville	BNA 09:15 → MCO 12:10WN 4712	5h 30m	100%	90%
American Details →	CLE 05:01 → CLT 06:42AA 2632	3h 27m Charlotte	CLT 10:09 → MCO 11:57AA 2074	6h 56m	98%	88%
United Details →	CLE 06:00 → IAD 07:15UA 1252	1h 30m Dulles	IAD 08:45 → MCO 11:08UA 379	5h 08m	99%	86%
United Details →	CLE 07:15 → EWR 08:47UA 601	2h 23m Newark	EWR 11:10 → MCO 14:03UA 2396	6h 48m	99%	84%
Southwest Details →	CLE 06:00 → BWI 07:20WN 1153	2h 10m Baltimore	BWI 09:30 → MCO 11:50WN 3658	5h 50m	100%	82%
Delta Details →	CLE 05:35 → ATL 07:22DL 2734	3h 03m Atlanta	ATL 10:25 → MCO 12:00DL 664	6h 25m	98%	82%
American Details →	CLE 08:46 → DCA 10:09AA 4737 · flown by Republic	1h 16m Washington	DCA 11:25 → MCO 13:51AA 2062	5h 05m	95%	81%
Southwest Details →	CLE 07:05 → STL 07:40WN 1165	2h 15m St Louis	STL 09:55 → MCO 13:15WN 3947	6h 10m	97%	81%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	CLE 17:15 → JFK 19:09DL 4975 · flown by Endeavor	50m New York	JFK 19:59 → MCO 23:18DL 1740	6h 03m	64%	37%
American Details →	CLE 12:08 → CLT 13:47AA 1677	1h 08m Charlotte	CLT 14:55 → MCO 16:44AA 2082	4h 36m	71%	35%
Southwest Details →	CLE 19:10 → MDW 19:35WN 1163	1h 00m Chicago	MDW 20:35 → MCO 00:35 +1WN 2821	5h 00m	71%	31%

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

EWR · 1h 14m · leaves 07:15 4%

JFK · 1h 20m · leaves 06:45 8%

ATL · 1h 03m · leaves 05:35 8%

Afternoon and evening

MDW · 1h 00m · leaves 19:10 29%

JFK · 50m · leaves 17:15 36%

PHL · 53m · leaves 17:12 41%

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.


Delta DL 5684 CLE 06:05 → BOS Frontier F9 1977 BOS 10:04 → MCO Connection details →	1h 55m	7h 35m	94%	82%
United UA 601 CLE 07:15 → EWR Frontier F9 2511 EWR 11:30 → MCO Connection details →	2h 43m	7h 11m	99%	77%
Delta DL 2838 CLE 07:05 → ATL Frontier F9 4556 ATL 12:34 → MCO Connection details →	3h 39m	7h 10m	99%	76%

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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