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 7% of the time at 9 am and 28% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops


Southwest	DAL	MCO	2h 30m	71%	1.6%	2,638	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 Dallas). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	DAL 06:00 → DEN 07:00WN 1296	3h 00m Denver	DEN 10:00 → MCO 15:55WN 1339	8h 55m	100%	85%
Southwest Details →	DAL 06:00 → PHX 06:28WN 1379	1h 22m Phoenix	PHX 07:50 → MCO 15:10WN 1817	8h 10m	100%	85%
Southwest Details →	DAL 08:35 → MCI 10:10WN 1343	1h 35m Kansas City	MCI 11:45 → MCO 15:35WN 3238	6h 00m	100%	82%
Southwest Details →	DAL 07:30 → HOU 08:45WN 3	2h 37m Houston	HOU 11:22 → MCO 14:52WN 2034	6h 22m	99%	78%
Delta Details →	DAL 06:05 → ATL 09:15DL 516	1h 10m Atlanta	ATL 10:25 → MCO 12:00DL 664	4h 55m	93%	76%
Southwest Details →	DAL 07:35 → AUS 08:40WN 1265	1h 35m Austin	AUS 10:15 → MCO 13:55WN 349	5h 20m	95%	72%
Southwest Details →	DAL 06:00 → ATL 09:05WN 1261	2h 57m Atlanta	ATL 12:02 → MCO 13:32WN 215	6h 32m	100%	68%
Southwest Details →	DAL 07:20 → STL 09:05WN 274	50m St Louis	STL 09:55 → MCO 13:15WN 3947	4h 55m	80%	67%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	DAL 15:59 → ATL 19:14DL 512	1h 01m Atlanta	ATL 20:15 → MCO 21:52DL 1735	4h 53m	72%	43%
Southwest Details →	DAL 17:25 → STL 19:10WN 2921	50m St Louis	STL 20:00 → MCO 23:30WN 3950	5h 05m	36%	22%
Southwest Details →	DAL 11:40 → BWI 15:35WN 2595	55m Baltimore	BWI 16:30 → MCO 19:00WN 176	6h 20m	51%	20%

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

MSY · 1h 15m · leaves 06:20 2%

ATL · 1h 10m · leaves 06:05 7%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 1h 01m · leaves 15:59 28%

BWI · 55m · leaves 11:40 49%

MDW · 50m · leaves 14:05 58%

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 1519 DAL 07:05 → BNA Frontier F9 1286 BNA 11:12 → MCO Connection details →	2h 22m	6h 20m	91%	83%
Southwest WN 1261 DAL 06:00 → ATL Delta DL 1030 ATL 11:25 → MCO Connection details →	2h 20m	6h 00m	98%	78%
Southwest WN 1265 DAL 07:35 → AUS Frontier F9 4524 AUS 10:42 → MCO Connection details →	2h 02m	5h 58m	95%	75%

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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