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 5% of the time at 6 am and 2 times in 3 at 6 pm.

Nonstops


Frontier	DFW	MCO	2h 59m	74%	1.9%	774	Flying now
Southwest	DAL	MCO	2h 30m	71%	1.6%	2,638	Flying now
American	DFW	MCO	2h 39m	62%	2.8%	3,675	Flying now
Spirit	DFW	MCO	2h 41m	70%	3.3%	453	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 Dallas-Fort Worth). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	DFW 05:10 → IAH 06:22UA 2260	58m Houston	IAH 07:20 → MCO 10:51UA 2245	4h 41m	95%	87%
American Details →	DFW 05:00 → CLT 08:38AA 575	1h 31m Charlotte	CLT 10:09 → MCO 11:57AA 2074	5h 57m	97%	86%
United Details →	DFW 05:45 → DEN 06:53UA 773	1h 17m Denver	DEN 08:10 → MCO 13:57UA 2292	7h 12m	98%	86%
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%
United Details →	DFW 07:00 → IAH 08:26UA 2670	3h 59m Houston	IAH 12:25 → MCO 16:04UA 2662	8h 04m	99%	83%
Southwest Details →	DAL 08:35 → MCI 10:10WN 1343	1h 35m Kansas City	MCI 11:45 → MCO 15:35WN 3238	6h 00m	100%	82%
American Details →	DFW 05:02 → DCA 09:03AA 1618	2h 22m Washington	DCA 11:25 → MCO 13:51AA 2062	7h 49m	97%	82%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	DFW 11:54 → DCA 15:59AA 1414	1h 01m Washington	DCA 17:00 → MCO 19:40AA 2139	6h 37m	71%	37%
American Details →	DFW 20:30 → PHX 21:02AA 1133	49m Phoenix	PHX 21:51 → MCO 05:00 +1AA 563	7h 30m	44%	28%
American Details →	DFW 12:45 → MIA 16:43AA 3117	52m Miami	MIA 17:35 → MCO 18:58AA 2147	5h 14m	39%	24%

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%

DEN · 1h 17m · leaves 05:45 2%

IAH · 58m · leaves 05:10 5%

Afternoon and evening

PHX · 49m · leaves 20:30 56%

MDW · 50m · leaves 14:05 58%

MIA · 47m · leaves 14:25 66%

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.


American AA 3912 DFW 06:00 → BNA Frontier F9 1286 BNA 11:12 → MCO Connection details →	3h 11m	7h 25m	100%	91%
American AA 3193 DFW 07:20 → IAH United UA 2662 IAH 12:25 → MCO Connection details →	3h 53m	7h 44m	97%	83%
American AA 575 DFW 05:00 → CLT Frontier F9 1445 CLT 12:24 → MCO Connection details →	3h 46m	8h 18m	99%	80%

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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