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 8 am and barely half the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	DCA	MCO	2h 29m	78%	3.6%	728	Flying now
American	DCA	MCO	2h 33m	78%	2.4%	1,814	Flying now
Southwest	DCA	MCO	2h 30m	74%	1.8%	1,093	Flying now
JetBlue	DCA	MCO	2h 21m	71%	2.5%	944	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.


American Details →	DCA 05:00 → CLT 06:26AA 365	3h 43m Charlotte	CLT 10:09 → MCO 11:57AA 2074	6h 57m	99%	87%
Southwest Details →	DCA 06:10 → BNA 07:00WN 1425	2h 15m Nashville	BNA 09:15 → MCO 12:10WN 4712	6h 00m	98%	86%
United Details →	DCA 08:20 → IAH 10:41UA 697	1h 44m Houston	IAH 12:25 → MCO 16:04UA 2662	7h 44m	97%	82%
United Details →	DCA 06:00 → IAH 08:13UA 1450	1h 17m Houston	IAH 09:30 → MCO 13:00UA 2310	7h 00m	97%	82%
United Details →	DCA 06:00 → EWR 07:19UA 4167 · flown by GoJet	3h 51m Newark	EWR 11:10 → MCO 14:03UA 2396	8h 03m	98%	82%
American Details →	DCA 06:00 → BOS 07:39AA 1550	1h 21m Boston	BOS 09:00 → MCO 12:16AA 2735	6h 16m	97%	82%
United Details →	DCA 06:30 → ORD 07:46UA 1793	1h 26m Chicago	ORD 09:12 → MCO 13:13UA 1643	6h 43m	97%	81%
Delta Details →	DCA 06:00 → ATL 07:48DL 410	2h 37m Atlanta	ATL 10:25 → MCO 12:00DL 664	6h 00m	99%	81%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	DCA 16:00 → ATL 17:57DL 360	1h 03m Atlanta	ATL 19:00 → MCO 20:35DL 2881	4h 35m	75%	46%
United Details →	DCA 17:55 → EWR 19:28UA 4180 · flown by GoJet	1h 02m Newark	EWR 20:30 → MCO 23:32UA 1190	5h 37m	58%	36%
American Details →	DCA 19:10 → MIA 22:00AA 3244	49m Miami	MIA 22:49 → MCO 23:59AA 1813	4h 49m	43%	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

IAH · 1h 17m · leaves 06:00 3%

ORD · 1h 17m · leaves 08:25 5%

DTW · 1h 15m · leaves 06:00 5%

Afternoon and evening

PHL · 1h 08m · leaves 17:18 57%

MIA · 49m · leaves 19:10 57%

DAL · 1h 00m · leaves 17:20 73%

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 5710 DCA 06:00 → BOS Frontier F9 1977 BOS 10:04 → MCO Connection details →	2h 24m	7h 40m	97%	83%
American AA 4664 DCA 06:30 → IND Frontier F9 4454 IND 10:53 → MCO Connection details →	2h 27m	6h 49m	98%	80%
American AA 5131 DCA 07:12 → CLE United UA 1488 CLE 12:16 → MCO Connection details →	3h 34m	7h 31m	97%	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