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 9 am and 1 time in 4 at 8 pm.

Nonstops


Frontier	DTW	MCO	2h 46m	77%	1.3%	461	Flying now
Delta	DTW	MCO	2h 44m	76%	1.0%	2,192	Flying now
Spirit	DTW	MCO	2h 45m	78%	1.0%	873	Not flying now
Southwest	DTW	MCO	2h 35m	69%	0.0%	119	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 →	DTW 06:30 → BNA 07:05WN 4581	2h 10m Nashville	BNA 09:15 → MCO 12:10WN 4712	5h 40m	98%	87%
American Details →	DTW 06:00 → CLT 07:51AA 387	2h 18m Charlotte	CLT 10:09 → MCO 11:57AA 2074	5h 57m	96%	86%
United Details →	DTW 06:15 → IAH 08:11UA 1229	1h 19m Houston	IAH 09:30 → MCO 13:00UA 2310	6h 45m	100%	86%
Southwest Details →	DTW 05:50 → BWI 07:20WN 4534	2h 10m Baltimore	BWI 09:30 → MCO 11:50WN 3658	6h 00m	100%	82%
Southwest Details →	DTW 07:00 → STL 07:35WN 1783	2h 20m St Louis	STL 09:55 → MCO 13:15WN 3947	6h 15m	98%	82%
Delta Details →	DTW 05:17 → ATL 07:10DL 2375	3h 15m Atlanta	ATL 10:25 → MCO 12:00DL 664	6h 43m	99%	82%
United Details →	DTW 05:30 → ORD 05:53UA 3483 · flown by Republic	3h 19m Chicago	ORD 09:12 → MCO 13:13UA 1643	7h 43m	100%	81%
United Details →	DTW 06:00 → EWR 07:45UA 3652 · flown by Republic	3h 25m Newark	EWR 11:10 → MCO 14:03UA 2396	8h 03m	99%	81%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	DTW 07:03 → JFK 09:00DL 5216 · flown by Endeavor	50m New York	JFK 09:50 → MCO 12:49DL 2019	5h 46m	73%	55%
Frontier Details →	DTW 12:50 → BWI 14:26F9 1516	55m Baltimore	BWI 15:21 → MCO 17:53F9 3663	5h 01m	75%	52%
Delta Details →	DTW 16:00 → ATL 18:04DL 1467	56m Atlanta	ATL 19:00 → MCO 20:35DL 2881	4h 35m	72%	45%

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

CLT · 1h 15m · leaves 07:00 5%

ATL · 1h 15m · leaves 05:17 6%

ORD · 57m · leaves 10:33 6%

Afternoon and evening

CVG · 48m · leaves 14:00 24%

ATL · 56m · leaves 16:00 28%

CLT · 48m · leaves 16:17 43%

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 5392 DTW 08:35 → CLE United UA 1488 CLE 12:16 → MCO Connection details →	2h 39m	6h 08m	94%	86%
Delta DL 2566 DTW 07:00 → EWR United UA 2396 EWR 11:10 → MCO Connection details →	2h 26m	7h 03m	97%	81%
Delta DL 2682 DTW 08:30 → BNA Frontier F9 1286 BNA 11:12 → MCO Connection details →	2h 01m	5h 55m	93%	81%

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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