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 1 time in 10 at 8 am and almost half the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops


Frontier	EWR	MCO	3h 01m	81%	1.3%	155	Flying now
United	EWR	MCO	2h 56m	80%	2.1%	4,016	Flying now
JetBlue	EWR	MCO	2h 50m	75%	3.7%	1,364	Flying now
Spirit	EWR	MCO	2h 54m	72%	5.9%	998	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.


American Details →	EWR 05:00 → CLT 06:57AA 1113	3h 12m Charlotte	CLT 10:09 → MCO 11:57AA 2074	6h 57m	98%	89%
United Details →	EWR 08:30 → CLE 10:08UA 1833	2h 08m Cleveland	CLE 12:16 → MCO 14:43UA 1488	6h 13m	99%	86%
United Details →	EWR 07:05 → IAH 09:50UA 2438	2h 35m Houston	IAH 12:25 → MCO 16:04UA 2662	8h 59m	99%	85%
United Details →	EWR 06:00 → IAD 07:22UA 1366	1h 23m Dulles	IAD 08:45 → MCO 11:08UA 379	5h 08m	98%	84%
American Details →	EWR 06:00 → CLT 08:01AA 2505	3h 12m Charlotte	CLT 11:13 → MCO 13:01AA 2127	7h 01m	98%	79%
United Details →	EWR 06:00 → ORD 07:42UA 530	1h 30m Chicago	ORD 09:12 → MCO 13:13UA 1643	7h 13m	95%	78%
Delta Details →	EWR 06:00 → ATL 08:24DL 2353	2h 01m Atlanta	ATL 10:25 → MCO 12:00DL 664	6h 00m	94%	76%
Frontier Details →	EWR 05:55 → ATL 08:44F9 4601	3h 50m Atlanta	ATL 12:34 → MCO 14:15F9 4556	8h 20m	99%	75%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	EWR 15:08 → IAD 16:32UA 1992	50m Dulles	IAD 17:22 → MCO 19:45UA 2463	4h 37m	55%	38%
American Details →	EWR 18:30 → MIA 21:55AA 3119	54m Miami	MIA 22:49 → MCO 23:59AA 1813	5h 29m	73%	34%
American Details →	EWR 14:20 → ORD 16:15AA 2250	57m Chicago	ORD 17:12 → MCO 21:05AA 486	6h 45m	55%	22%

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

DFW · 1h 07m · leaves 05:51 4%

SJU · 1h 18m · leaves 06:00 4%

CLE · 1h 07m · leaves 09:25 6%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 57m · leaves 19:29 44%

ORD · 57m · leaves 14:20 45%

IAD · 50m · leaves 15:08 45%

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.


United UA 1428 EWR 06:52 → BNA Frontier F9 1286 BNA 11:12 → MCO Connection details →	2h 56m	7h 33m	97%	87%
United UA 3683 EWR 06:15 → IND Frontier F9 4454 IND 10:53 → MCO Connection details →	2h 30m	7h 04m	98%	83%
United UA 1012 EWR 06:00 → ATL Delta DL 664 ATL 10:25 → MCO Connection details →	2h 02m	6h 00m	99%	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