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 6% of the time at 8 am and 27% of the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops


Southwest	HOU	MCO	2h 15m	78%	0.8%	2,054	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 Houston). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	HOU 07:30 → MCI 09:25WN 1037	2h 20m Kansas City	MCI 11:45 → MCO 15:35WN 3238	7h 05m	96%	81%
Southwest Details →	HOU 15:50 → PIT 19:35WN 2067	2h 20m Pittsburgh	PIT 21:55 → MCO 00:18 +1WN 3377	7h 27m	100%	81%
Delta Details →	HOU 06:00 → ATL 09:05DL 2557	1h 20m Atlanta	ATL 10:25 → MCO 12:00DL 664	5h 00m	95%	79%
Southwest Details →	HOU 06:20 → PHX 06:55WN 2062	55m Phoenix	PHX 07:50 → MCO 15:10WN 1817	7h 50m	90%	77%
Southwest Details →	HOU 07:00 → DAL 08:10WN 4	1h 00m Dallas	DAL 09:10 → MCO 12:50WN 1725	4h 50m	94%	73%
Southwest Details →	HOU 05:25 → BWI 09:30WN 3797	58m Baltimore	BWI 10:28 → MCO 12:48WN 1171	6h 23m	95%	72%
Southwest Details →	HOU 09:50 → IND 13:05WN 1988	3h 05m Indianapolis	IND 16:10 → MCO 18:40WN 3271	7h 50m	100%	71%
Southwest Details →	HOU 07:50 → MSY 09:00WN 1796	3h 35m New Orleans	MSY 12:35 → MCO 15:30WN 2051	6h 40m	100%	68%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	HOU 17:12 → ATL 20:28DL 2381	52m Atlanta	ATL 21:20 → MCO 22:56DL 1733	4h 44m	73%	46%
American Details →	HOU 16:14 → DFW 17:38AA 5002 · flown by SkyWest	52m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:30 → MCO 22:20AA 2186	5h 03m	55%	24%
Southwest Details →	HOU 14:10 → BNA 16:05WN 478	50m Nashville	BNA 16:55 → MCO 20:00WN 787	4h 50m	21%	8%

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

ATL · 1h 20m · leaves 06:00 5%

BWI · 58m · leaves 05:25 5%

DAL · 1h 00m · leaves 07:00 6%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 52m · leaves 17:12 27%

DFW · 52m · leaves 16:14 45%

BHM · 50m · leaves 14:45 62%

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 1954 HOU 07:10 → BNA Frontier F9 1286 BNA 11:12 → MCO Connection details →	2h 02m	6h 15m	95%	87%
Southwest WN 2622 HOU 05:50 → ATL Delta DL 1030 ATL 11:25 → MCO Connection details →	2h 35m	6h 10m	100%	79%
Delta DL 2557 HOU 06:00 → ATL Frontier F9 4556 ATL 12:34 → MCO Connection details →	3h 29m	7h 15m	99%	76%

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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