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 11 am and 44% of the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops


United	IAH	MCO	2h 28m	86%	0.6%	2,462	Flying now
Southwest	HOU	MCO	2h 15m	78%	0.8%	2,054	Flying now
Frontier	IAH	MCO	2h 37m	72%	0.9%	559	Flying now
Spirit	IAH	MCO	2h 23m	77%	2.5%	607	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 Houston). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	IAH 05:15 → DEN 06:47UA 1874	1h 23m Denver	DEN 08:10 → MCO 13:57UA 2292	7h 42m	97%	86%
United Details →	IAH 06:30 → DEN 08:02UA 2643	2h 08m Denver	DEN 10:10 → MCO 16:04UA 2354	8h 34m	100%	85%
United Details →	IAH 05:04 → ORD 07:59UA 1044	1h 13m Chicago	ORD 09:12 → MCO 13:13UA 1643	7h 09m	99%	84%
United Details →	IAH 07:20 → CLE 11:14UA 544	1h 02m Cleveland	CLE 12:16 → MCO 14:43UA 1488	6h 23m	91%	84%
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 →	IAH 05:40 → ATL 08:43DL 1069	1h 42m Atlanta	ATL 10:25 → MCO 12:00DL 664	5h 20m	98%	81%
United Details →	IAH 07:20 → IAD 11:28UA 1549	1h 07m Dulles	IAD 12:35 → MCO 14:58UA 2206	6h 38m	94%	80%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	IAH 12:13 → IAD 16:30UA 2366	52m Dulles	IAD 17:22 → MCO 19:45UA 2463	6h 32m	68%	48%
American Details →	IAH 07:01 → PHL 11:23AA 2561	53m Philadelphia	PHL 12:16 → MCO 14:59AA 2065	6h 58m	68%	42%
American Details →	IAH 11:26 → ORD 14:17AA 1909	51m Chicago	ORD 15:08 → MCO 19:03AA 2064	6h 37m	54%	28%

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

ORD · 1h 13m · leaves 05:04 1%

ATL · 1h 20m · leaves 06:00 5%

BWI · 58m · leaves 05:25 5%

Afternoon and evening

BWI · 54m · leaves 16:21 52%

MIA · 59m · leaves 18:12 59%

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%
United UA 2643 IAH 06:30 → DEN Southwest WN 1339 DEN 10:00 → MCO Connection details →	1h 58m	8h 25m	96%	81%
United UA 491 IAH 07:30 → MSY Frontier F9 1432 MSY 12:36 → MCO Connection details →	3h 50m	7h 07m	100%	79%

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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