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 90-minute layover misses 5% of the time at 10 am and 29% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops


United	IAD	MCO	2h 28m	83%	0.8%	1,888	Flying now
Frontier	IAD	MCO	2h 32m	72%	2.4%	289	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.


United Details →	IAD 08:20 → CLE 09:41UA 1926	2h 35m Cleveland	CLE 12:16 → MCO 14:43UA 1488	6h 23m	100%	90%
United Details →	IAD 06:30 → IAH 08:39UA 1935	51m Houston	IAH 09:30 → MCO 13:00UA 2310	6h 30m	100%	86%
American Details →	IAD 06:33 → CLT 08:00AA 1216	2h 09m Charlotte	CLT 10:09 → MCO 11:57AA 2074	5h 24m	94%	84%
United Details →	IAD 06:33 → EWR 07:52UA 2147	3h 18m Newark	EWR 11:10 → MCO 14:03UA 2396	7h 30m	100%	83%
United Details →	IAD 06:10 → ORD 07:27UA 2070	1h 45m Chicago	ORD 09:12 → MCO 13:13UA 1643	7h 03m	95%	81%
United Details →	IAD 08:40 → IAH 10:59UA 1524	1h 26m Houston	IAH 12:25 → MCO 16:04UA 2662	7h 24m	94%	81%
Delta Details →	IAD 06:00 → ATL 07:46DL 2127	2h 39m Atlanta	ATL 10:25 → MCO 12:00DL 664	6h 00m	97%	79%
United Details →	IAD 08:29 → EWR 09:55UA 2396	3h 08m Newark	EWR 13:03 → MCO 15:54UA 2215	7h 25m	99%	78%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	IAD 12:35 → EWR 14:01UA 1498	59m Newark	EWR 15:00 → MCO 17:57UA 1213	5h 23m	69%	47%
Delta Details →	IAD 15:02 → ATL 16:54DL 2135	1h 06m Atlanta	ATL 18:00 → MCO 19:45DL 2035	4h 43m	74%	42%
Delta Details →	IAD 12:29 → JFK 13:58DL 5835 · flown by Republic	1h 02m New York	JFK 15:00 → MCO 18:14DL 1685	5h 45m	45%	30%

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

EWR · 1h 15m · leaves 08:29 8%

DFW · 1h 12m · leaves 06:14 11%

ORD · 52m · leaves 10:31 12%

Afternoon and evening

EWR · 1h 20m · leaves 17:42 29%

ATL · 46m · leaves 19:35 31%

DFW · 55m · leaves 16:32 32%

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 4063 IAD 08:15 → CLT Frontier F9 1445 CLT 12:24 → MCO Connection details →	2h 39m	6h 03m	98%	81%
United UA 2147 IAD 06:33 → EWR Frontier F9 2511 EWR 11:30 → MCO Connection details →	3h 38m	7h 53m	100%	78%
United UA 1524 IAD 08:40 → IAH Frontier F9 1418 IAH 13:16 → MCO Connection details →	2h 17m	8h 13m	95%	73%

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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