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 4% of the time at 8 am and 43% of the time at 11 pm.

Nonstops


United	LAX	MCO	4h 49m	90%	0.0%	834	Flying now
Delta	LAX	MCO	5h 00m	77%	1.2%	1,388	Flying now
Southwest	LAX	MCO	4h 45m	76%	0.0%	361	Flying now
American	LAX	MCO	5h 05m	73%	0.3%	766	Flying now
Frontier	LAX	MCO	5h 13m	52%	1.5%	205	Flying now
Southwest	LGB	MCO	–	0%few flights	0.0%	1	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 3 h ahead of Los Angeles). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	LAX 23:40 → HOU 05:00WN 2402	2h 10m Houston	HOU 07:10 → MCO 10:35 +1WN 4183	7h 55m	98%	94%
Southwest Details →	LAX 20:25 → MCI 01:35WN 2408	3h 25m Kansas City	MCI 05:00 → MCO 08:45 +1WN 2209	9h 20m	100%	92%
United Details →	LAX 22:35 → CLE 06:10UA 2641	1h 50m Cleveland	CLE 08:00 → MCO 10:27 +1UA 2636	8h 52m	99%	90%
United Details →	LAX 00:51 → IAH 06:12UA 491	1h 08m Houston	IAH 07:20 → MCO 10:51UA 2245	7h 00m	94%	88%
American Details →	LAX 20:52 → MIA 05:01AA 2942	2h 34m Miami	MIA 07:35 → MCO 08:50 +1AA 2090	8h 58m	97%	88%
United Details →	LAX 22:35 → ORD 04:51UA 353	2h 29m Chicago	ORD 07:20 → MCO 11:15 +1UA 2280	9h 40m	98%	87%
Southwest Details →	LAX 05:05 → PHX 06:30WN 116	1h 20m Phoenix	PHX 07:50 → MCO 15:10WN 1817	7h 05m	100%	87%
American Details →	LAX 22:35 → CLT 06:19AA 3035	3h 50m Charlotte	CLT 10:09 → MCO 11:57 +1AA 2074	10h 22m	97%	87%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	BUR 13:55 → ATL 21:35DL 483	50m Atlanta	ATL 22:25 → MCO 23:52DL 1162	7h 03m	63%	41%
American Details →	SNA 11:31 → ORD 17:55AA 2679	50m Chicago	ORD 18:45 → MCO 22:40AA 3176	8h 09m	68%	34%
JetBlue Details →	LAX 08:00 → BOS 16:40B6 288	49m Boston	BOS 17:29 → MCO 20:48B6 451	9h 49m	59%	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

IAH · 1h 13m · leaves 05:45 1%

ORD · 1h 18m · leaves 05:10 2%

PHX · 1h 20m · leaves 05:15 2%

Afternoon and evening

MDW · 55m · leaves 11:45 59%

STL · 50m · leaves 13:30 63%

HOU · 1h 05m · leaves 14:10 69%

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.


American AA 2149 LAX 23:59 → BNA Southwest WN 4712 BNA 09:15 → MCO Connection details →	3h 07m	9h 11m	99%	88%
United UA 353 LAX 22:35 → ORD American AA 2067 ORD 06:59 → MCO Connection details →	2h 08m	9h 12m	94%	88%
American AA 1200 LAX 21:01 → IAD United UA 379 IAD 08:45 → MCO Connection details →	3h 45m	11h 07m	100%	88%

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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