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 10 am and 1 time in 3 at 10 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	MCO	ATL	1h 44m	79%	1.2%	5,478	Flying now
Southwest	MCO	ATL	1h 35m	71%	1.5%	1,093	Flying now
Frontier	MCO	ATL	1h 51m	69%	2.1%	1,221	Flying now
Spirit	MCO	ATL	1h 39m	64%	3.4%	410	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Atlanta on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	MCO 06:50 → STL 08:20WN 2570	1h 40m St Louis	STL 10:00 → ATL 12:35WN 236	5h 45m	100%	92%
Southwest Details →	MCO 07:30 → PIT 09:50WN 4309	2h 35m Pittsburgh	PIT 12:25 → ATL 14:10WN 3359	6h 40m	100%	92%
Delta Details →	MCO 08:43 → RDU 10:29DL 1337	3h 20m Raleigh/Durham	RDU 13:49 → ATL 15:20DL 1488	6h 37m	98%	85%
United Details →	MCO 08:55 → IAD 11:14UA 276	1h 21m Dulles	IAD 12:35 → ATL 14:34UA 471	5h 39m	99%	85%
American Details →	MCO 05:00 → CLT 06:45AA 1896	2h 25m Charlotte	CLT 09:10 → ATL 10:41AA 5039 · flown by PSA	5h 41m	99%	84%
Delta Details →	MCO 06:00 → DTW 08:38DL 1201	1h 47m Detroit	DTW 10:25 → ATL 12:25DL 2856	6h 23m	97%	82%
Delta Details →	MCO 06:00 → JFK 08:38DL 2702	2h 22m New York	JFK 11:00 → ATL 13:33DL 1029	7h 28m	97%	82%
Delta Details →	MCO 07:00 → MSP 09:30DL 1250	1h 10m Minneapolis	MSP 10:40 → ATL 14:05DL 1046	7h 05m	95%	81%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	MCO 15:05 → ORD 17:20AA 2066	1h 39m Chicago	ORD 18:59 → ATL 22:05AA 2779	6h 58m	73%	35%
American Details →	MCO 15:45 → DFW 17:47AA 2143	1h 39m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 19:26 → ATL 22:36AA 3212	6h 50m	65%	34%
American Details →	MCO 19:40 → MIA 20:57AA 2147	59m Miami	MIA 21:56 → ATL 23:59AA 659	4h 19m	39%	25%

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

LGA · 1h 14m · leaves 07:05 4%

JFK · 1h 11m · leaves 07:01 4%

MSP · 1h 10m · leaves 07:00 5%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 55m · leaves 17:35 56%

MIA · 59m · leaves 19:40 61%

HOU · 1h 05m · leaves 19:35 65%

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 2642 MCO 06:50 → IND Delta DL 2952 IND 11:23 → ATL Connection details →	2h 13m	6h 10m	100%	93%
Southwest WN 2667 MCO 06:25 → MSY Delta DL 1424 MSY 10:35 → ATL Connection details →	3h 30m	6h 41m	100%	90%
Southwest WN 4309 MCO 07:30 → PIT Delta DL 1363 PIT 11:50 → ATL Connection details →	2h 00m	6h 10m	98%	90%

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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