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 12% of the time at 11 am and 56% of the time at 9 pm.

Nonstops


Southwest	MCO	BDL	2h 40m	74%	1.7%	642	Flying now
JetBlue	MCO	BDL	2h 51m	74%	2.2%	1,017	Flying now
Frontier	MCO	BDL	2h 53m	72%	2.7%	225	Flying now
Spirit	MCO	BDL	–	89%few flights	0.0%	9	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	MCO 08:55 → IAD 11:14UA 276	1h 26m Dulles	IAD 12:40 → BDL 14:06UA 632	5h 11m	99%	88%
Delta Details →	MCO 05:30 → ATL 07:02DL 1548	1h 13m Atlanta	ATL 08:15 → BDL 10:34DL 2951	5h 04m	96%	85%
Delta Details →	MCO 06:15 → ATL 07:52DL 1494	2h 33m Atlanta	ATL 10:25 → BDL 12:45DL 1082	6h 29m	99%	84%
Delta Details →	MCO 06:00 → DTW 08:38DL 1201	1h 53m Detroit	DTW 10:31 → BDL 12:15DL 2163	6h 15m	97%	83%
Southwest Details →	MCO 07:10 → BWI 09:30WN 1956	1h 15m Baltimore	BWI 10:45 → BDL 12:05WN 427	4h 55m	98%	83%
Delta Details →	MCO 09:00 → DTW 11:33DL 2845	2h 54m Detroit	DTW 14:27 → BDL 16:13DL 2814	7h 13m	99%	83%
American Details →	MCO 07:28 → PHL 10:05AA 1228	2h 46m Philadelphia	PHL 12:51 → BDL 14:11AA 6035 · flown by Piedmont	6h 43m	100%	83%
Southwest Details →	MCO 09:15 → BWI 11:30WN 2612	1h 20m Baltimore	BWI 12:50 → BDL 14:10WN 1143	4h 55m	98%	78%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	MCO 17:50 → DTW 20:45DL 337	1h 05m Detroit	DTW 21:50 → BDL 23:35DL 2989	5h 45m	65%	50%
American Details →	MCO 11:40 → CLT 13:31AA 2073	1h 02m Charlotte	CLT 14:33 → BDL 16:32AA 1443	4h 53m	71%	49%
American Details →	MCO 15:05 → ORD 17:20AA 2066	1h 44m Chicago	ORD 19:04 → BDL 22:26AA 1453	7h 21m	74%	45%

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

BWI · 1h 15m · leaves 07:10 2%

ATL · 1h 13m · leaves 05:30 4%

CLT · 57m · leaves 09:01 12%

Afternoon and evening

JFK · 1h 09m · leaves 18:37 42%

ATL · 48m · leaves 18:48 56%

MIA · 54m · leaves 18:34 71%

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.


Frontier F9 2529 MCO 09:07 → DTW Delta DL 2814 DTW 14:27 → BDL Connection details →	2h 32m	7h 06m	94%	78%
Frontier F9 3274 MCO 06:40 → BWI Southwest WN 1143 BWI 12:50 → BDL Connection details →	3h 49m	7h 30m	99%	78%
United UA 2683 MCO 09:40 → ORD American AA 3409 ORD 13:29 → BDL Connection details →	1h 41m	7h 13m	92%	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